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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Campus Racial Uproar

    The president of the University of MIssouri is stepping down after weeks of protests over his handling of racist incidents on campus. Meanwhile, a thousand miles away at Yale, racial tensions are boiling over on that campus, too.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Nov 9, 2015 • 1 min read

    The president of the University of MIssouri is stepping down after weeks of protests over his handling of racist incidents on campus. Meanwhile, a thousand miles away at Yale, racial tensions are boiling over on that campus, too. The tipping point came last week with a fight about how administrators addressed culturally insensitive Halloween costumes. Is it cultural deafness or political correctness?

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    Campus Racial Uproar, TV Roundup, The Pacific, Autism and Girls
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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    Campus Racial Uproar, TV Roundup, The Pacific, Autism and Girls
    1. 0:00Campus Racial UproarYou’re reading this
    2. 12:31TV Roundup
    3. 23:08The Pacific
    4. 40:45Autism and Girls
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