To the Point
Race in America: the Issue that Won’t Go Away
President Obama is in Dallas today to memorialize the deaths of five policemen, gunned down by a black sniper last week during an otherwise peaceful rally. He’s called the act “a hate crime”—and at the same time he’s supporting the goals of Black Lives Matter.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readPresident Obama is in Dallas today to memorialize the deaths of five policemen, gunned down by a black sniper last week during an otherwise peaceful rally. He’s called the act “a hate crime”—and at the same time he’s supporting the goals of Black Lives Matter.
We’ll hear from a black journalist who’s been to “The Heart of Whiteness,” and talk about police reform with a white cop who has three decades of service.
What are the prospects for that “post-racial America” that’s been so much discussed—even though it’s never actually happened?
Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Sáša Woodruff
Producer, 'To the Point'
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Jenny Hamel
KCRW
Farai Chideya
journalist and host of the podcast, "Our Body Politic"
Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Professor of African American Studies and Public Affairs at Princeton University
Norm Stamper
Law Enforcement against Prohibition