2016 Election
Race & the Race to the White House forum
A spirited discussion about race and politics, from the election of America’s first black president to the current 2016 election.
Black Lives Matter
Jackie Robinson: A Militant Black Republican
[x_blockquote cite=”Jackie Robinson in 1968″ type=”left”]“I’m a black man first, an American second, & then I will support a political party—third.”[/x_blockquote] On a Saturday evening in February of 1966, over a thousand mostly white Republican men and women crowded into a Cleveland hotel banquet hall, eager to hear Jackie Robinson’s opening keynote for the annual
2016 Election
Do republicans want the black & latino vote?
“Get him the hell out of here,” said Donald Trump. Later, Trump’s supporters shouted, “Go home, nigger.” Trump. That’s the claim by Mercutio Southall, co-founder of the Birmingham, Ala., chapter of Black Lives Matter. Video footage of the incident, which has gone viral, shows white Trump supporters shoving, punching and kicking the black activist in
2016 Election
Why doesn’t Bernie resonate with black voters?
I was invited on WNPR’s “Where We Live” to discuss the rise of Bernie Sanders and how the Democratic party is responding to his popularity in the 2016 race for president. OTHER INVITED GUESTS: Colin McEnroe – Host of The Colin McEnroe Show John Dillon – Director at Vermont Public Radio Bob Kinzel – Reporter