Wednesday, July 17, 2013

AMERICA - Race, Ethnicity, and Identity

"Can You Distill Feelings About Race and Identity Into Six Words or Less?" PBS Newshour 7/16/2013

Excerpt

SUMMARY:  The Trayvon Martin murder trial against George Zimmerman has sparked fresh public discourse about race and racial tensions in America.  Jeffrey Brown talks to NPR's Michele Norris, creator of The Race Card Project, which asks people to share their thoughts about race, ethnicity and cultural identity in six words or less.

JEFFREY BROWN (Newshour):  What we talk about and don't talk about when it comes to race and identity.  It's a subject again at the fore after the death of Trayvon Martin and the trial of George Zimmerman.

And it's the subject of The Race Card Project, an effort by NPR journalist and author Michele Norris to engage people in a conversation about, as her website says, their experiences, questions, hopes, dreams, laments or observations about race and identity.

And Michele Norris joins us now.

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