Colors: A Dialogue on Race in America
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Episodes: 230
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Colors is a frank discussion about race. Join JJ Green, who is black and guests of different racial backgrounds as they discuss the challenges the nation faces as it struggles to heal and make meaningful changes for racial equality. It's a safe, non-judgmental, apolitical space to discuss race. Join us.
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227 | Courts, Treaties, and Power — A Conversation with John Echohawk
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Aug 23, 2025 |
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226 | "Reclaiming Roots: Darren Brown’s Journey Home"
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Aug 02, 2025 |
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225 | Dr. Dana Williams discusses her new book about Toni Morrison
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Jul 26, 2025 |
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224 | Richard Prince, legendary journalist and DEI advocate
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Jul 19, 2025 |
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223 | What is... Colors?
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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222 | The 5th Anniversary Show
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Jun 07, 2025 |
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221 | Dr. Wayne Curtis "Never Judge a book by its cover"
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May 10, 2025 |
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220 | Status of Race in America
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Apr 05, 2025 |
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219 | The State of Race in America in 2025
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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218 | Anti-DEI Incident at NSA
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Mar 08, 2025 |
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217 | A Call to African American Men
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Feb 22, 2025 |
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216 | Remembering Dimitri Sotis
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Feb 08, 2025 |
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215 | The Trump Deportation "Round Up"
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Feb 01, 2025 |
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214 | The Los Angeles Fires - PART TWO
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Jan 18, 2025 |
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213 | The Los Angeles Fires
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Jan 11, 2025 |
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212 | Immigrantly Media with Saadia Khan
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Dec 14, 2024 |
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211 | Diane Butts: A Portrait of Success
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Nov 23, 2024 |
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210 | The election, Kamala Harris and the Black church
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Nov 02, 2024 |
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209 | Jimmy Russell, Gospel musician
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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208 | The quest for dignity and truth for Fortune, an enslaved African-American man
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Oct 05, 2024 |
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207 | The #BlackProstateCancerCheckChallenge
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Sep 21, 2024 |
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206 | Tuskegee Airmen | Yvonne Mcgee talks about her life in the organization
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Sep 14, 2024 |
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205 | Lead in the water at schools is a big problem -still.
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Aug 31, 2024 |
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204 | The Tuskegee Airmen
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Aug 17, 2024 |
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203 | Race in America through the eyes of a young Black female journalist
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Aug 10, 2024 |
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202 | Race in America and the race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump
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Jul 27, 2024 |
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201 | What to say to people who say stuff like "the earth is flat"?
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Jul 20, 2024 |
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200 | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion gains being reversed
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Jul 13, 2024 |
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199 | What triggered the violent protests in Kenya and why the U.S needs to pay attention
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Jul 06, 2024 |
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198 | Empowering Asian-American women
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Jun 29, 2024 |
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197 | Alarming number of Black males dying in Baltimore's senior homes
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Jun 22, 2024 |
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196 | Colors is now four years old
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Jun 15, 2024 |
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195 | Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh
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May 25, 2024 |
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194 | Sasa Akil returns with a new book
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May 18, 2024 |
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193 | Jewish and Palestinian students stand together as campus clashes erupt
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May 11, 2024 |
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192 | Natasha Ghoneim | International Journalist
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May 04, 2024 |
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191 | Take Off Your Hoop Earrings Before You Put on Your Gas Mask
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Apr 27, 2024 |
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190 | A conversation with the author of "Where River's Part"
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Apr 20, 2024 |
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189 | No Box to Check: When the Census Doesn’t Reflect You
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Apr 13, 2024 |
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188 | Racism during the 2024 Women's NCAA Basketball Tournament
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Apr 06, 2024 |
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187 | Race in Washington, D.C. according to "Matt About Town"
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Mar 30, 2024 |
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186 | Exploring the health and community benefits of "Rolling"
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Mar 23, 2024 |
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185 | The Magic of Music and Culture with DJ Chicano
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Mar 16, 2024 |
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184 | Unpacking the racial reality of Chicago
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Mar 09, 2024 |
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183 | The Arab American National Museum
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Mar 02, 2024 |
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182 | Did you see Fani Willis on the witness stand? Robin Givhan did and she wrote about it.
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Feb 24, 2024 |
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181 | The Amazing Story of John Mills, who helps people find their roots
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Feb 17, 2024 |
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180 | The Diary of the Delivery Boys of the Big Apple
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Feb 10, 2024 |
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179 | The Story of Merze Tate
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Feb 03, 2024 |
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178 | Think "Weed" is harmless? Think again, especially, if you have teens | Part 2
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Jan 27, 2024 |
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177 | Think "Weed" is harmless? Think again, especially, if you have teens.
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Jan 20, 2024 |
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176 | Saving Mott's market
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Jan 13, 2024 |
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God, Guns and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America
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Jan 06, 2024 |
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173 | The Israel-Hamas Crisis
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Nov 11, 2023 |
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172 | Minneapolis Series: Part Three | Four Young Women Speak
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Oct 28, 2023 |
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171 | Minneapolis Series: Part Two | Americans becoming "desensitized" to racial issues
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Oct 14, 2023 |
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170 | Minneapolis Series: Part One | The George Floyd Memorial
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Oct 07, 2023 |
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169 | The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing 60 years later
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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168 | "War Against the Children"
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Sep 16, 2023 |
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167 | The 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington
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Sep 09, 2023 |
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166 | Where do we stand on race in America and in Montgomery County Maryland?
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Aug 26, 2023 |
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165 | Examining the anti-racism movement after George Floyd's death
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Aug 19, 2023 |
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164 | Race and Racism: A view from Greece
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Aug 12, 2023 |
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163 | Stephanie Bradford: "People often categorize you because of your skin."
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Aug 05, 2023 |
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162 | Racism: The View from Italy
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Jul 29, 2023 |
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161 | When the Hood Comes Off: Racism and Resistance in the Digital Age
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Jul 22, 2023 |
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160 | Sasa Aakil Returns
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Jul 15, 2023 |
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159 | What's it like growing up Ethiopian in America?
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Jul 01, 2023 |
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158 | A Conversation with Chil Kong
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Jun 24, 2023 |
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157 | Allen v. Milligan: The Supreme Court decision and why it's a victory for all
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Jun 17, 2023 |
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156 | The Black Reparations Project: A Handbook for Racial Justice
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Jun 10, 2023 |
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155 | Colors: Third Anniversary Lookback
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Jun 03, 2023 |
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154 | Racial perspectives of a Black man in San Francisco
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May 27, 2023 |
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153 | The battle between racial progress and decline
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May 20, 2023 |
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152 | Native American issues getting more attention
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May 13, 2023 |
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151 | Rick "Doc" Walker: Talks about the "lip service" after George Floyd's Death
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May 06, 2023 |
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150 | Is racism in America hiding itself?
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Apr 29, 2023 |
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149 | Sergeant Major of the Army Michael A. Grinston returns to Colors
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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148 | Aloha Vietnam
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Apr 15, 2023 |
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147 | The History, Meaning and Study of Hip Hop
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Apr 08, 2023 |
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145 | Ernie Green of the Little Rock Nine Returns
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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144 | Tommy Kha: His art and his life
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Mar 25, 2023 |
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143 | Darion Akins, Diplomat-in-Residence shares his experiences
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Mar 18, 2023 |
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142 | Lena Sun talks about COVID, grief and racism during the pandemic.
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Mar 11, 2023 |
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141 | Listeners sound off on a riveting show!
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Mar 04, 2023 |
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140 | Female journalists worldwide threatened online with violence
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Feb 25, 2023 |
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139 | The Fight to Ban Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars
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Feb 18, 2023 |
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138 | A New Generation of Black Leadership
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Feb 11, 2023 |
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COLORS EP 137 | Is there such a thing as a Black utopia?
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Feb 04, 2023 |
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136 | Tyre Nichols Commentary + Efforts to Ban "LatinX"
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Jan 28, 2023 |
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135 | Racial Progress in America
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Jan 21, 2023 |
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134 | My Story: Featuring Mitchell Miller
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Jan 14, 2023 |
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133 | Oakland’s NEW Mayor: The remarkable political rise of the Hmong community
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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132 | South Sudan, Again on the Brink of War
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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EP. 131 | Stop Trying To Cancel Native American Cultures
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Dec 17, 2022 |
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EP. 130 | How Blacks interpret racism
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Dec 10, 2022 |
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EP. 129 | Racial discrimination trends among children in the United States
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Dec 03, 2022 |
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EP. 128 | Colors Listeners Sound Off -Again!
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Nov 26, 2022 |
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EP. 128 | Colors Listeners Sound Off -Again!
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Nov 26, 2022 |
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EP. 127 | Why diversity in the classroom matters
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Nov 19, 2022 |
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EP. 126 | "Who Hears Here?: On Black Music, Pasts and Present"
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Nov 12, 2022 |
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EP. 125 | "The Black Athlete Revolt"
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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EP. 124 | Colors Listeners Sound Off
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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EP. 123 | Voices of Cayuga County
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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EP. 122 | Abraham Awolich speaks out
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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EP. 121 | Harriet Tubman statue unveiled at the CIA
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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EP. 120 | The "American Prophet" - A new musical about Frederick Douglass
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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EP. 119 | The 75th Anniversary of the Air Force and the road ahead
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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EP. 118 | The connection between The Civil War and slavery; and changing the names military bases
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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EP. 117 | Being Asian in America
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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EP. 116 |The Mamas: What I Learned about kids, class, and race from moms not like me
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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EP. 115 |A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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EP. 114 | The battle over race-conscious admissions policies
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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EP. 113 | “First and Only: A Black Woman’s Guide to Thriving"
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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EP. 112 | "Disheartened" Black Women in the South mobilizing for change.
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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EP. 111 | "The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth"
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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EP. 110 | Racial equity in schools -does it really exist?
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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EP. 109 | Climate change and its devastating impact on communities of color
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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EP. 108 | The Reality of Redistricting in Communities of Color
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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EP. 107 | The impact of the Supreme Court Abortion Rights Decision on Women of Color
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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EP. 106 | Fed up with school shootings, young people take action
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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EP. 105 | Why are so many Black staffers leaving the Biden administration?
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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EP. 104 | How to help children through the trauma of a shooting
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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EP. 103 | Guns, Rhetoric and Mass Casualties: A dangerous time for Black and Brown people in America
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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EP. 102 | The Buffalo murder of 10 African Americans: She warned us
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May 27, 2022 |
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EP. 101 |WACIF provides economic opportunity in underserved neighborhoods
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May 20, 2022 |
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EP. 100 | Confronting Internalized Racism
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May 13, 2022 |
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EP. 99 | Young children facing hair discrimination fight back
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May 06, 2022 |
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EP. 98 | Hispanic woman on death row in Texas receives a stay of execution. Is race a factor?
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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EP. 97 | Ukraine: Are we watching genocide unfold?
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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EP. 96 | Leading the U.S. Mission to the UN during a critical time
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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EP. 95 | Life in America for a professional, mixed race woman
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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EP. 94 | Escaping Ukraine. Yes, there are reports of racial discrimination
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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EP. 93 | Aimee Cho
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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EP. 92 | The "China Initiative" is scrapped by the Justice Department
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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EP. 91 | Senator takes on Florida's, "Don't Say Gay", Abortion and Black History legislation
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Mar 12, 2022 |
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EP. 90 | Police Chief speaks speaks out against public complacency towards crime
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Mar 05, 2022 |
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EP. 89 | The demographics of America’s Black population are in the middle of a major shift.
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Feb 26, 2022 |
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EP. 88 | The American Diplomat: A film about African American diplomats serving during the Cold War.
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Feb 19, 2022 |
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EP. 87 | The NFL is under a microscope because of racism allegations. An insider says some hard conversations are happening now.
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Feb 12, 2022 |
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EP. 86 | A conversation with three Suburban women who saw a problem and did something about it.
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Feb 05, 2022 |
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EP. 85 | The controversial Dept. of Justice "China Initiative" accused of unfairly targeting Asians as espionage threats
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Jan 29, 2022 |
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EP. 84 | The world view of race relations in America
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Jan 22, 2022 |
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EP. 83 | The status of MLK'S Dream in America
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Jan 15, 2022 |
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EP. 82 | "Critical Race Theory". Some people in America are really upset over it. What's driving the anger?
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Jan 08, 2022 |
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EP. 81 | The Suburban Women Problem. It's America's problem
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Jan 01, 2022 |
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EP. 80 | Transracial Adoption: The Quiet Internal Struggle
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Dec 25, 2021 |
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EP. 79 | A serial, child killer tried to abduct a little indigenous girl. She escaped, grew up and is now fighting for others at risk.
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Dec 18, 2021 |
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EP. 78 | A student, a gun, a racist threat and a parent who complained, told to be quiet.
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Dec 11, 2021 |
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EP. 77 | What Black Women Want From The Media
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Dec 04, 2021 |
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EP. 76 | State Dept's Chief of Diversity & Inclusion plans to "break some China"
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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EP. 75 | Part Two of "Black Indian" A Memoir by Shonda Buchanan
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Nov 20, 2021 |
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EP. 74 | "Black Indian" A Memoir by Shonda Buchanan
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Nov 13, 2021 |
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EP. 73 | What Drives a White Supremacist?
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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EP. 72 |Darren Brown and the search for his Native American birth parents
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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Ep. 71 | Marvin and Linda Worthy push "Purple" agenda in Chambersburg Mayor's race
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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Ep. 70 | Understanding Vietnamese Culture in the U.S.
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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Ep. 69 | COVID Conspiracy: Foreign disinformation driving American vaccine resistance
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Ep. 68 | Backlash
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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Ep. 67 | The JEB Stuart High to Justice High name change: A lesson for America
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Ep. 66 |The Georgetown Butcher
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Ep. 65 | Refugees being settled in the U.S. face challenges. Racism is one of them. But they all deal with it differently.
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Ep. 65 | Refugees being settled in the U.S. face challenges. Racism is one of them. But they all deal with it differently.
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Ep. 64 | Racism can leave you Lonely
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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Ep. 63 | Challenges for Minority Women Working in the U.S. Government
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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Ep. 62 | Small Town vs Big Business: Dirt Roads, Old Cemeteries and African American Heritage at Stake
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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Ep. 61 | The United Nations calls out the world's racist behavior, including that in the U.S.
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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Ep. 60 | She's Black. He's White. They're Married. She thinks he's become "a racist". Now what?
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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Ep. 59 | Diversity in local TV and Radio staffing and stories: After a year of racial and social justice protests, where do we stand?
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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Ep. 58 | Enough is enough: WTOP’s GM addresses racist letter written to staffer
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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Ep. 57 | Featuring NFL Hall of Famer Darrell Green
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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Ep. 56 | The complexities of racism faced by the Latin X community
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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SPECIAL PRESENTATON | The Colors Documentary: Part 1 - How We Got Here
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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Ep. 55 | Being an Asian American journalist during this last tumultuous year in the U.S.
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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COLORS SPECIAL EDITION | The Supreme Court NCAA Ruling And Its Impact On Race
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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Ep. 54 | Re-imagining policing to address racial and community issues
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Ep. 53 | The Karla Reyes Story: From 17 year old janitor to 24 year old executive
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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Ep. 52 | What does the world think of America's racial problems?
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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Ep. 51 | St. Petersburg struggles with gentrification questions.
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May 28, 2021 |
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Ep. 50 | Racism in America: A Palestinian's View
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May 21, 2021 |
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Ep. 49 | A District Attorney stood up against racism and paid a price, but that didn't stop him.
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May 14, 2021 |
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Ep. 48 | A white policeman in the deep south took the Derek Chauvin verdict personally
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May 07, 2021 |
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Ep. 47 | They called her the "N" word in Burlington, Vermont? Yes, even there!
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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Ep. 46 | Derek Chauvin is guilty. So now what?
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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Ep. 45 | Stop Asian Hate! Here's How.
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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Ep. 44 | Big banks, what are they doing to address racial and economic injustices?
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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Ep. 43 | Reparations. Evanston, Illinois becomes the 1st city in America to do it. But are they doing it the right way?
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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Ep. 42 | Should corporations use Native American names for products and sports teams?
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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Ep. 41 | British Royal racism? Kehinde Andrews, author of The New Age of Empire calls it like he sees it.
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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Ep. 40 | Jamie Stockwell of The New York Times pulls no punches.
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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Ep. 39 | Shelby Steele: African-Americans, "stop wasting time protesting racism". Whites dealing with "white guilt, grow up."
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Mar 06, 2021 |
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Ep. 38 | Black farmers fight back against economic racism. Their struggle is getting nationwide attention.
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Feb 27, 2021 |
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Ep. 37 | Imagine being adopted by a family of another race and discovering later your sibling's spouses are racist.
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Feb 20, 2021 |
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Ep. 36 | How will a new President impact immigration to and life in the U.S. for the Latinx community?
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Feb 13, 2021 |
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Ep. 35 | African American History Month: Courtland Cox tells us how we got here
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Feb 06, 2021 |
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Ep. 34 | Hank Aaron: He did just as much for civil rights as he did for baseball
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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Ep. 33 | Security: The Capitol Riot vs BLM at Lafayette Sq. in Washington D.C.
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Jan 23, 2021 |
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COLORS –Ep. 32 | Black Girls Matter Too
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Jan 16, 2021 |
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COLORS –Ep. 31 | Capitol Hill Chaos and the BLM Double Standard
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Jan 09, 2021 |
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COLORS –Ep. 30 | Black and Brown people... Get the COVID-19 vaccine!
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Jan 02, 2021 |
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COLORS –Ep. 29 | The Best Episodes of 2020
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Dec 26, 2020 |
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COLORS –Ep. 28 | Big Banks start effort to help minority businesses
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Dec 19, 2020 |
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COLORS –Ep. 27 | CNN's Amara Walker details a string of racial insults aimed at her at the airport in New Orleans.
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Dec 12, 2020 |
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COLORS –Ep. 26 | Have U.S. race relations improved since George Floyd's death?
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Dec 05, 2020 |
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COLORS –Ep. 25 | Reparations. Should African Americans be compensated for slavery?
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Nov 28, 2020 |
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COLORS –Ep. 24 | Racism declared "public health crisis" in Florida County
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Nov 21, 2020 |
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COLORS –Ep. 23 | Teenager discusses her campaign to fight racism
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Nov 14, 2020 |
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COLORS –Ep. 22 | The impact of race on the 2020 Election
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Nov 07, 2020 |
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COLORS –Ep. 21 | Race and the 2020 Election
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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COLORS –Ep. 20 | She's Black and a direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson's grandfather...oh, and there's more.
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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COLORS –Ep. 19 | The racial challenges facing the Latin-X community in the U.S.
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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COLORS –Ep. 18 | He hired her because she was Black. But listen to what else he said that made this brilliant journalist stay on.
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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COLORS –Ep. 17 | White Supremacists allegedly infiltrate US police departments
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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COLORS –Ep. 16 | The real reason why Congress doesn't look like America
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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COLORS –Ep. 15 | Questions and Answers About Race
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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COLORS –Ep. 14 |Portland's Protest Moms: Thrilling and Troubling
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Sep 11, 2020 |
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COLORS –Ep. 13 | "Driving While Black" MotorTrend's controversial new article
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Sep 04, 2020 |
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COLORS –Ep. 12 | Dr. Anthony Fauci breaks down the COVID-19 "double whammy" on African-Americans
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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COLORS –Ep. 11 | Asian-Americans speak out against racism
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Aug 21, 2020 |
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COLORS –Ep. 10 | Is Milwaukee really America's most racist city?
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Aug 14, 2020 |
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COLORS –Ep. 9 | The Army's Sergeant Major, Michael Grinston, discusses racial identity struggles and the Army's changes.
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Aug 07, 2020 |
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COLORS –Ep. 8 | Super Bowl Champion Rick Walker discusses how to beat racism.
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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COLORS –Ep. 7 | The legendary Ernie Green of the Little Rock Nine speaks
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Jul 24, 2020 |
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COLORS –Ep. 6 | What's Colin Kaepernick thinking after George Floyd's death?
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Jul 17, 2020 |
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COLORS –Ep. 5 | Should police departments be "defunded" to address police brutality?
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Jul 10, 2020 |
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COLORS –Ep. 4 | Racism: Past, present, but not in the future
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Jul 03, 2020 |
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COLORS –Ep. 3 | America course corrects on race
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Jun 26, 2020 |
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COLORS –Ep. 2 | This is America's moment to get race right.
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Jun 21, 2020 |
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COLORS –Ep. 1 | Setting the table for "A Dialogue on Race in America"
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Jun 11, 2020 |
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