Basic Black
Current Racial Climate
Season 2016 Episode 8 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
The current racial climate, both national and local.
Basic Black explores the current racial climate, brought into focus most recently by racist Red Sox fans yelling slurs at a black Baltimore Orioles player in May 2017. Panelists: Tanisha Sullivan, president of the Boston NAACP; Michael Jeffries, associate professor at Wellesley College; Ayanna Pressley, Boston at-large city councilor; and Phillip Martin, WGBH News senior investigative reporter.
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Basic Black is a local public television program presented by GBH
Basic Black
Current Racial Climate
Season 2016 Episode 8 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Basic Black explores the current racial climate, brought into focus most recently by racist Red Sox fans yelling slurs at a black Baltimore Orioles player in May 2017. Panelists: Tanisha Sullivan, president of the Boston NAACP; Michael Jeffries, associate professor at Wellesley College; Ayanna Pressley, Boston at-large city councilor; and Phillip Martin, WGBH News senior investigative reporter.
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