Basic Black
Hate Speech and Racism
Season 2016 Episode 4 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Hate speech and racism in 2017
Basic Black discusses hate speech and hate crimes in the Trump era. Is it a new trend, or is it the same old American racism wrapped in a new package? Panelists: Phillip Martin, WGBH News senior investigative reporter; Kim McLarin, associate professor at Emerson College; Carl Williams, staff attorney for ACLU of Massachusetts; Renee Graham, Boston Globe opinion columnist.
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Basic Black is a local public television program presented by GBH
Basic Black
Hate Speech and Racism
Season 2016 Episode 4 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Basic Black discusses hate speech and hate crimes in the Trump era. Is it a new trend, or is it the same old American racism wrapped in a new package? Panelists: Phillip Martin, WGBH News senior investigative reporter; Kim McLarin, associate professor at Emerson College; Carl Williams, staff attorney for ACLU of Massachusetts; Renee Graham, Boston Globe opinion columnist.
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