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Sep 2023
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Episode 40: New Old Americans

NATIONAL REVIEW
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On episode 40, Charles talks to Winkfield Twyman Jr. and Jennifer Richmond about their book, Letters in Black and White: A New Correspondence on Race in America. Among the issues discussed: Have our conversations about race got worse despite conditions for African-Americans having improved? Is racial solidarity necessary in a country that once had slavery? Can a focus on 'Old Americans' help everyone move on? Were Wink and Jennifer nervous about having an "authentic conversation" about race? Should others be?

The dial-up tone in the introduction was recorded by lintphishx and is used under a CC 3.0 License.

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