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Mar 2017
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#002 Who Are The Slaves Now?

Russell Brand
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In this week’s show I talk to Professor Paul Gilroy about the re-emergence of open racism within political rhetoric, the relationship between race and religion, and why we still divide humanity into different identity groups based on skin colour.

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