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?
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