The Talk: Race in America

This two-hour documentary is about the increasingly common conversation taking place in homes and communities across the country between parents of color and their children, especially sons, about how to behave if they are ever stopped by the police. This program originally aired in 2017.

South Carolina police on losing officers in the line of fire

1m 13s

Mike Lanier, Deputy Director of the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy, speaks along with Major John Yarborough and Chief Mark Keel about the pain of losing young officers in the line of fire.

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How we limit ourselves when we think about race as binary

1m 40s

Author and filmmaker Raquel Cepeda, who is part Dominican and part Scandinavian, rebukes the idea of choosing one identity and one race. Embracing multi-ethnic and diverse backgrounds allows us to see a more complex, rich world.
Christian Reyes on learning about his own prejudice

1m 20s

As a teenager, Christian Reyes had to learn the hard way about his own prejudices and stereotypes, realizing how much he was hurting his friends and classmates.

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