Payne Hiraldo, Associate Director for Residential Education at the University of Vermont, and a Critical Race Theory scholar explains what it is and why some people are up in arms about something that's been around for 40 years.

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Rachel Vindman, co-host of the Suburban Women Problem Podcast, says they live in and embrace their diverse neighborhoods, and politicians should stop trying to use diversity and race to scare them. Follow us on Twitter. We're @podcastcolors.

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Lara Capuano, speaks about her family and her personal concerns regarding transracial adoption.

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Dr. Wendeline Hume, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of North Dakota, was that little girl. Now she's working to make sure that Indigenous women and girls who go missing, get the same attention as white women and girls.

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Tharaha Thavakumar of Pittsford, NY spoke out after a white high school student posted a video, showing a gun that he said he carried to kill (the N-word plural). After raising concerns, she was ignored, told to keep quiet, even body-shamed. The surprising thing is, this treatment allegedly came from some of the town's leaders.

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The Oprah Winfrey Network and the National Research Group have released a survey looking at how Black women see themselves reflected in the media. Cindi Smith, VP of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at the National Research Group says, "They want to know they matter, get rid of the one-dimensional portrayals", and pay attention to their buying power.

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Ambassador Gina Ambercrombie-Winstanley, a decorated diplomat, says the new Office of Diversity and Inclusion is going to disrupt the old ways of State Department, recruiting, hiring, and retention.

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Shonda talks about backlash, the Census, her next book, and why we should never stop looking for our ancestors.

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Buchanan, the author of five books, talks about being raised as "a Black woman, who grew up hearing cherished stories of her multi-racial heritage, while simultaneously suffering from everything she (and the rest of her family) didn't know".

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Former Skinhead, Tony McAleer, now a crusader against white supremacy joins us to talk about his immersion into racial hatred, the moment when he left it behind, and his book and documentary "A Cure for Hate". It's a very stimulating and thought-provoking conversation.

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