“We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated.” The team at ESPN's The Undefeated website talks about covering black American life holistically in the media landscape.
Who tells your story? The media hold the narrative for marginalized people, for better or worse. The word "carjacking" written in print got swept into a '90s narrative about black American life.
These "Declarations" feature more thoughts from the experts you hear in episodes of Created Equal. This week, author and professor Lester Spence (01. The Kiss) discusses the effect of "neo-liberalism" in American politics and marginalized communities.
Hosted by Stephen Henderson, Created Equal is about the promise of opportunity and the challenge of inequality from the city that built America — Detroit.