Let's Talk: Conversations on Race

On February 23, 2020, Ahmaud Arbery was killed by two men who thought he looked suspicious.  These two men were only arrested when a video emerged - over two months later.  Ahmaud was black; the two men are white.  In this episode, I interview attorney, John Bradley, who talks about the case from a legal point of view and then we discuss racial bias in the criminal justice system in general. 

This is a  shorter version of a talk I gave at Rochester's Institute of Technology in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  In it, I discuss why we in America are encouraged to remember some events, like 9-11, but we're encouraged to stop talking about other things, like slavery, Jim Crow and current racial issues.  It's crucial for us as a people to remember all of our past, not so that we can become bitter, but so that we can better understand others -- and prevent history from repeating itself.

In this episode, we'll try to understand why more and more black athletes and celebrities are using their positions of influence to underscore racial injustice.