Roundtable

There are a lot of people out there right now saying “Support Black Business.” But let’s ask this question today - is black business just for black people, run only by black people and giving back only to black people? What actually is Black Business?

Guests:

Lydia Amoah

Author of the Black Pound Report

Ramon Ray

Entrepreneur

Dania Francis

Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts Boston

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it’s about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekend at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

Do constant reminders of terrible things that have happened prevent them from happening again? If so, why tear down statues linked to slavery.

GUESTS

Laurence Westgaph

Historian

Natalie Zacek​

Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester

Lord Clive Soley

Labour Party Politician

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it’s about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT WORLD.

The young are said to be less at risk than most to the effects of COVID-19. But what of those whose plight has largely been forgotten because of the disease? We discuss the child refugees and the thousands who’ve gone missing across Europe.

Guests:

Matt Saltmarsh

Senior External Relations Officer at UNHCR

Tess Berry-Hart

Head of Aid and Advocacy at Calais Action

Zia Ahmed Eshanzada

TRT World Research Centre

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it’s about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT WORLD.

#Missingchildren #childrefugees #refugees #migrants #refugeecrisis

How do you save creatures that are on the verge of extinction? The UN estimates that a quarter of all species could soon be lost, many “within decades.” Today on RT, working to preserve what can never be replaced.

Guests:

Helena Atkinson

Conservation Projects Manager at Pangolin.Africa

Neil Aldridge

Conservationist and Photographer

Tierra Curry

Director of ‘Saving Life on Earth’ Campaign

Roundtable is a discussion program with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

#Pangolin #Extinction #SavingSpecies

It’s like buying credit in the world’s carbon bank: carbon offsetting is paying towards schemes that reduce greenhouse gases. Is it helpful - or a convenient way of greenwashing our pollution?

Anja Kollmuss

Emissions Trading Policy Analyst

Peter Miller

Climate & Clean Energy Program Director

Mary Gagen

Professor of Geography at Swansea University

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it’s about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT WORLD.

What sticks in your mind when it comes to black protests? Maybe words - such as I have a Dream. Maybe shocking scenes of brutality; of young people perhaps unaware of what they have let themselves in for; or maybe fully aware that pictures of that instant - that day - can bring about the changes they are fighting for.

Sheila Pree Bright

Photographer

Craig Flournoy

Professor of Journalism

Dewey Clayton

Professor of political science

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it’s about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekend at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

Equal opportunities for all. Great idea. But what if addressing hundreds of years with LITTLE or NO opportunities for some, tilts the balance the other way. Affirmative action - Does it work? Does it cause resentment?

GUESTS

Ted Shaw

Director of UNC Center for Civil Rights

Stacy Hawkins

Professor of Law at Rutgers University

Thembisa Fakude

Researcher at Al Jazeera Centre for Studies

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Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

Work hard in class and success is attainable for anyone, right? Not in America, where you’re almost twice as likely to drop out of high school if you’re black rather than white. Are life chances stacked against young black people from the start?

Guests:

Marshe Doss

Student Activist

Jesse Hagopian

Ethnic Studies Teacher

Brenda King MBE

CEO of Education Charity ACDiversity

Roundtable is a discussion program with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

When everyone’s shouting at once, it’s often impossible to hear what’s being said. Could the same be true for social media campaigns where the message, however well-intentioned as in Black Lives Matter, is lost because of all the noise?

Guests

Hafsah Dabiri

Founder of The Dabiri Group

Charles Burchell

Music Producer

Tara L Conley

Assistant Professor of Media & Communications Montclair State University

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

Football is taking a kicking and many clubs away from the powerful premiership are crying foul. Should they be treated just like any other business? The good survive; the rest don’t. Or is there something special that needs to be protected. And if so, how?

GUESTS:

Lee Hoos

Chief Executive of QPR FC

Declan Ahern

Valuations Director at Brand Finance

Anwar Uddin

Assistant Manager at Aldershot Town FC

Osei Sankofa

Former Premier League Footballer

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it’s about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT WORLD.