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Joint Center Expert Participates in Race Relations Panel Discussion

01/27/07

On January 28, 2007, Mike Wenger, program consultant with the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, participated in a panel discussion on NBC News4’s program The Viewpoint titled “What is Racism?” Other participants included Selena Johnson, author “The Sin of Racism”; and Greg Carr, Ph.D., assistant professor of African American Studies at Howard University.

Pat Lawson Muse hosted the program.
Viewpoint is a half-hour conversational program, presenting special guests, community leaders and information on issues of significance to our community.
The program focused on a number of issues related to race relations, including topics such as:

--Does racism exist?
--How do we know racism exists?
--What is the history of racism?
--Will racism every go away?
--How should people address racism?
--Why does racism continue today?

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