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50 Years Ago: President Johnson Signed The Fair Housing Act

Posted on April 11, 2018 by lindaoppenheim

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Gene Demby of NPR’s Code Switch reviews the history of government policies that created and reinforced segregation. The Fair Housing Act was an attempt to correct the situation that failed time and time again. To watch the 6 1/2 minute…

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Category: Podcast, Video Tags: Code Switch, Fair Housing Act, Gene Demby, government, housing, NAACP, NPR, policies, segregation

On Social Media, As In Life, White People Are Way Less Likely To Talk About Race

Posted on August 25, 2016 by lindaoppenheim

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Gene Demby of NPR’s Code Switch reports on “New data from the Pew Research Center [that] strongly suggests that . . . white people really are much less likely to talk about racial issues on social media.” He quotes Monica…

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Category: Broadcast, Continuing Conversations, Documents Tags: Black LIves Matter, black white differences, Code Switch, Gene Demby, Monica Anderson, News, NPR, Pew Research Center, social media, Twitter