Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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Black Americans largely want the same things that white people do. So why are their demands treated as extreme? Anthony Conwright, writer at Mother Jones and The New Republic, joins Jocelyn to discuss his new article: “The Myth of Radical Black Politics” and his upcoming novel: Speak, Blackness.
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