Examining State Power and Privilege

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 11, 2016

Carla Shedd, assistant professor of sociology and African American Studies at Columbia University and author of Unequal City: Race, Schools, and Perceptions of Injustice (Russell Sage Foundation, 2015), issues of trust between African-Americans and the police and the possible implications of the killing of five police officers in Dallas.

@CarlaShedd of @Columbia is here to discuss @UnequalCity and perceptions of injustice. #RadioTalksRace pic.twitter.com/VZpFRc9ZFN
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 11, 2016

The labor of teaching white folks about privilege shouldn't always fall on people of color. It's exhausting. @BrianLehrer
— rahima (@rararahima) July 11, 2016

@brianlehrer Civil rights have moved forward. Incomes have gone backwards! The blue line enforces the line between mine and thine.
— Jack Jackson (@jack_jackson) July 11, 2016

@BrianLehrer I've given up "teaching" white people about privilege and am focusing on providing space for self care for black folks
— Jeanine T. Abraham (@J9dances) July 11, 2016

White liberals who "get it" need to step up & have a talk w/ their racist uncles/aunts instead of being complicit. Do Better 👏🏽 @BrianLehrer
— rahima (@rararahima) July 11, 2016

@BrianLehrer White Privilege only made sense to me when I started thinking of it as "White Benefit of the Doubt"
— Ben Ellman (@heybellman) July 11, 2016

@BrianLehrer I teach 11th grade in NJ and use "unpacking the invisible knapsack" to show my students white privilege https://t.co/BhgiP8UdCe
— Andrew Curtis (@CurtisColtrane) July 11, 2016

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