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What I Want My Kids to Learn About American Racism

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 18, 2022

Eboo Patel, a speaker, an educator, and the founder and president of Interfaith America and the author of We Need To Build: Field Notes for Diverse Democracy (Beacon Press, 2022), talks about his New York Times essay, "What I Want My Kids to Learn About American Racism," on how parents should address the topic of racism with their children.

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