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Ibram Kendi – Director of Antiracism Research and Policy Center, US

Stephen Sackur interviews writer on race and founder of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center Ibram Kendi. Can the US ever fix a problem intimately bound up with its past?

For many Americans, Donald Trump's incendiary tweets aimed at immigrants show him to be a racist and white nationalist. But maybe we exaggerate the importance of Donald Trump's contribution to America's problem with race? Stephen Sackur interviews prize-winning writer on race and founder of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center in Washington, Ibram Kendi. He says the roots of racism run deep and an honest assessment of their strength has barely begun. Can the US ever fix a problem intimately bound up with its past?

30 minutes

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Presenter Stephen Sackur
Interviewed Guest Ibrahim X Kendi

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