Hi, Brian Lairer here.

Up next, Brian Lairor Weekend,

three of our favorite segments from the week,

packaged together for you to listen to on the weekend.

So enjoy, and I'll see you back on the radio Monday at 10 a.m.

on WNYC on WNYC.

Good morning again, everyone. I'm so happy to have with us now,

the journalist, author, and columnist, and podcast host, who you may know best as the former

co-host of all things considered, Michelle Norris. She is a Washington Post columnist these

days, host of the podcast, Your Mama's Kitchen, and has a new book out

called Our Hidden Conversations, what Americans really think about race and identity.

The book is based on her years of listening to Americans of all kinds in what Michelle has called

the Race Card Project. Many of you have heard Race Card Project segments on the station

or know that it started with Michelle inviting anyone to submit six words, just six words,

with your thoughts, experiences, or observations about race. And maybe you followed her work in the

post or elsewhere. Maybe you know the Race Card Project has won a Peabody Award,

among many other accolades. Just a few examples, Michelle has highlighted in the past, or I should say

in the Washington Post, to get your imagination going before we bring her on, six words each.

Reason I ended a sweet relationship. Too black for black men's love.

Urban living has made me racist.

Took 21 years to be Latina.

Was considered white until after 9-11.

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