Quick Take: Race/Whiteness In 2016

The NPR Politics Podcast

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Politics, Daily News, News

4.4 • 25.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2016

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Gene Demby, lead correspondent for NPR's Code Switch team — which covers race, identity, and culture — joins the podcast to discuss how whiteness is shaping our politics this election year. This episode, host/campaign reporter Sam Sanders, campaign reporter Asma Khalid, and political editor Domenico Montanaro. More coverage at nprpolitics.org. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Subscribe to the new Code Switch podcast at npr.org/podcasts.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:05.8	We're here today to talk about something that is getting harder to avoid this election
0:09.0	year, race, specifically whiteness, and how racial grievance of all kinds seems to be more
0:15.9	present than ever in our politics.
0:17.9	I'm Sam Sanders, campaign reporter.
0:20.0	I'm Usma Khalid, I cover demographics in the campaign.
0:22.6	I'm Dominican Montenegro, political editor.
0:24.9	We have a special guest today, someone who's launching his own podcast later this month.
0:30.8	Our dear friend, Jean, say hi and who you are.
0:33.3	What's good?
0:34.3	I'm Jean Demi, I'm the lead correspondent for Coatswitch.
0:36.3	We are a team dedicated to covering race, ethnicity, and culture.
0:38.9	And you're going to be co-hosting the new Coatswitch podcast, which launches what like...
0:42.7	May 31st, subscribe on iTunes.
0:43.7	I'm excited.
0:44.7	I'm excited.
0:45.7	Welcome Jean.
0:46.7	Thank you for having me.
0:47.7	I'm excited.
0:48.7	So, we could play a lot of Trump tape to begin this discussion.
0:52.2	But let's just stick with the big three all about Trump and race.
0:56.1	Here they are.
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