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What Bernie Could Do For Racial Justice with Briahna Joy Gray, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Ariella Thornhill

Jacobin Radio

Jacobin

Socialism, History, News, Left, Jacobin, Alternative, Socialist, Politics

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2019

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

What could a Bernie Sanders presidency do for racial justice in America? Last month at Riverside Church in New York City, we hosted a discussion on this question with Briahna Joy Gray and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, moderated by Ariella Thornhill.

Briahna Joy Gray is Bernie Sanders’s national press secretary. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is an assistant professor of African American Studies at Princeton and a Jacobin columnist. Ariella Thornhill is a Jacobin board member.



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racial justice in America. The event was at the Riverside Church in Harlem

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