The Talk: Race in America

This two-hour documentary is about the increasingly common conversation taking place in homes and communities across the country between parents of color and their children, especially sons, about how to behave if they are ever stopped by the police. This program originally aired in 2017.

South Carolina police on losing officers in the line of fire

1m 13s

Mike Lanier, Deputy Director of the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy, speaks along with Major John Yarborough and Chief Mark Keel about the pain of losing young officers in the line of fire.

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How one parent talks to his biracial kids about race

1m 13s

Alex Mindt shares how he talks to his children about race and how he helps them when classmates or friends struggle to understand their biracial family.
How studying history can lead to understanding

28s

Author and filmmaker Raquel Cepeda explains how understanding history and culture can impact our ability to understand one another and can lead to important, if difficult, conversations.

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