High School Hate Crime

A Black high school girl in Kansas City was brutally assaulted by a white male classmate, who also called her the “n” word. Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Kansas City Defender, the Black-owned outlet that broke the story, joins Areva to discuss his reporting. David Ikard, Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies at Vanderbilt University, provides analysis of the incident and white peoples’ use of the “n” word.