EPISODE · Jun 30, 2020 · 19 MIN
Raising the 'Trayvon Generation' of Black Boys
from Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast · host WNYC Studios
A generation of Black children has been raised on videos of violence against those who look like them, committed by police. How can we help them make sense of these traumatic images? On Today's Show:Elizabeth Alexander, poet, educator, memoirist, scholar and president of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, talks about raising Black sons, and how they and their generation are coping with the trauma of watching police violence against Black people, caught on video. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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A generation of Black children has been raised on videos of violence against those who look like them, committed by police. How can we help them make sense of these traumatic images?
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