Entrepreneur Russell Simmons,founder of Def Jam Records, and Stanford history professor Clayborne Carson join Sabrina Siddiqui to discuss the latest in the Black Lives Matter movementIn the first episode of the recent Guardian US politics podcast, or host Sabrina Siddiqui looks at the official policy platform for Black Lives Matter. The movement has announced that it will seek slavery reparations and attempt to stem the “increasingly visible violence against Black communities”.
Siddiqui is joined by guests Russell Simmons of Def Jam Recordings and professor Clayborne Carson of Stanford University to discuss the movement’s approach. Simmons and Carson offer their forecasts about how the group might build momentum to influence policy beyond this election season.
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Source: theguardian.com