Director of Antiracism Research and Policy Center US - Ibram Kendi

Published: Aug. 12, 2019, 8 a.m.

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For many Americans, Donald Trump\\u2019s incendiary tweets aimed at immigrants show him to be a racist and white nationalist. But maybe we exaggerate the importance of Donald Trump\\u2019s contribution to America\\u2019s problem with race? Stephen Sackur interviews prize-winning writer on race and founder of the Anti-Racist Research Centre in Washington, Ibram Kendi. He says the roots of racism run deep and an honest assessment of their strength has barely begun. Can the US ever fix a problem so intimately bound up with its past?

(Photo: Ibram X Kendi. Credit: Getty Images)

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