Rob Eschmann on When the Hood Comes Off
Writer, educator, filmmaker, and scholar from Chicago - Dr. Rob Eschmann writes on educational inequality, community violence, racism, social media, and youth wellbeing.\nHis research seeks to uncover individual, group, and intuitional-level barriers to racial and economic equity, and he pays special attention to the heroic efforts everyday people make to combat those barriers. \n\nFrom cell phone footage of police killing unarmed Black people to leaked racist messages and even comments from friends and family on social media, online communication exposes how racism operates in a world that pretends to be colorblind. In When the Hood Comes Off, Rob Eschmann blends rigorous research and engaging personal narrative to examine the effects of online racism on communities of color and society, and the unexpected ways that digital technologies enable innovative everyday tools of antiracist resistance.\n\nJoin us when Eschmann expounds on his investigation which influence online communication on this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large.\n\nListen to past shows: https://soundcloud.com/leonard-lopate\n\nBe a Friend: Twitter - https://twitter.com/lopate_leonard\n\nSupport the Station (select the Leonard Lopate at Large from the pulldown menu):\n\nBAI Buddy: https://wbai.wedid.it