Race and Racism in the 2016 Presidential Election
b'The 2016 Presidential election brought issues of race and racism to the forefront of American politics and forced journalists to confront how to cover these topics without providing a platform for hate groups. Slate chief political correspondent and CBS News political analyst Jamelle Bouie joins MIT Communications Forum director Seth Mnookin to explore how race and ethnicity framed the election and how journalists and content creators can improve coverage of these issues moving forward.\\n\\nSpeakers:\\n\\nJamelle Bouie\\u2019s work has appeared in The New Yorker, the Washington Post, and The Nation. He is a former a staff writer at The Daily Beast and currently serves as a political analyst for CBS News and chief political correspondent for Slate.\\n\\nModerator: Seth Mnookin is the director of the MIT Communications Forum and director of MIT\\u2019s Graduate Program in Science Writing. His most recent book, The Panic Virus: The True Story Behind the Vaccine-Autism Controversy, won the \\u201cScience in Society\\u201d award from the National Association of Science Writers.\\n\\nThis event was sponsored by Radius at MIT.'