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Podcast: So Money with Farnoosh Torabi
Episode: 1056: Black Wealth Matters: Donovan Ramsey, Journalist and Author
Description: Today’s guest is my former editorial assistant and right hand guy, Donovan X Ramsey, who first appeared on the show in 2015. As a friend and accomplished journalist focusing on the topic of black identity, politics and patterns of power in America, I wanted to catch up with Donovan for my #BlackWealthMatters series.
Key takeaways from our interview:
How Donovan's upcoming book, When Crack Was King, chronicles the 1980's and 1990'se pidemic, its misperceptions and the way policing changed during those years.
Donovan's own experiences with racial discrimination in graduate school and beyond.
The truth about what publishing pays. Donovan an...