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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: Marc Lamont Hill and Todd Brewster: Technology, Social Media and the Fight for Racial Justice
Description: In recent years, an influx of racially motivated attacks against people of color in local communities has made national headlines: and the cases of George Floyd, Breanna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery have sparked international conversations. In today’s age, exposure to racial injustice is more accessible than ever with the rise of video recording and the intimacy of technology. The power to spread information globally, all with the touch of a button, is reshaping the civil rights movement and pushing social justice forward.Marc Lamont Hill and Todd Brewster are both award-winning journalists and bestselling authors who reveal the common th...