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Colors: A Dialogue on Race in America

Colors is the 2025 winner of the Belva Davis Award, presented by the SAG-AFTRA American Scene Awards. Colors is a frank discussion about race. Join JJ Green, who is black and guests of different racial backgrounds as they discuss the challenges the nation faces as it struggles to heal and make meaningful changes for racial equality. It's a safe, non-judgmental, apolitical space to discuss race. Join us.

140 | Female journalists worldwide threatened online with violence

27 mins; February 24, 2023

139 | The Fight to Ban Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars

27 mins; February 17, 2023

138 | A New Generation of Black Leadership

28 mins; February 10, 2023

COLORS EP 137 | Is there such a thing as a Black utopia?

31 mins; February 03, 2023

136 | Tyre Nichols Commentary + Efforts to Ban "LatinX"

30 mins; January 27, 2023

135 | Racial Progress in America

31 mins; January 20, 2023

134 | My Story: Featuring Mitchell Miller

30 mins; January 13, 2023

133 | Oakland’s NEW Mayor: The remarkable political rise of the Hmong community

25 mins; January 13, 2023

132 | South Sudan, Again on the Brink of War

27 mins; December 27, 2022

EP. 131 | Stop Trying To Cancel Native American Cultures

27 mins; December 16, 2022

EP. 130 | How Blacks interpret racism

35 mins; December 09, 2022

EP. 129 | Racial discrimination trends among children in the United States

25 mins; December 02, 2022

EP. 128 | Colors Listeners Sound Off -Again!

29 mins; November 25, 2022

EP. 128 | Colors Listeners Sound Off -Again!

29 mins; November 25, 2022

EP. 127 | Why diversity in the classroom matters

28 mins; November 18, 2022

EP. 126 | "Who Hears Here?: On Black Music, Pasts and Present"

35 mins; November 11, 2022

EP. 125 | "The Black Athlete Revolt"

35 mins; November 04, 2022

EP. 124 | Colors Listeners Sound Off

28 mins; October 28, 2022

EP. 123 | Voices of Cayuga County

34 mins; October 21, 2022

EP. 122 | Abraham Awolich speaks out

25 mins; October 14, 2022

EP. 121 | Harriet Tubman statue unveiled at the CIA

47 mins; October 07, 2022

EP. 120 | The "American Prophet" - A new musical about Frederick Douglass

37 mins; September 30, 2022

EP. 119 | The 75th Anniversary of the Air Force and the road ahead

30 mins; September 23, 2022

EP. 118 | The connection between The Civil War and slavery; and changing the names military bases

27 mins; September 16, 2022

EP. 117 | Being Asian in America

27 mins; September 09, 2022

EP. 116 |The Mamas: What I Learned about kids, class, and race from moms not like me

28 mins; September 02, 2022

EP. 115 |A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community

39 mins; August 26, 2022

EP. 114 | The battle over race-conscious admissions policies

27 mins; August 19, 2022

EP. 113 | “First and Only: A Black Woman’s Guide to Thriving"

25 mins; August 12, 2022

EP. 112 | "Disheartened" Black Women in the South mobilizing for change.

36 mins; August 05, 2022

EP. 111 | "The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth"

42 mins; July 29, 2022

EP. 110 | Racial equity in schools -does it really exist?

36 mins; July 22, 2022

EP. 109 | Climate change and its devastating impact on communities of color

27 mins; July 15, 2022

EP. 108 | The Reality of Redistricting in Communities of Color

34 mins; July 08, 2022

EP. 107 | The impact of the Supreme Court Abortion Rights Decision on Women of Color

29 mins; July 01, 2022

EP. 106 | Fed up with school shootings, young people take action

33 mins; June 24, 2022

EP. 105 | Why are so many Black staffers leaving the Biden administration?

44 mins; June 17, 2022

EP. 104 | How to help children through the trauma of a shooting

31 mins; June 10, 2022

EP. 103 | Guns, Rhetoric and Mass Casualties: A dangerous time for Black and Brown people in America

28 mins; June 03, 2022

EP. 102 | The Buffalo murder of 10 African Americans: She warned us

32 mins; May 27, 2022

EP. 101 |WACIF provides economic opportunity in underserved neighborhoods

24 mins; May 20, 2022

EP. 100 | Confronting Internalized Racism

41 mins; May 13, 2022

EP. 99 | Young children facing hair discrimination fight back

31 mins; May 06, 2022

EP. 98 | Hispanic woman on death row in Texas receives a stay of execution. Is race a factor?

29 mins; April 29, 2022

EP. 97 | Ukraine: Are we watching genocide unfold?

36 mins; April 22, 2022

EP. 96 | Leading the U.S. Mission to the UN during a critical time

25 mins; April 15, 2022

EP. 95 | Life in America for a professional, mixed race woman

27 mins; April 08, 2022

EP. 94 | Escaping Ukraine. Yes, there are reports of racial discrimination

35 mins; April 01, 2022

EP. 93 | Aimee Cho

27 mins; March 25, 2022

EP. 92 | The "China Initiative" is scrapped by the Justice Department

28 mins; March 18, 2022

EP. 91 | Senator takes on Florida's, "Don't Say Gay", Abortion and Black History legislation

34 mins; March 11, 2022

EP. 90 | Police Chief speaks speaks out against public complacency towards crime

41 mins; March 04, 2022

EP. 89 | The demographics of America’s Black population are in the middle of a major shift.

28 mins; February 25, 2022

EP. 88 | The American Diplomat: A film about African American diplomats serving during the Cold War.

36 mins; February 18, 2022

EP. 87 | The NFL is under a microscope because of racism allegations. An insider says some hard conversations are happening now.

34 mins; February 11, 2022

EP. 86 | A conversation with three Suburban women who saw a problem and did something about it.

43 mins; February 04, 2022

EP. 85 | The controversial Dept. of Justice "China Initiative" accused of unfairly targeting Asians as espionage threats

37 mins; January 28, 2022

EP. 84 | The world view of race relations in America

39 mins; January 21, 2022

EP. 83 | The status of MLK'S Dream in America

32 mins; January 14, 2022

EP. 82 | "Critical Race Theory". Some people in America are really upset over it. What's driving the anger?

32 mins; January 07, 2022

EP. 81 | The Suburban Women Problem. It's America's problem

32 mins; December 31, 2021

EP. 80 | Transracial Adoption: The Quiet Internal Struggle

38 mins; December 24, 2021

EP. 79 | A serial, child killer tried to abduct a little indigenous girl. She escaped, grew up and is now fighting for others at risk.

31 mins; December 17, 2021

EP. 78 | A student, a gun, a racist threat and a parent who complained, told to be quiet.

31 mins; December 10, 2021

EP. 77 | What Black Women Want From The Media

40 mins; December 03, 2021

EP. 76 | State Dept's Chief of Diversity & Inclusion plans to "break some China"

42 mins; December 01, 2021

EP. 75 | Part Two of "Black Indian" A Memoir by Shonda Buchanan

25 mins; November 19, 2021

EP. 74 | "Black Indian" A Memoir by Shonda Buchanan

40 mins; November 12, 2021

EP. 73 | What Drives a White Supremacist?

45 mins; November 05, 2021

EP. 72 |Darren Brown and the search for his Native American birth parents

44 mins; October 29, 2021

Ep. 71 | Marvin and Linda Worthy push "Purple" agenda in Chambersburg Mayor's race

42 mins; October 22, 2021

Ep. 70 | Understanding Vietnamese Culture in the U.S.

38 mins; October 15, 2021

Ep. 69 | COVID Conspiracy: Foreign disinformation driving American vaccine resistance

30 mins; October 08, 2021

Ep. 68 | Backlash

39 mins; October 01, 2021

Ep. 67 | The JEB Stuart High to Justice High name change: A lesson for America

40 mins; September 24, 2021

Ep. 66 |The Georgetown Butcher

38 mins; September 17, 2021

Ep. 65 | Refugees being settled in the U.S. face challenges. Racism is one of them. But they all deal with it differently.

36 mins; September 10, 2021

Ep. 65 | Refugees being settled in the U.S. face challenges. Racism is one of them. But they all deal with it differently.

36 mins; September 10, 2021

Ep. 64 | Racism can leave you Lonely

37 mins; September 03, 2021

Ep. 63 | Challenges for Minority Women Working in the U.S. Government

62 hours 14 mins; August 27, 2021

Ep. 62 | Small Town vs Big Business: Dirt Roads, Old Cemeteries and African American Heritage at Stake

43 mins; August 20, 2021

Ep. 61 | The United Nations calls out the world's racist behavior, including that in the U.S.

33 mins; August 13, 2021

Ep. 60 | She's Black. He's White. They're Married. She thinks he's become "a racist". Now what?

46 mins; August 06, 2021

Ep. 59 | Diversity in local TV and Radio staffing and stories: After a year of racial and social justice protests, where do we stand?

37 mins; July 30, 2021

Ep. 58 | Enough is enough: WTOP’s GM addresses racist letter written to staffer

31 mins; July 23, 2021

Ep. 57 | Featuring NFL Hall of Famer Darrell Green

40 mins; July 16, 2021

Ep. 56 | The complexities of racism faced by the Latin X community

40 mins; July 09, 2021

SPECIAL PRESENTATON | The Colors Documentary: Part 1 - How We Got Here

34 mins; July 02, 2021

Ep. 55 | Being an Asian American journalist during this last tumultuous year in the U.S.

44 mins; June 25, 2021

COLORS SPECIAL EDITION | The Supreme Court NCAA Ruling And Its Impact On Race

14 mins; June 22, 2021

Ep. 54 | Re-imagining policing to address racial and community issues

49 mins; June 18, 2021

Ep. 53 | The Karla Reyes Story: From 17 year old janitor to 24 year old executive

34 mins; June 11, 2021

Ep. 52 | What does the world think of America's racial problems?

43 mins; June 04, 2021

Ep. 51 | St. Petersburg struggles with gentrification questions.

37 mins; May 28, 2021

Ep. 50 | Racism in America: A Palestinian's View

46 mins; May 21, 2021

Ep. 49 | A District Attorney stood up against racism and paid a price, but that didn't stop him.

34 mins; May 14, 2021

Ep. 48 | A white policeman in the deep south took the Derek Chauvin verdict personally

43 mins; May 07, 2021

Ep. 47 | They called her the "N" word in Burlington, Vermont? Yes, even there!

33 mins; April 30, 2021

Ep. 46 | Derek Chauvin is guilty. So now what?

35 mins; April 23, 2021

Ep. 45 | Stop Asian Hate! Here's How.

50 mins; April 16, 2021

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