Christina Heatherton and john a. powell discuss Trump’s and Clinton’s positions on policing and racism in America Story Transcript KIM BROWN: Welcome to the Real News Network. I’m Kim Brown in Baltimore. Levels of mistrust between police and communities of color, in particular African American communities, are at very uncomfortable levels. Really since the rise […]
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john a. powell is Director of the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society and Professor of Law, African American, and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He previously served as the Executive Director at the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at Ohio State University and the Institute for Race and Poverty at the University of Minnesota. He led the development of an “opportunity-based” model that connects affordable housing to education, health care, and employment. He is one of the co-founders of the Poverty & Race Research Action Council and serves on the board of several national organizations. Prof. powell has taught at numerous law schools including Harvard and Columbia University. He is the author of Racing to Justice: Transforming our Concepts of Self and Other to Build an Inclusive Society.