Chris Moore-Backman

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  • Role: Producer/Reporter: Independent

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A Bitter Harvest: California, Marijuana, and the New Jim Crow (59:00)
From: Chris Moore-Backman

This documentary views Michelle Alexander's "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness" through the lens of California's marijuana industry. ...
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On the Other Side of the Myth: A Conversation with Michelle Alexander and Tim Wise (59:00)
From: Chris Moore-Backman

This second installment in the series titled Bringing Down the New Jim Crow features the first ever dialog between legal scholar Michelle Alexander and anti-racism educator ...
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Some Thoughts On Mercy: An Essay on Race and Redemption, written and read by Ross Gay (29:00)
From: Chris Moore-Backman

In this provocative radio essay, a commonplace encounter with racial profiling opens the door to the vast and painful reality of racism in the United States. A touching and ...