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Reasons for hope amid America's racial unrest

Reasons for hope amid America's racial unrest

Aired 07/01/2020

PBS News Hour

Reasons for hope amid America's racial unrest

Clip: 7/1/2020 | 6m 39sVideo has Closed Captions

Reasons for hope amid America's racial unrest

As the United States grapples with the novel coronavirus, nationwide protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd insist the country must confront a second epidemic: Racism. Despite a longstanding belief that we are a nation divided, some say there are reasons for hope. Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault talks to New York Times columnist and author David Brooks for "Race Matters."

Aired 07/01/2020

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