In the wake of another mass shooting, President Barack Obama took the podium in the White House press briefing room to address reporters. The shooting in a black church brings up a "dark part" of United States history. "This is not the first time that black churches have been attacked, and we know the hatred across races and faiths pose a particular threat to our democracy and our ideals," Obama said.
This hour, we explore several threads of the post-Charleston shooting, from the symbols of racism to the use of mental health to explain tragedy.
GUESTS:
- Khalilah Brown-Dean - Associate professor of political science at Quinnipiac University
- Maurie McInnis - Professor of art history at the University of Virginia and author of Slaves Waiting for Sale: Abolitionist Art and the American Slave Trade
- Chris Rabb - Social Impact Fellow at the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute at Temple's Fox School of Business, genealogist, and a 1992 graduate of Yale
- Arthur Chu - Freelance columnist who's work appears in The Daily Beast and Salon
MUSIC:
- "Justice" by Cassandra Wilson
- “Blackbird” by Dionne Farris
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Colin McEnroe and Chion Wolf contributed to this show.
