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America’s Oldest Problem, Still Unsolved

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In 1858, Abraham Lincoln famously told the Illinois Republican State Convention that, “a house divided against itself cannot stand,” arguing that the country couldn’t thrive while split over slavery. Ibram X. Kendi, director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University, joins guest host John McCaa to talk about why racism today is threatening to rip the country apart again, which he writes about for The Atlantic.