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Recorded March 28. 2019.

From the abolition of slavery to the civil rights movement, and post-apartheid to current day, racism has manifested in different ways throughout the 20th and 21st century. In this latest Behind the Headlines discussion we ask, Does Race Matter?

Our panellists will look at why racial inequality persists after the abolition of slavery and how racism continues to evolve under different guises; the role of the Irish Americans in race relations and the connection to Ireland’s civil rights movement; the experience of institutionalised racism in higher education; and online toxic hate speech and digital racism.

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