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Today's Interview: An Introduction To 'White Privilege'

courtesy The University of Kentucky

In  June the New York Times best seller list was made up of several non-fiction books about race and 'white privilege' in America.

In today's interview, Cheri Lawson talked briefly about 'white privilege' with Carol Taylor-Shim, director of Bias Incident Support Services at the University of Kentucky in the Office of Student and Academic Affairs.

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Cheri is a broadcast producer, anchor, reporter, announcer and talk show host with over 25 years of experience. For three years, she was the local host of Morning Edition on WMUB-FM at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Cheri produced and hosted local talk shows and news stories for the station for nine years. Prior to that, she produced and co-hosted a local talk show on WVXU, Cincinnati for nearly 15 years. Cheri has won numerous awards from the Public Radio News Directors Association, the Ohio and Kentucky Associated Press, and both the Cincinnati and Ohio chapters of the Society for Professional Journalists.
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