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Let’s Talk About Race (LTAR)

Let’s Talk About Race (LTAR), is a new intergenerational, roundtable discussion of independent national journalists featuring rigorous conversations and analysis of news coverage and the role race plays in politics, government, economy, education, and health. LTAR currently airs on KBOO Community Radio in Portland, OR, and on Pacifica Radio Network
LTAR brings independent journalists from all over the country from New Jersey to Texas and Pennsylvania with a home base in Portland, Oregon. The hosts bring their own flavor, journalistic perspectives, and integrity.
The roundtable line-up features: LaNita Duke, an award-winning audio and video producer who has written, directed, and produced political news and commentary for Grassroots NW and KBOO Radio for over 45 years. Dianne Johnson, a journalist from Texas co-host/musicologist on From the Grassroots, a political news magazine. Althea Billings, current News Director at KBOO Community Radio. Cecil Prescod, is a talk-show host focusing on local, national, and international issues ranging from poverty in Portland to politics in Africa. Nia Gray, host, and blogger of The Faith Report in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. And Mary Li is the Director of the Multnomah Idea Lab (MIL) at the Multnomah County Department of County Human Services in Portland Oregon
On this edition of LTAR:=, You are listening to LTAR: No Black History Month-updating Reading, Writing, and Book burning.

Welcome to another edition of LTAR::let’s Talk About Race-No Black History Month-Revisiting Reading, Writing, and Book Burning. I’m the New Director Althea Billings.
Florida Gov Ron DeSantis decision to dilute America History by placing conservatives in educational decision-making powers and challenging any information that promotes intersectionality-the bridge where all ages, and nationalities can see we can build toward a common purpose -while addressing historical wrongs.
DeSantis’ crusade on diversity and race comes in a state, colonized by the Spanish, where there is an intersection of Black, Latino, and Indigenous culture and history. But DeSantis claims AA AP history is indoctrination -this claim is part of the big backlash towards racial understanding.
Outtro: DeSantis' criticism and rejection of the AP course provides a template on how other class standards can be “pushed down," creating a chilling effect on other race studies classes.
The revised curriculum for a new Advanced Placement course on African American studies can no longer focus on Black Lives Matter, slavery reparations, and queer theory. The lives, contributions, and stories of Black trans, queer, and non-binary/non-conforming people are being erased, and we should do everything in our power to keep penciling them in.