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Days after the massacre at a black church in Charleston, S.C., Utahns are considering recent racially charged incidents closer to home, including an abandoned effort to celebrate Caucasian heritage and a group that marched with the Confederate flag in a Herriman parade.
On Wednesday at 12:15 p.m., BYU graduate student Mica McGriggs and University of Utah professors Karen Johnson and Wilfred Samuels join Jennifer Napier-Pearce to talk about racism and what Utahns can learn from the broader national discussion on race.
Watch this video chat at sltrib.com. You can also join the discussion by sending questions and comments to the hashtag #TribTalk on Twitter and Google+ or texting 801-609-8059. Did local events add to air of racial bias?
12:15 p.m. • Days after the massacre at a black church in Charleston, S.C., Utahns are considering recent racially charged incidents closer to home, including an abandoned effort to celebrate Caucasian heritage and a group that marched with the Confederate flag in a Herriman parade. BYU graduate student Mica McGriggs and University of Utah professors Karen Johnson, Paul White and Wilfred Samuels join Jennifer Napier-Pearce to talk about racism and what Utahns can learn from the broader national discussion. Watch the video chat at sltrib.com. Join the discussion by sending questions and comments to #TribTalk on Twitter and Google+ or by texting 801-609-8059. › sltrib.com