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Is The South Racist? We Asked South Carolinians

The Charleston church shooting and the recent focus on the Confederate flag have reignited age-old debates about racism in the U.S. We wanted to explore the stereotype that the South is more racist than the North. So we hit the road in South Carolina and asked. AJ+’s Dena Takruri reports.

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Ferguson IS America

People around the world have watched Ferguson, Missouri in disbelief that what they’re seeing is taking place in the United States. But Ferguson is actually quite American. AJ+ host Dena Takruri explains how the city is a microcosm of the systemic racial inequality that persists in the U.S, from poverty and unemployment to the police targeting of African-American communities.