2020 Election Special: Race and the Election

This is an audio recording of a live event held in Oxford on Oct 26, 2020 to discuss the role of race in the 2020 election. The panel  were Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Wesley Lowery, Michigan State political scientist Nazita Lajevardi, and Maria Givens from the Native American Agricultural Fund. The chair is Dr Mitch Robertson, Fellow of the Rothermere American Institute at Oxford University. For details of all our election events see https://www.rai.ox.ac.uk/election2020 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Historian and broadcaster Professor Adam Smith explores the America of today through the lens of the past. Is America - as Abraham Lincoln once claimed - the last best hope of Earth?Produced by Oxford University’s world-leading Rothermere American Institute, each story-filled episode looks at the US from the outside in – delving into the political events, conflicts, speeches and songs that have shaped and embodied the soul of a nation.From the bloody battlefields of Gettysburg to fake news and gun control, Professor Smith takes you back in time (and sometimes on location) to uncover fresh insights and commentary from award-winning academics and prominent public figures.Join us as we ask: what does the US stand for – and what does this mean for us all?  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.