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The Black correspondents at the White House
This episode of Playbook Deep Dive explores how Black White House correspondents deal with everything from microaggressions to death threats.
April Ryan raises her hand to ask a question of former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders during a press briefing at the White House in 2017. | Alex Brandon/AP Photo
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White House reporters have access to the highest seat in the country — and they’re a small group. An even
smaller group within that? Reporters of color.
On this episode of Playbook Deep Dive, Eugene Daniels is in conversation with fellow Black White House correspondents April Ryan (The Grio) and Ayesha Rascoe (NPR) about everything from microaggressions to death threats — to Ryan's fiery encounters with former President Donald Trump. “Covering the White House from Bill Clinton to now, race touches everything,” says Ryan. “Everything.”