and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. reaction to the tragic shooting of michael brown, an unarmed teenager, by a police officer prompted a media frenzy, to be sure. outraged protest and thousands of hours of opinion by pundits and politicians pointing just how difficult it is for americans still to deal with issues of racial inequality. a recent pugh survey found that only 37% of white americans believe michael brown s death raised important issues about race, while 80% of african-americans say that it did. joining us now from providence, rhode island, to discuss where we need to go as a country is dr. tricia rose, director of the center for the study of race and ethnicity in america at brown university. tricia rose, good to have you on the program. let me jump right in with this pugh study, i guess i m not fascinated. i saw these same kinds of numbers after rodney king in l.a., same kinds of numbers after trayvon martin not too lon
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