Podcast appearances and mentions of Rinku Sen

What do the results of the presidential election tell us about our country? We asked a veteran movement organizer to reflect on what feels like a rejection of her core values.To help him make sense of all the post-election feelings, host Kai Wright gets advice from his mentor in the movement for racial and social justice, Rinku Sen. Sen  is the executive director of the Narrative Initiative, which focuses on social movements working to root our multiracial democracy in equity and justice. She shares reflections and lessons from her own journey as an organizer and thinker.Plus, Kai turns to reporter Brandon Tensley, who covers national politics for Capital B News, to break down what we know and don't know about the incoming Trump Administration, and how he is preparing for what is to come professionally — and personally. Tell us what you think. We're @noteswithkai on Instagram and X (Twitter). Email us at notes@wnyc.org. Send us a voice message by recording yourself on your phone and emailing us, or record one here.Notes from America airs live on Sundays at 6 p.m. ET. The podcast episodes are lightly edited from our live broadcasts.

Rising Up By Sonali Kolkhatkar On tonight's show, APEX Express producer Preeti Gamzeh interviews veteran radio journalist and author Sonali Kolhatkar on her new book Rising Up: The Power of Narrative in Pursuing Racial Justice. Sonali Kolhatkar is the host of the show Rising Up with Sonali, the longest running morning, drive-time radio program hosted by a woman. In addition to hosting the daily show, she's also  he Racial Justice editor at Yes! Magazine and Senior Correspondent for the Independent Media Institute‘s Economy for All project. We also talk to Rinku Sen, who wrote the foreword to the book  Rising Up. Rinku was the Executive Director of Race Forward and Publisher of their award-winning news site and magazine Colorlines for many years. She is currently the executive director of the Narrative Initiative. She is the author of two books Stir it Up and The Accidental American.   More Resources: Rising Up Book Events Sonali Kolhatkar's Ted Talk. The post Rising Up: The Power of Narrative In Pursuit of Racial Justice Book Discussion With Sonali Kolkhatkar – June 22, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

What we do to each other, we do to the Earth. To protect our common home, we're being called upon to bridge our differences to create beloved community and peaceful coexistence. A new generation of visionary change-makers is reframing the race conversation, and designing new tools to transform our unconscious biases and create justice. With: Racial justice pathfinders Rinku Sen, Saru Jayaraman and Malkia Cyril. This is an episode of the Bioneers: Revolution from the Heart of Nature series. Visit the radio and podcast homepage to find out how to hear the program on your local station and how to subscribe to the podcast.

Would you rather have an ally or a friend? I've been taken by this paradigm shift of a question from the moment I heard Rinku talking about it. She says that an “ally” is too low of a bar, like taking something off the shelf and putting it back if you don't like it. So what happens when we talk about friendship instead? What happens when we are in authentic relationships with the people we are building movements with? In my mind, EVERYTHING changes. We are playing an entirely different game. And it includes being more human, together. I am blessed to call Rinku a friend. I know you will appreciate this episode. I feel it is very much aligned with the work Tuesday and I have been doing to re-imagine the racial justice conversation. She is an Indian-American author, activist and political strategist. She was born in Kolkata and moved to New York when she was 5 years old. I met her 20 years ago when we both served on the Board of the Schott Foundation for Public Education. Today she serves as the executive director of Narrative Initiative. She is also the co-president of the Women's March Board of Directors, former president, and executive director of Race Forward as well as publisher of ColorLines.com and Mother Jones magazine. Enjoy, and… Make FRIENDS! Gibrán

Rinku Sen joins Thamarrah to get into what it means to build narrative power and how changing dominant narratives can reshape society. Rinku is the Executive director of Narrative Initiative an organization that engages in the work of deep narrative change by equipping social justice leaders with the knowledge, resources, and skills necessary to harness narrative power and create durable social change. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Find more As It Should Be at asitshouldbepod.com Support the show: Join the Collective for only $3 a month

Rinku Sen is an expert on shifting narratives. In her role as the Executive Director of the Narrative Initiative, she leads a team that works across timelines, cultures, sectors and the country to make equity and social justice common sense. As an author, former ED of Race Forward and Co-President of the Women's March, Rinku brings deep experience in racial justice, feminist and labor movements to her change work.In this episode, Rinku demystifies the work of narrative change, helping us understand what's required, what can stand in our way and what we need to stay committed in the long term. “It's just about putting in the time and the creativity and the hard work. It's not magic, like the kind of magic we don't have access to. The magic is the combination of having people willing to do this work and letting it be loose.  In non-profit land, in the United States and NGOs globally there's not a lot of room for experimentation. And even in cultural production in Hollywood, for example, or in publishing,  people's ideas of what the market wants and what there's a market for and what there isn't a market for – those kinds of requirements for art do limit what kind of art gets made and what kind of art gets distributed. So finding free spaces to do narrative thinking and narrative work  can be a structural challenge.” Plus, she shares several excellent examples of narrative change in action, highlighting successes, failures and ongoing challenges on issues like gender equity and racism. In particular, she describes the support her team provides through its Wordforce program and explores early work focused on shifting the model minority narrative about Asian-Americans.To make the process more accessible, Rinku walks us through the powerful Four Baskets Framework she and her colleagues at the Narrative Initiative use to research, create, test and deploy narrative strategies that inform and inspire action.Want to know more? Check out the Narrative Initiative and its fantastic resources. You might also want to explore the work of their colleagues at The Opportunity Agenda (listen to my interview with their President Ellen Buchman), the Center for Story-based Strategy, ReFrame and the Center for Cultural Power.

On this bonus episode of Momentum, Hiba and guest co-host Dennis preview Race Forward's 40th Anniversary Celebration – our upcoming virtual gala celebrating 40 years of catalyzing the racial justice movement! Listen in as our hosts talk about the early days of Race Forward, the important changemaking moments that have shaped the organization, and the wins that cumulatively inspire our work today. Afterwards, make sure to RSVP for Race Forward's 40th Anniversary Celebration on November 18th streaming on Facebook and YouTube Live. Hosted by Kat Lazo, this one-of-a-kind celebration will feature special appearances from Race Forward's founder Gary Delgado, current president Glenn Harris, and former president Rinku Sen; as well as many other leaders, organizers, culture bearers and artists working for racial equity. Be sure to tune in for an evening of memorable historic highlights, humor, and cultural performances! RSVP: https://bit.ly/RaceForward40 About Race Forward:  Race Forward catalyzes movement building for racial justice. In partnership with communities, organizations, and sectors, we build strategies to advance racial justice in our policies, institutions, and culture. Race Forward imagines a just, multiracial, democratic society, free from oppression and exploitation, in which people of color thrive with power and purpose. Follow Race Forward on social media Follow us on Facebook:www.facebook.com/raceforward Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/raceforward Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/raceforward Building Racial Equity (BRE) Trainings  www.raceforward.org/trainings Subscribe to our newsletter:www.raceforward.org/subscribe Executive Producers: Hendel Leiva, Cheryl Cato Blakemore Associate Producer/ Editor: Kendy Solis 

You'll find a link to watch this episode, check out the episode notes posted along with an invitation to join guests and Laura for a live premiere and chat event to view this week's episode via our YouTube channel, Sunday's 11:30am, at Patreon.com/theLFShow   Disinformation, polarization, growing economic inequality, attempts to undermine elections and the rights of women and racial minorities—all of these are turning up the heat on American democracy. At the same time, pro-democracy movements are also on the rise. So is this the darkness before the storm or before the dawn? “That all rests on what we're doing right now,” says guest Adrienne Evans. In this episode, Laura and returning guest co-host, Scot Nakagawa, speak with three national organizers who share tools and strategies for building democracy and countering Right-Wing, authoritarian movements. They're reaching across the political divide and organizing at the margins to shift narratives, empower everyday citizens, and bring people together. What's working and where are we headed? Find out in this episode.GUESTS:• Co-Host Scot Nakagawa, Co-Founder and Senior Partner, ChangeLab; Project Director, 22nd Century Initiative• Rachel O'Leary Carmona, Executive Director, Women's March• Adrienne Evans, Executive Director, United Vision for Idaho, the state's only multi-issue, progressive coalition.• Rinku Sen, Executive Director, Narrative Initiative.  She's the former Executive Director of Race Forward and Publisher of their award-winning news site Colorlines.

It's not easy to describe a guest as dynamic as Rinku Sen, but we'll give it a shot. Rinku is the executive director of Narrative Initiative, co-president of the Women's March Board, and author of two incredible books. As a political strategist, she has worked with the ACLU and PolicyLink, and her work on the “Drop the I Word” campaign has revolutionized the way media outlets talk about immigrants. As you can imagine, having Rinku on Let's Hear It is a treat.     In this exceptionally fun and interesting conversation, Rinku talks about her experience in journalism school, the history behind the term “systemic racism,” and how to ask the right questions to get the most useful answers. We're aware that we say this every time, but it truly is not a conversation to miss.     In sadder news, this episode marks the end of the intrepid Maggie Brown's tenure as our producer and audio editor. Let's Hear It might not be the same without them, but we're so thrilled about this new chapter of their life as they move to Japan to teach English. Give it up for Maggie!   P.S. This does mean we're in the market for a new audio editor! If you know someone who knows someone who may be interested, don't hesitate to let us know.

It's not easy to describe a guest as dynamic as Rinku Sen, but we'll give it a shot. Rinku is the executive director of Narrative Initiative, co-president of the Women's March Board, and author of two incredible books. As a political strategist, she has worked with the ACLU and PolicyLink, and her work on the “Drop the I Word” campaign has revolutionized the way media outlets talk about immigrants. As you can imagine, having Rinku on Let's Hear It is a treat.     In this exceptionally fun and interesting conversation, Rinku talks about her experience in journalism school, the history behind the term “systemic racism,” and how to ask the right questions to get the most useful answers. We're aware that we say this every time, but it truly is not a conversation to miss.     In sadder news, this episode marks the end of the intrepid Maggie Brown's tenure as our producer and audio editor. Let's Hear It might not be the same without them, but we're so thrilled about this new chapter of their life as they move to Japan to teach English. Give it up for Maggie!   P.S. This does mean we're in the market for a new audio editor! If you know someone who knows someone who may be interested, don't hesitate to let us know.

The human brain, as Rinku Sen explains, loves and is even addicted to stories. A highly respected author, organizer, and political strategist driven to achieve racial and gender justice, Rinku has amplified the stories of many people whose voices are rarely heard, or communities fully represented in mainstream media. Now, as executive director of Narrative Initiative, Rinku is transforming the ways in which nonprofits communicate their stories to policymakers and the press. The work goes deeper than positioning organizations to be heard. Rinku and her team are a singular resource for nonprofits that are motivated to expand beyond strategic communications-the practice of setting short term policy goals supported by an organizing campaign and the communications strategy needed to advance it. They are experts in developing narratives that appeal not to supporters but to those whose minds must evolve to make big social change possible. It is a bold, ambitious and long overdue agenda. As America's history with slavery and suffrage reveals, it takes generations to change mind-sets and make the most egregious policies and practices morally indefensible. These are seeds of change we can all cultivate.        

Does it always make sense to organize as a 501c3? How do you decide whether you need a c3, c4 or even a for-profit LLC? What are the pros and cons?

Does it always make sense to organize as a 501c3? How do you decide whether you need a c3, c4 or even a for-profit LLC? What are the pros and cons?

Does it always make sense to organize as a 501c3? How do you decide whether you need a c3, c4 or even a for-profit LLC? What are the pros and cons? The post Ep 133: Choosing the Right Nonprofit Business Model (with Rinku Sen) appeared first on Joan Garry Nonprofit Leadership.

On this episode of Momentum, Chevon is joined by Dennis Chin, Race Forward’s Director of Strategic Initiatives for an important conversation around the recent/ ongoing anti-Asian attacks happening across the nation. To root the conversation, Dennis shares his background in racial justice work, his experience recently having been targeted and accosted himself, and his experience working with Race Forward’s AAPI Caucus in crafting a statement after last month’s horrific acts of violence in Atlanta. Chevon and Dennis share some examples relating to the history of anti-Asian racism in the United States, the history and complexities of how Asian immigrant communities and Asian-Americans have been positioned in America, and how narratives like the “Chinavirus” (in reference to COVID-19) and the “model minority myth” are harmful and can lead to the proliferation of racist acts of violence. Lastly, Dennis and Chevon discuss the tensions that arise/exist between BIPOC communities that are a result of white supremacy and patriarchal systems at work, the conversations that are needed to dismantle these systems, and naming on the ground organizations that are directly addressing anti-Asian violence. It is our hope that this episode helps ground you for the important work there is still to do over the next few months and years––  and like our hosts said “there is room for everybody in this fight”. We’re excited to announce that Dennis will be back to co-host with Chevon the last two episodes of Season 2 of Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast, and we’re looking forward to having you listen in! Resources (by order of mention)  Race Forward Decries Hate Violence Against Asian Americans In Atlanta And Across The Country https://bit.ly/39SpIRQ Here's what we know about the metro Atlanta spa shootings that left 8 dead (via CNN)https://cnn.it/3d3oXaN A woman's brutal attack exposed a torrent of anti-Asian violence after the Atlanta shootings (via CNN)https://cnn.it/2OABrx6 Asian Americans Advancing Justice https://www.advancingjustice-aajc.org/ Oakland Chinatown Coalitionwww.facebook.com/chinatowncoalition Yang Song And The Long History Of Targeting Asian American Sex Workers (via Hyphen Magazine) https://bit.ly/3muYrK8 Red Canary Songhttps://www.redcanarysong.net/ Jeff’s Chang’s We Gon’ Be Alright –– The Digital Series http://bealright.net/ The Life of Afong Moy, the First Chinese Woman in America (via Literary Hub) https://bit.ly/3rZDN67 The Accidental American by Rinku Sen (via Goodreads)https://bit.ly/3uy4DUM Freedom INC. https://freedom-inc.org/ Hollaback!https://www.ihollaback.org Safewalks NYCwww.instagram.com/safewalksnyc CAAAV –– Organizing Asian Communitieshttps://caaav.org/ About Race Forward:  Race Forward catalyzes movement building for racial justice. In partnership with communities, organizations, and sectors, we build strategies to advance racial justice in our policies, institutions, and culture. Race Forward imagines a just, multiracial, democratic society, free from oppression and exploitation, in which people of color thrive with power and purpose. Follow Race Forward on social media Follow us on Facebook:www.facebook.com/raceforward Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/raceforward Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/raceforward Building Racial Equity (BRE) Trainings  www.raceforward.org/trainings Subscribe to our newsletter:www.raceforward.org/subscribe Executive Producers: Hendel Leiva, Cheryl Cato BlakemoreAssociate Producer/ Editor: Kendy Solis 

To buy Defund Fear and support your local bookstore, order a copy on IndieBound.org.To follow our guests:Rinku Sen from the Narrative InitiativeDevone Boggan from Advance PeaceJeannette Bocanegra from Justice For FamiliesDanielle Sered from Common Justice

What we do to each other, we do to the Earth. To protect our common home, we’re being called upon to bridge our differences to create beloved community and peaceful coexistence. A new generation of visionary change-makers is reframing the race conversation, and designing new tools to transform our unconscious biases and create justice. With Racial justice pathfinders Rinku Sen, Saru Jarayaman and Malkia Cyril.

At the heart of both Abolish ICE and Defund the Police is a conversation about who is incarcerated and criminalized. The movements share the belief that regardless of the badge, bad law enforcement practices and policies affect the safety and well-being of people across the United States. This discussion focuses on the increasingly intersecting coalitions between the movements and their impact in reframing the conversation around criminal justice reform with Tsion Gurmu, Legal Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration and Founder of the Queer Black Immigration Project; Rinku Sen, former Executive Director of Race Forward; and Sejal Zota, Legal Director and Co-Founder of Just Future Laws. View transcript: https://law.duke.edu/transcripts/Transcript-The-Convergence-of-Movements-to-Abolish-ICE-and-Defund-the-Police.pdf

Rinku Sen is a widely-read and respected theorist and practitioner of racial justice organizing, advocacy and media. She co-founded and served as publisher of the groundbreaking media outlet Colorlines, has led a number of organizations, and written a couple of books including Stir It Up: Lessons in Community Organizing and Advocacy. And she's with us now.

There are few forces of nature more formidable than a group of women fed up with the status quo. From the French Revolution—which was sparked in part by a 7,000-woman march from Paris to Versailles—to Black Lives Matter—which was founded by three women—some of the most important protest movements in global history have been women-led. In addition to organizing many of summer 2020’s continuing marches, over the past century women have taken to the streets to rally for voting and equal rights, to condemn sexual and gun violence, and to stand against the sitting president. But protest has taken other forms too, including the #MeToo movement, anti-colonial mobilizations from Ethiopia to Southeast Asia, women taking the wheel in Saudi Arabia to demand the right to drive, and boycotts and strikes like the Women’s Political Council Montgomery bus boycott. How have women risen up collectively to create change—and influenced broader movements in the process? What has made women particularly effective protesters, and what ideas have women come up with that have changed the art of protest? USC labor historian Francille Rusan Wilson, Northeastern University feminist sociologist Valentine Moghadam, UCLA gender studies professor Ju Hui Judy Han, and Rinku Sen, co-president of the Women’s March Board of Directors, visited Zócalo to discuss the power of women saying “no” throughout history. This discussion was co-presented with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and streamed live on August 20, 2020. Visit www.zocalopublicsquare.org to read our articles and learn about upcoming events. Twitter: twitter.com/thepublicsquare Instagram: www.instagram.com/thepublicsquare/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/zocalopublicsquare

What we do to each other, we do to the Earth. To protect our common home, we’re being called upon to bridge our differences to create beloved community and peaceful coexistence. A new generation of visionary change-makers is reframing the race conversation, and designing new tools to transform our unconscious biases and create justice. With: Racial justice pathfinders Rinku Sen, Saru Jarayaman and Malkia Cyril.

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It seems like everyone swooned over Beyonce's Coachella performances, but Mama Tina Knowles had to be convinced. Undefeated culture critic, Soraya McDonald tells us why. Are you boycotting Starbucks? Racial justice heavy weight, Rinku Sen shares some alternatives in case you can't let go, and how the coffee chain can do better to address racism and more.

On this week’s episode, Tim speaks with activist, author, and leading progressive movement strategist, Rinku Sen. They discuss why it's important for progressives to bridge the work being done by anti-Trump activists (who focus mostly on challenging the Administration’s corruption and authoritarian tendencies) with broader issue-oriented social justice efforts, and why both community organizers and electoral campaigners have lots to learn from one another. Additionally, she and Tim discuss the strategic and conceptual value of intersectionality when it comes to movement building, and how it can help clarify the importance of identity to our experiences, while yet building bridges between people that avoid the sometimes isolating elements of so-called identity politics. Finally, they discuss the importance of storytelling and narrative to the building of progressive movements, as well as the recent Golden Globes protest, and the value of celebrities taking up progressive causes, amid criticism and pushback to them doing so.

In this episode of AAWW Radio, we’re featuring writers and activists confronting our immigration system that threatens families of people of color in this age of xenophobic resurgence. In early 2017, Shanthi Sekaran released her newest novel Lucky Boy which follows an undocumented eighteen-year-old Chicano mother who winds up in immigration detention--causing her son to be adopted by an upper class Desi foster mother. To write the book, Shanthi relied partly on the "Shattered Families" report produced by the racial justice organization Race Forward. Race Forward Senior Strategist and author Rinku Sen also joins us to break down the mechanisms of structural racism and how immigration enforcement splits apart children from their families. Their conversation is moderated by Kavita Das, former Race Forward staff member and author of the upcoming biography Poignant Song: The Life and Music of Lakshmi Shankar.

In this episode, Race Forward Senior Strategist, Rinku Sen, looks at the world through the eyes of an activist and journalist, sharing her observations and convictions about the challenges facing women of color, in advancing their respective agendas. As a racial justice expert, Rinku beautifully touches on the importance of support and what is needed for women to excel in leadership roles.

What we do to each other, we do to the Earth. To protect our common home, we’re being called upon to bridge our differences to create beloved community and peaceful coexistence. A new generation of visionary change-makers is reframing the race conversation, and designing new tools to transform our unconscious biases and create justice. With: Racial justice pathfinders Rinku Sen, Saru Jarayaman and Malkia Cyril.

What we do to each other, we do to the Earth. To protect our common home, we’re being called upon to bridge our differences to create beloved community and peaceful coexistence. A new generation of visionary change-makers is reframing the race conversation, and designing new tools to transform our unconscious biases and create justice. With: Racial justice pathfinders Rinku Sen, Saru Jarayaman and Malkia Cyril.

Rinku Sen of Race Forward and ColorLines, Rachel Herzing, cofounder  of Critical Resistance and codirector of Center for Political Education, and Rebecca Gordon, author and professor at University of San Francisco, discuss strategies and lessons for the current crisis. The post Womens Magazine – December 26, 2016 appeared first on KPFA.

In the final episode of our Facing Race: Stories & Voices podcst, Race Forward Executive Director Rinku Sen, and our founder, and Former Executive Director Gary Delgado share stories of growing up in all-white enclaves on Long Island, and how they came to learn about, and participate in their first acts of organizing. We learn about some key moments that influenced the lenses through which Rinku and Gary see the world, and their place as organizers within it. Visit raceforward.org or [http://bit.ly/frpodcastraceforward] for more stories like this!

Closing Keynote: At the Intersection of Charity and Justice: Changing the Story and the System, Rinku Sen

On this week's It's All Journalism podcast, producer Michael O'Connell talks to Rinku Sen, president and executive director of Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice, and Juhu Thukral, director of law and advocacy for The Opportunity Agenda, about series of guidelines and suggestions for reporters their organizations and the Advancement Project recently released. They discussed the responsibilities journalists face in covering acts of violence involving the police and people of color.

What we do to each other, we do to the Earth. To protect our common home, we’re being called upon to bridge our differences to create beloved community and peaceful coexistence. A new generation of visionary change-makers is reframing the race conversation, and designing new tools to transform our unconscious biases and create justice. With: Racial justice pathfinders Rinku Sen, Saru Jarayaman and Malkia Cyril.

What we do to each other, we do to the Earth. To protect our common home, we’re being called upon to bridge our differences to create beloved community and peaceful coexistence. A new generation of visionary change-makers is reframing the race conversation, and designing new tools to transform our unconscious biases and create justice. With: Racial justice pathfinders Rinku Sen, Saru Jarayaman and Malkia Cyril.

Robin comments on George Zimmerman's violence against women background, ruled inadmissible at the trial. Guests focus on the upcoming 50th anniversary of the MLK, Jr. March on Washington: Rinku Sen, anti-racism strategist; Sayda Zelaya and Keneisha Deas, young women of color, on the past and the future; and veteran journalist Carol Jenkins on being the mother of an African-American son. Robin eulogizes Helen Thomas, and closes out the show's first season with a look back, plus promises for September, after an August hiatus filled with rerun favorites of WMC Live's listeners.

Artists and creative people have always used culture as a tool for social change. On this edition, we hear excerpts from a panel on racial justice, culture and politics featuring some of today's most insightful and outspoken artists. “Culture Trumps Politics: or Does It?” took place at the Facing Race conference in November 2012 and was moderated by Applied Research Center's Rinku Sen. On the panel are Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist and filmmaker Jose Antonio Vargas, comedian Negin Farsad, recently named one of the 50 funniest women by the Huffington Post; Lolis Eric Elie, a documentary filmmaker and writer for the HBO show Treme; and Jeff Chang, award-winning author of *Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation. Special thanks to Applied Research Center, Colorlines and the Facing Race Conference 2012 Featuring: Rinku Sen, Applied Research Center executive director; Jose Antonio Vargas, Define American founder; Negin Farsad, Comedian; Jeff Chang, Writer; Lolis Eric Elie, writer and documentary filmmaker. For More Information: Applied Research Center Facing Race Conference 2012 Colorlines Jeff Chang Define American Jose Antonio Vargas Negin Farsad Lolis Eric Elie Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford University Cultural Equity Dialogues   The post Making Contact – Beats, Rhymes and Laughs: Culture as a Tool for Racial Justice appeared first on KPFA.

Racism in the American media goes back even further than the founding of the US. Now, media consolidation and shrinking news budgets are threatening to make things even worse. On this edition, a discussion on Race and the American Media, from the 2011 National Conference on Media Reform, featuring Democracy Now’s Juan Gonzalez, Rinku Sen from the Applied Research Center, and the first woman of color to anchor a major network news show, Carole Simpson. Special thanks to Free Press.

Racism in the American media goes back even further than the founding of the US. Now, media consolidation and shrinking news budgets are threatening to make things even worse. On this edition, a discussion on Race and the American Media, from the 2011 National Conference on Media Reform, featuring Democracy Now’s Juan Gonzalez, Rinku Sen from the Applied Research Center, and the first woman of color to anchor a major network news show, Carole Simpson. Special thanks to Free Press.

Meet the Bloggers is a live online video show created by Brave New Foundation which is broadcast online every Friday focusing on unconventional political opinion and analysis. Host Cenk Uygur talks to Rinku Sen about race in the presidential election. Featured bloggers: Josh Busch, Liliana Segura, and Adia Harvey Wingfield.