The Uncomfortable Truth

Series produced by Loki Mulholland

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How do you end racism if you're too afraid to talk about it? Emmy-winning filmmaker, Loki Mulholland and Freedom Rider Luvaghn Brown, continue the conversation started in Loki's award-winning film, "The Uncomfortable Truth", to learn the answers to the questions we all need to be asking about race and racism in America.

How do you end racism if you're too afraid to talk about it? Emmy-winning filmmaker, Loki Mulholland and Freedom Rider Luvaghn Brown, continue the conversation started in Loki's award-winning film, "The Uncomfortable Truth", to learn the answers to the questions we all need to be asking about race and racism in America.

Two Southerners, one white and one Black, bridge the racial and generational divide through a multi-year friendship to share their thoughts on the racism that has plagued America for 400 years. Loki, the son of a civil rights icon, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, and Luvaghn, an activist who grew up not liking or trusting white people provide a unique lens through which to understand race and racism in America.

Joined by the occasional guest and civil rights activist, Loki and Luvaghn take a deep dive into our nation's past and the events of today. Hide full description

How do you end racism if you're too afraid to talk about it? Emmy-winning filmmaker, Loki Mulholland and Freedom Rider Luvaghn Brown, continue the conversation started in Loki's award-winning film, "The Uncomfortable Truth", to learn the answers to the questions we all need to be asking about race and racism in America. Two Southerners, one white and one Black, bridge the racial and generational divide through a multi-year friendship to share their thoughts on the racism that has plagued America for 400 years. Loki, the son of a civil rights icon, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, and Luvaghn, an activist who grew up not liking or trusting white people provide a unique lens through which to understand race and racism in America. Joined by the occasional guest and civil rights activist,... Show full description


17 Pieces

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Education is the gateway to the future in America. Our system is built around it but major colleges and universities continue to be predominantly w...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:16:43
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His lynching was said to have propelled the Civil Rights Movement but what really happened to the 14 year old boy from Chicago and what can we lear...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2020
  • Length: 01:47:41
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When it comes to racism, many white Americans can intellectualize it and some can personalize it through the experience of others but the real chan...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2020
  • Length: 01:59:05
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Her book is back on the NYT Best Seller list and for a very good reason. “White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide” as been called both ...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 02:17:15
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Don Carter is a former police officer who spent nearly 10 years on the beat. He knows how the system works. He's also African American.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:29:21
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Being black in America is exhausting and even deadly. Racial Battle Fatigue (RBF) is real and impacts the health and well-being of millions. What i...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:06:39
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His work helped close four of the most infamous cold cases of the Civil Right Movement. Jerry Mitchell is one of the most celebrated investigative ...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 48:16
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The n-word is loaded with a history of hate and death. Today, the word's meaning has transformed but the echoes of its past remain. Who's word is i...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:33:06
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Whites too often see themselves as the real victims of racism and they might have point but it’s not the one they thought they were making. Are whi...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:32
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When we say the words, “the talk”, it probably conjures up the awkward conversation one has with their children about the birds and the bees. Howev...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 58:43
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Is there a subconscious belief amongst whites that only they can "save" people of color? Have they been conditioned by society to see themselves as...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:34:42
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Who should own the narrative when it comes to talking about slavery and Jim Crow? Lance Wheeler, is the former Curator of Exhibition & Interpreters...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 53:24
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When white people are called out on their racism a response one often hears is, "Well, Black people are just as racist again me." Is racism the exc...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:08:24
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Many of us want to help change the narrative and be anti-racist partners in the good fight. This was true of civil rights activists coming to Missi...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:14:23
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The United States government has a history of paying reparations to those who have been wronged but with one very striking exception: slavery. Shou...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 46:41
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Black History Month was official recognized in 1976 by President Gerald Ford and ever since then whites have asked why it is necessary. Today, do w...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 42:41
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How should we talk about race and racism in America when the divide between Black and white can be so vast?

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:08:18