Where We Live: Trust in Black America

So says UConn political science professor Shayla Nunnally who’s written a new book exploring “Trust in Black America” - She says the African American legacy of experiencing racial discrimination makes them distant from and distrustful of the American political system, its institutions, and its politicians.

Of course, in this political season, we’ve seen several high-profile examples of white politicians speaking about the “black experience” in ways that don’t exactly build more “trust.”

Nunnally thinks that despite the election of a black president - we’re not close to a “post-racial” America - especially in politics.

We’ll also talk with a Connecticut College Professor whose award-winning book profiles a civil rights pioneer.