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The daughters of Ruth Whitfield, a victim of shooting at a supermarket, Angela Crawley, left, and Robin Harris, hold hands during a news conference in Buffalo, N.Y., Monday, May 16, 2022.

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Politics

How two Chicago groups are teaching people to be anti-racist

By  Isabelle Earl
   

Following a racist mass shooting in New York and three recent attacks targeting Asian-owned businesses in Dallas, Reset learns about the work that’s being done to dismantle systemic racism in Chicago.

GUESTS: Derrick Dawson, program coordinator for Chicago Regional Organizing for Antiracism (Chicago ROAR)

Rory Smith, member and former co-chair of the Anti-Racism Commission of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago

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