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The Nose is (Really) Not Racist

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We can all get along.

Here's the plan for The Nose today. We'll begin with a widely discussed column by Richard Cohen of The Washington Post who took an odd detour from a discussion of Chris Christie's national electoral profile and suggested that conventionally-minded people have to repress a gag reflex when confronted with the sight of an inter-racial couple, specifically the new first family of New York City. 

We'll marry that to the story of aconservative white man who won an election in Houston apparently by convincing the district's heavily black voting population that he was one of them without ever actually lying about it. 

We'll also tie in a story about a white separatist who found out on television that, genetically-speaking,  he has a little black in him.  

In our second segment, we'll talk about a story from the New York Times about the effort to preserve, but keep from the public, the pink suitworn by Jacqueline Kennedy on the day of her husband's assassination. 

Guests:

  • Elizabeth Keifer is a professor of English at Tunxis Community College
  • James Hanley is the co-founder of Cinestudio at Trinity College
  • Luis Figueroa is an Associate Professor of History at Trinity College

Colin McEnroe is a radio host, newspaper columnist, magazine writer, author, playwright, lecturer, moderator, college instructor and occasional singer. Colin can be reached at colin@ctpublic.org.
Chion Wolf is the host of Audacious with Chion Wolf on Connecticut Public.
Betsy started as an intern at WNPR in 2011 after earning a Master's Degree in American and Museum Studies from Trinity College. She served as the Senior Producer for 'The Colin McEnroe Show' for several years before stepping down in 2021 and returning to her previous career as a registered nurse. She still produces shows with Colin and the team when her schedule allows.

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