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Discrimination is, in theory, illegal in America. But that doesn’t stop people from thinking of themselves as parts of identity groups… and thinking of other people as not belonging to their group.
Mike Green fromCommon Ground Conversations in Medford has been exploring why white and Black women voters often take opposite votes on candidates and issues, despite sharing some very important values. Mike’s latest conversation is with Gabi Johnsen, who is both active in the Christian community in Grants Pass and a leader in the local campaign of theOregon Remembrance Project, confronting the city’s past as a “sundown town.”
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In this episode, I’m joined by Gabi Johnsen. She is a White Christian evangelical immersed in conservative communities in a former sundown town in southern Oregon.
Please listen. I welcome your thoughts.
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