NEW YORK, June 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM today
announced that SiriusXM's Karen
Hunter will host "White in America," an all-white panel
featuring Tim Wise, Joan Walsh, Andrew
Wilkow, John Fugelsang,
Dean Obeidallah, and Boris Epshteyn to engage in an open conversation
on the current state of race relations in the United States
today.
Broadcasting from SiriusXM's studios in New York City, SiriusXM's "White in America"
special will broadcast on Tuesday, July
7, at 4:00 pm ET on SiriusXM
Urban View channel 126 and at 7:00 pm
ET on SiriusXM Insight channel 121. It will re-air
Wednesday, July 8 at 12:00 am ET; Saturday,
July 11 at 4:00 pm ET; and
Sunday, July 12 at 10:00 am ET on SiriusXM on Urban View.
Hosted by African American journalist, publisher and SiriusXM
host Karen Hunter, confirmed
panelists taking part in SiriusXM's "White in America" panel will
include anti-racism activist and writer Tim Wise; Salon.com
editor-at-large and MSNBC political analyst Joan Walsh; SiriusXM conservative political talk
radio host Andrew Wilkow; lawyer
turned political comedian, writer and SiriusXM host Dean Obeidallah; Republican political
strategist, investment banker, and finance attorney Boris Epshteyn and, actor, television
personality, comedian and SiriusXM host John Fugelsang.
With recent violent events taking place across the country
including the massacre at the Charleston,
South Carolina church, police brutality, racial profiling
and shootings, SiriusXM host Karen
Hunter will discuss -- among other timely topics -- white
privilege, what it means to "be white," racism in America's police
systems and, why blacks and whites see the exact same event -- the
Mike Brown shooting in Ferguson; The Waco, Texas biker shooting; and the
McKinney pool party melee -- so
differently?
"I felt compelled to put together a panel to finally have a
meaningful conversation about race with people who can actually
move the needle on the topic -- white men and women in media,"
said Karen Hunter, SiriusXM host.
"Race is the one topic we are afraid to tackle in this
country. With this panel, I am hoping to offer SiriusXM
listeners nationwide the conversation that is not available
anywhere else."
Karen Hunter is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and
co-author of numerous New York
Times bestsellers, including Ladies
First, On the Down Low, Kris
Jenner ... and All Things Kardashian and Wendy's
Got the Heat. She is a professor at City University's
Hunter College. A former
reporter with The New York Daily News, Karen was the paper's
first African-American female news columnist. She is a New Jersey native and a Drew University graduate.
SiriusXM Urban View features conversation, information,
inspiration, empowerment, motivation and companionship from the
African-American perspective.
For more information on SiriusXM and Karen Hunter, please
visit www.siriusxm.com.
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