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KoKo

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Sat Jul 18, 2015, 06:46 PM Jul 2015

Was Host of "NRN's" Disrupted Interviews with O'Malley/Sanders Upset because of his New Documentary?

Could this be why he couldn't deal with the Protest by "BLM" which disrupted both O'Malley and Sanders interviews?

ON EDIT: If you don't know what this post is about here's a thread about what happened today on Netroots Nation Convention when both Sanders and O'Malley were disrupted from their interviews...at:

DU'er madfloridian's Post at:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=455953
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MTV causes stir with film on White People
By DAVID BAUDER July 17, 2015 11:40 AM

http://news.yahoo.com/mtv-causes-stir-film-white-people-154058261.html

NEW YORK (AP) — One of the challenges for makers of the MTV documentary "White People" was getting folks to talk about race when they didn't feel the issue concerned them — like those quoted as saying they consider white the "default race" or "normal."

So filmmaker Jose Antonio Vargas recorded white Americans in situations where they were forced to confront racial identity issues. He found to a white man who attends a traditionally black college, teachers on a South Dakota reservation where resentment toward whites is palpable, a young Brooklyn man bewildered by the Asian immigrants on his block, a white man who teaches a college course on white privilege.

The documentary's trailer alone created a stir. The full film debuts Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET/PT, offered simultaneously online.

"The only thing I fear is not having these conversations," Vargas said. "What I fear is the silence, the indifference, the ignorance. We can no longer have a conversation about race and diversity without having white people in it."

Racial issues are timely, topping the news during the past several months with the "black lives matter" campaign in response to police shootings and the debate over the Confederate flag. MTV President Stephen Friedman said he's wanted to look at how whites perceive themselves for several years, but it wasn't until he met Vargas that he felt he'd found the right person to do it.


Vargas is best known for "Documented," a film where the Philippines-born journalist talks about his status as an undocumented U.S. resident. (His status hasn't changed since then).

Race was a difficult topic, not simply because it's uncomfortable to talk about. Shuns, slights and stereotypes aren't a regular part of life for most whites. More than four-fifths of MTV viewers polled said their families had taught them that everyone should be treated the same, regardless of differences.

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