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An Ordinary Brilliance: Parting the Waters, closing the wounds

An Ordinary Brilliance: Parting the Waters, closing the wounds

Professor Williams explores solutions to prevent racism and reconcile racial tensions.

The Reith Lectures · BBC Radio 4

March 25, 199729m 42s

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Show Notes

This year's Reith lecturer is Professor Patricia Williams, one of the most provocative intellectuals in American law.

In her fifth and final Reith lecture, Professor Patricia Williams explores ways of preventing racism. She attempts to point the way forward by drawing out solutions which include developing the ability to resist racism's inevitability and reconciling racial tensions across the divide.