Racism study authors talk highlighting the past and making

Racism study authors talk highlighting the past and making suggestions for the future

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We talk to Dr. Ruthmae Sears and Gwen Reese, two authors of a recently released study on structural racism in St. Petersburg’s past and present. Sears is the lead investigator of the project and a University of South Florida mathematics professor. Reese is the president of the African American Heritage Association of St. Petersburg.

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