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![Progress and Struggle: Race in US Society](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null5913011e-07e0-4082-b147-92d000e2f53f/48134133167_89ea6b2216_o1.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=666%2C0%2C2667%2C2667&w=290)
Race has divided our country since colonization, with some calling slavery America's original sin. The history of the US, from the Civil War to Jim Crow and Black Lives Matter, is defined as conspicuously by racial strife as it is by great achievements. So what does racial progress actually mean in practice? How can political, business, and community leaders confront the t...
![Podcast Playlist: Black History Month](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/97cd2878-52e6-49c7-a9ba-b0ae99bdff2d/28204735707_4b2f7ceab8_o1.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1120%2C0%2C4480%2C4480&w=290)
Black History Month shouldn't be the only time we talk about the inextricable role of race in US society. But conversations with friends, family, and coworkers about race and racism can be self-defeating. Listen as prominent voices from the Aspen Ideas To Go podcast explain the roots of the US's fraught racial politics and the ways racism continues to shape society. Their...
![Aspen Ideas 2020: Mitt Romney, Alicia Garza, Michael Eric Dyson, Brian Greene, and Lulu Miller](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null9320e5da-2900-4c87-a8a9-254a708a1e3d/AspenIdeasFestival-episode5.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=693%2C0%2C1613%2C1613&w=290)