Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer moderates a discussion at the University of Southern California on an explosive Federal Reserve Bank study showing that racial inequality pervades American society at all levels of education — despite hopes to the contrary. The panel features Michelle Turner, executive director of the USC Black Alumni Association; George Sanchez, USC’s vice dean for diversity and strategic initiatives; Camille Grear Rich, USC professor of law and sociology; and Mark Lloyd, director of the New America Foundation’s media policy initiative.

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