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50 Years After The Fires
Perspectives of Detroiters on 1967 and Michiganders on race relations in 2017.

Lansing Church Works To Understand White Privilege

WKAR Public Media
Published July 29, 2017 at 11:25 AM EDT
A portrait of Bob Higle in his office.
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Pastor Bob Higle is leading members of his congregation in a class about white privilege.
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Plymouth Congregational is studying the issue of white privilege in a class.
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White privilege is an issue that’s being discussed more and more in recent years. But what exactly is it?

WKAR's Katie Cook explores that question with a diversity and white privilege expert, and with the pastor of a Lansing church studying the topic.
 
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