Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien
JANUARY 9, 2021
S5 • E18 Jan 9, 2021 22m
This week on Matter of Fact, Soledad O’Brien speaks with former Representative Bakari Sellers about his recent memoir, “My Vanishing Country.” In it, he calls his father’s arrest, 16 years before his birth, the most important day of his life. Then, how do you combat bias in law enforcement? Dr. Rashawn Ray conducts implicit bias training for police departments and writes about policing in America. Soledad O’Brien spoke with him recently about fighting systemic racism. And, Correspondent Jessica Gomez travels to Immokalee, Florida, a town of mostly migrant workers, hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. But even as cases continue to spread, many workers can’t afford to take off work even if they’re sick.