![]() ![]() "When I talk about encouraging a conversation about race - and the power of diversity - part of that is understanding our history," said Norris. She said that the most important thing that the project has taught her, as she has traveled across the nation, is to listen and to understand differences - and "to reach across that divide." "I knew I had to get out in the country," said Norris, who addressed a crowd of about 200 who gathered at the Warshof Conference Center at MCC's main campus in Brighton. Norris, who is a special correspondent for NPR, brought this conversation to Monroe Community College on Monday and she did so by telling how a post-racial America has not become a reality and that with The Race Card Project, she wanted to find out what's on people's minds. ![]() National Public Radio's Michele Norris launched The Race Card Project four years ago to promote a public conversation about race at a time a "hidden and robust conversation" about this important issue was already taking place with President Barack Obama's election. ![]()
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