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Wednesday April 18, 2007

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10:00Talking about Race

Guest host: Susan Page

A look at where the conversation on race has arrived and where people want it to lead.

Guests

Neely Tucker, Staff writer for the Washington Post; author, "Love in the Driest Season," a memoir of adopting a baby in Zimbabwe.

Beverly Daniel Tatum, President, Spelman College; author, "Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria," and the forthcoming "Can We Talk about Race? And other conversations in an Era of School Resegregation."

Shelby Steele, research fellow, the Hoover Institution; author, "White Guilt: How Blacks And Whites Together Destroyed The Promise Of The Civil Rights Era."

11:00Candice Kelsey: "Generation My Space" (Marlowe & Co)

Guest host: Susan Page

Online social networking websites are some of the most popular sites that teens and twenty-somethings visit. But MySpace, Facebook, and others have hidden dangers that often elude parents. A look at how social networks are changing the way kids interact and what parents need to do to keep their children safe on-line.

Guests

Candice Kelsey, cofounder of a private high school in California and an evaluator for the College Board's Advanced Placement Program, the S.A.T., and the U.S. Department of Education.

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