ROLAND S. MARTIN & WENDY TALK RACE IN AMERICA�
Today, July 14th, on The Wendy Williams Show, “News One Now” host Roland S. Martin sat down with Wendy to talk about Historically Black Colleges and the NAACP.�
The TV Commentator Roland S.�Martin took�issue with Wendy’s comments on HBCU’s�last week. Wendy apologized for these comments and invited Roland S.�Martin on the show�to educate Wendy and her audience on this important issue. Wendy started the interview,�“Roland help everyone understand why I was so wrong.”�
“When it comes to our colleges, we couldn’t go to those schools,” Roland said. “As a matter of fact, we couldn’t read during slavery. You could be killed if you were found to be reading. So, that’s why it is so�critically�important. Our institutions are allowing us to survive in America even though we built this country,” explained Martin.�
Roland also weighed in on race in America, police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement.�In addition, he�spoke to Wendy about how we can talk to our�kids about these prevalent�issues. As Roland said,�”Race is tied to everything. Race is�embedded�in the DNA of America.” View the full interview below.�
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