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Michael Fosberg discusses his book Nobody Wants to Talk About It.

Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI Radio in New York
Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI Radio in New York
Episode • Oct 14, 2020 • 55m
(10/14/20) Chicago native Michael Fosberg has been working to create a national dialogue on race and identity since 2001, when he launched his one-man autobiographical play Incognito. For the past 15 years, Michael has performed Incognito, his personal history of being raised as a white child and then discovering his biological father is African-American, hundreds of times at public high schools, colleges, corporations, government agencies and community organizations across the country. Using the experience as a springboard, Michael’s latest book “Nobody Wants to Talk About It: Race, Identity and the Difficulties in Forging Meaningful Conversations” chronicles his attempts to do just that in audience Q&A sessions around the country. Join us for a look at why we all need to welcome the difficult discussions about race in this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI.

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