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Police Shooting Wisconsin

A woman photographs damage after protests the night before Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis.

Morry Gash

What’s It Like To Be Black In Wisconsin? New Study Says Not So Great

The recent police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis., is calling attention to the state’s track record on inequality and policing in the state’s Black communities.

An urban studies expert and a business leader talk about the impacts of segregation in the Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha corridor, the area of Wisconsin with the largest Black population.

GUESTS: Dominique Samari, partner at P3 Development Group

Marc Levine, professor emeritus and founding director at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Center for Economic Development

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