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A class called "white racism" is stirring up controversy at Florida Gulf Coast University. Sociology professor Ted Thornhill has received death threats because of the class, and he has police officers stationed outside his lecture hall. 

Thornhill and Rutgers professor Chenjerai Kumanyika joined MPR News host Kerri Miller for a conversation about how we should be discussing racism. 

, a sociologist and assistant professor at Florida Gulf Coast University.

, a professor of media studies at Rutgers and cohost of the podcast Uncivil.

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Talking about racism is hard. That's why one professor is teaching an entire course on racism geared toward white students.

Sociology professor Ted Thornhill has received death threats because of the class, and he has police officers stationed outside his lecture hall. Thornhill joined MPR host Kerri Miller to talk about why he's teaching the course, and why he thinks it's necessary in today's political climate. Thornhill was joined by Chenjerai Kumanyika, assistant professor at Rutgers University.

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