Addressing systemic racism in Buffalo

In this episode of The Voice podcast, host and UUP President Fred Kowal speaks with three leaders of Buffalo's Black community about systemic racism in Buffalo and the impact of the racially motivated May 14 mass shooting in Buffalo that killed 10 people, all of whom were Black, and wounded three others.

Our guests are: 

• Janique Curry, vice president of the Buffalo chapter of the National Action Network 
• Dr. Henry-Louis Taylor, Jr.,  founding director of the Center for Urban Studies at the University at Buffalo, is a professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the UB School of Architecture and Planning 
• Pastor James Giles,  co-founder of Back-to-Basic Outreach Ministries in Buffalo and leader of the Buffalo Peacemakers. 

Chapters

• 4:21 May 14 shooting - reaction
• 16:03 Why Buffalo is one of the most segregated cities in the U.S.
• 29:35 Causes of systemic racism in Buffalo
• 48:33 A way forward - From where do you draw hope