Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
Echoing the national trend, reports of hate incidents are on the rise in the Washington region.
In Virginia, a Jewish Community Center was vandalized with 19 swastikas.
In Maryland, Army 2nd Lt. Richard Collins III, a black college student at Bowie State, was confronted and stabbed to death, allegedly by a white University of Maryland student who belonged to a racist Facebook group. Both incidents are being investigated as hate crimes.
Kojo hears from a Baltimore Sun reporter about her investigation into hate in Maryland. And the director of the Jewish Community Center in Virginia joins us to discuss how the community is responding to the vandalism.
Produced by Julie Depenbrock
Guests
- Catherine Rentz Reporter, Baltimore Sun
- Jeff Dannick Executive Director, Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia
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