Name: Black and White - American Trip (8/10)
Uploaded: 2018-03-06T00:00:00.000+01:00
Duration: 336 s
Description: Since Donald Trump’s election hate crime has increased in the USA. Karen Wortham is convinced that her president is partly responsible. In Savannah, Georgia she evokes the sensitive subject of slavery.

Black and White

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Karen Wortham, une vision en noir et blanc

Trump ist weiß und ich bin schwarz

Since Donald Trump’s election hate crime has increased in the USA. Karen Wortham is convinced that her president is partly responsible. In Savannah, Georgia she evokes the sensitive subject of slavery.

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American Trip

<p>Since Donald Trump’s election hate crime has increased in the USA. Karen Wortham is convinced that her president is partly responsible. In Savannah, Georgia she evokes the sensitive subject of slavery.</p>

American Trip (8/10)

In Savannah, Georgia  Karen Wortham brings up the sensitive subject of slavery.

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