Matters of Race

Examining racial dynamics in diverse communities across the United States, this four-part series explores how race shapes Americans' sense of national and individual identity.
How does race affect the way Americans view ourselves and others — in the past, present, and future? This four-part series looks for answers in diverse communities, enlisting the perspectives of leading writers and emerging filmmakers. Examining racial dynamics in places like Los Angeles, Hawaii, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, and Siler City, North Carolina, Matters Of Race travels the decade of the 1990s in search of our changing national identity.