Segment 1: Proposed ordinance looks to reduce theft associated with scrap metal recycling.
In 2015, the scrap metal industry was worth close to $40 billion. With the current tariffs against steel and aluminum, those figures could go even higher. The lure of good money for copper, iron, platinum and other metals has its critics who say it encourages theft, and, recently, the Kansas City, Missouri, City Council has been examining the possibility of an ordinance that would impose harsher restrictions around the sale of scrap metal. Today, we talked with the KCUR reporter who has been following the story.
- Sam Zeff, KCUR reporter
Segment 2, beginning at 18:22: What white kids of privilege learn about race and racism could change, or perpetuate, the narrative of racial inequality in this country.
A two-year ethnographic study of upper middle-class white families looked at how the children learn about race. Findings showed that even when race is never discussed in the family, parents communicate a number of ideas about it to their offspring and what they say matters much less than what they do. Today, the sociologist behind this research described her observations from her time with the families.
- Margaret Hagerman, assistant professor of sociology at Mississippi State University and author of "White Kids: Growing Up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America."
