Defining What Matters

The Assignment with Audie Cornish - A podcast by CNN - Thursdays

When racial tensions flare, people often call for a conversation about race. But do we all share the same definition of racism? Don speaks with recent college graduate, Kennedy Mitchum about changing the definition of racism.  Linguist, John McWhorter explains how words succeed and fail at leading to change.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy