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Responding To Violence In Virginia; Preserving The World's Endangered Languages

Connecticut Public Radio | By Timothy Cohn
Published August 14, 2017 at 9:00 AM EDT
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Rally in West Hartford Center, organized in response to the violence in Charlottesviile, VA.
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Stephanie Fielding - Visiting Professor of Linguistics at Yale University.
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Mohegan man drumming during tribal ceremony
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Mohegan fire keeper
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Coming up: We find out how researchers are working to preserve the world's most endangered languages -- including a look at locally-based efforts to expand fluency of the Mohegan language.

But first: reaction to the weekend’s news out of Charlottesville.

We check in with former Virginia residents and we also hear from you.

How do you interpret this latest incident of racism and violence? Do you worry that something similar could happen here in Connecticut? 

GUESTS:

  • David DesRoches - Education Reporter for WNPR
  • Dr. Khalilah Brown-Dean - Associate Professor of Political Science at Quinnipiac University
  • Stephanie Fielding - Visiting Professor of Linguistics at Yale University
  • Ross Perlin - Assistant Director of theEndangered Language Alliance

Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.

Chion Wolf contributed to this show.
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