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 encourages people to send in a postcard with six words that deal with how we talk about race and identity. 

 along with Vox race, law and politics reporter Jenee Desmond Harris, to discuss the project and examine what words we use when we talk about race. 

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Is race a social construct? And how do we use race as an identity when it's convenient?

Michele Norris' new Race Card project encourages people to send in a postcard with six words that deal with how we talk about race and identity. We'll talk about the project, and then branch out an examine what words we use -- or don't -- when we talk about race.

The language of race

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Vox race, law and politics reporter Jenee Desmond Harris joined MPR News' Kerri Miller March 17, 2015 to discuss the language of race. In this clip, she discusses how the idea of race is a social construct. 

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Michele Norris, a host and special correspondent for NPR, joined MPR News' Kerri Miller March 17, 2015 to discuss the language of race. She is also the founder of the Race Card project and talked about how often people use the word "convenient" when talking about identity. 

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Michele Norris, a host and special correspondent for NPR, joined MPR News' Kerri Miller March 17, 2015 to discuss the language of race. A listener asked about using the n-word. 

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Michele Norris, a host and special correspondent for NPR, joined MPR News' Kerri Miller March 17, 2015 to discuss the language of race. She discussed the use of the word 'minority' for people of color. 

How we talk about race: What word choice says about identity

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