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Debra Lee

Debra Lee
Debra Lee

In a HARDtalk interview first shown on 15th April 2008, Stephen Sackur spoke to the president of the Black Entertainment Television network, Debra Lee.

The US presidential candidate Barack Obama wrote a book called 'The Audacity of Hope'.

One of his most audacious hopes: that racial politics would no longer define a black man's bid to become president of the United States.

Debra Lee is the chief executive of the biggest US TV network aimed at a black audience.

Has America really overcome the poisonous legacy of slavery?

HARDtalk is broadcast on BBC World at 03:30 GMT, 08:30 GMT, 14:30 GMT, 20:30 GMT and 22:30 GMT.

Hardtalk can also be seen on BBC News 24 at 04:30 & 23:30.

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Debra Lee is the chief executive of the biggest US TV network aimed at a black audience. Stephen Sackur asks her whether America has overcome the legacy racial prejudice enough to vote for Barak Obama.


HARDtalk asks whether it’s time for black politics to leave behind the language of protest to achieve change.


Stephen Sackur asks whether Black Entertainment Television portrays a negative image of black culture.



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