Race is becoming a greater issue during this year’s Democratic presidential primary. Barack Obama’s recent speech, “A More Perfect Union,” has helped spark a new conversation about how people from different cultural and racial backgrounds interact. Guests and panelists will discuss race in New Mexico, the state of the Democratic presidential race after Pennsylvania and other topics on this week’s edition of KNME’s “New Mexico In Focus,” airing Friday, April 25 at 7 p.m. and repeats Sunday, April 27 at 6:30 a.m.
Co-hosted by David Alire Garcia, managing editor, New Mexico Independent, a new online news web site, affiliated with the Center for Independent Media, and Albuquerque Journal columnist Gene Grant, “New Mexico In Focus” takes a multi-layered look at social, political, economic, health, education and arts issues and explores them in-depth, with a critical eye to give them context beyond the "news of the moment."
Joining Alire Garcia this week to discuss race in New Mexico is Laura Gomez, UNM Law Professor & Author, and State Historian Estevan Rael-Galvez.
Then Harold Bailey, executive director of the State of New Mexico Office of African American Affairs, will join co-host Gene Grant and regular panelists Margaret Montoya from the UNM School of Law and UNM School of Medicine, Scott Darnell, Communications Director for the Republican Party of New Mexico, and Jim Scarantino, columnist for the Weekly Alibi to continue the discussion of race in New Mexico and also talk about the latest in the Democratic presidential race, the victory for Spaceport America in southern New Mexico, and the recent Tax Increment Development Districts vote in the Albuquerque City Council.
“New Mexico In Focus” is KNME’s prime-time news magazine show covering the events, issues, and people that are shaping life in New Mexico and the Southwest. The one-hour show concentrates on bringing viewers the important topics of our time, and all the opinions and insight they are used to, in an integrated and cohesive package.
The producer of “New Mexico In Focus” is Kevin McDonald. Closed Captioning of “New Mexico In Focus” has been made possible by a gift from Mrs. Elspeth G. Bobbs.