Dismantle a Wall with Words”: A conversation between Maya Wiley and Alex Aleinikoff

Walls–real and virtual–divide us by nation, by race, by religion, by the kind of information we seek and receive. Alex and Maya Wiley discuss the many walls of America–as well as the “non-walls” that permit freedom of movement and information for all throughout the nation. How do walls mark out who belongs, whose views count, and whose history gets told?

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