Shad: Can art create common ground in times of conflict?

Shad opens today's show with a nod to the people of Baltimore as protests against police violence spread beyond the Maryland city.

CBC Radio · Posted: Apr 30, 2015 3:03 PM EDT | Last Updated: April 30, 2015

Protesters marched against police violence in cities from New York to Washington, D.C., this week, as troops stood by in Baltimore to enforce a curfew imposed after civil unrest over the death of a 25-year-old black man. (Jim Bourg/Reuters)

Q1:39Shad: Can art help forge a space for common ground?

Shad opens today's show with a nod to the people of Baltimore as protests against police violence spread beyond the Maryland city. He pauses to consider the ripple effects of inequality and reminds Canadians that the problem exists here, too. Perhaps q, he notes, can help create some common ground.

"At its best, this show becomes a meeting ground for people on all sides of these growing divides."

Shad: Can art create common ground in times of conflict?

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