KPCC producer Austin Cross didn’t realize he was considered black until late in his childhood. After he did, he thought he could escape the hazards of blackness through assimilation. He couldn’t. Cross explores his journey with race and the trauma of covering yet another unarmed killing. 

<p>KPCC producer Austin Cross didn&rsquo;t realize he was considered black until late in his childhood. After he did, he thought he could escape the hazards of blackness through assimilation. He couldn&rsquo;t. Cross explores his journey with race and the trauma of covering yet another unarmed killing.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Join Take Two hosted by A Martinez each weekday when we’ll translate the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that people are talking about.</p>

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