- Title: States Of America Race
- Date: 12th April 1993
- Summary: RACE IN THIS, THE FIRST OF THREE DEBATES FROM WASHINGTON ABOUT THE WORLD'S LAST AND ONLY SUPERPOWER IN THE POST COLD WAR ERA, CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS INTERROGATES LEADING AMERICANS ABOUT THE RACE CRISIS IN AMERICA. HE EXPLORES WHY THE GREAT LIBERATING WAVE OF THE "CIVIL RIGHTS" MOVEMENT HAS SO COMPLETELY FAILED TO HELP MOST O F THE AFRO-AMERICANS AND OTHER MINORITIES. WHO IS TO BLAME? WHY HAVE THE MINORITIES FAILED TO HELP THEMSELVES? WILL PRESIDENT CLINTON RE-START AND COMPLETE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S GREAT SOCIETY PROGRAMME OR NOT? HE AND HIS GUESTS DINESH DE SOUZA, BRUCE FINE AND ROGER WILKINS, CONFRONT THE CENTRAL ISSUE OF WHETHER AMERICA THE GREAT "MELTING POT" OF PEOPLES IS NOW MORE LIKELY TO BECOME A STATE OF SEGREGATED AND WARRING RACES.
- Description:THREE ONE HOUR STUDIO PROGRAMMES ON CLINTONMANIA,POLITICAL CORRECTNESS AND RACEPRESENTED BY CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:Panoptic Productions Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:12/04/1993
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s