Six Western Marylanders joined A Miner Detail Podcast to discuss and confront how Western Maryland is still facing racial issues and racial tensions
George Floyd’s death in May 2020 sparked a worldwide reaction. The subsequent events forced the U.S., especially, to confront racial disparities, systemic racism in policing, and cultural racism in small-town America.
Ryan R. Miner, MBA is the founder, editor in chief, and senior reporter of A Miner Detail, the Maryland investigative journalism publication he launched in April 2015. He hosts the A Miner Detail Podcast, distributed across Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and seven other platforms. A native of Hagerstown, Maryland, Miner holds a B.A. in political science from Duquesne University (2008) and an MBA from Mount St. Mary's University (2020). He teaches at Frederick Community College. He is also the founder of Sentinel Silver, LLC, Maryland's first older adult technology institute, and the publisher of The Senior Soup, a Maryland senior advocacy platform. His longer story is at ryanrminer.com. Reach him at Ryan@AMinerDetail.com or (240) 244-7075.
