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Is BART racist? We speak to BART Directors about safety and racial profiling; Plus: Minding the Gap film on coming of age in Rust Belt America

0:08 – Monday’s with Mitch – headline news and analysis with Gina, Brian and Mitch.

0:34 – Bing Liu (@MindingGapFilmis a Chicago-based director and cinematographer who Variety Magazine has listed as one of 10 documentary filmmakers to watch. His latest film is Minding the Gap, which documents three young men bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown. As they face adult responsibilities, unexpected revelations threaten their decade-long friendship. It’s playing at the Roxie in San Francisco August 17-23. 

1:08 – Is BART racist? Lateefah Simon (@lateefahsimon)BART Director, District 7 and Rebecca Saltzman (@RebeccaForBARTBART Director, District 3 join us to discuss issues of racial profiling, safety, BART’s latest security proposal and increased policing, as well as take listener calls.

We asked listeners to call in to share personal experiences on BART – What do you experience when you’re riding the train? How do you feel about the system’s issues of safety and justice? What questions do you have for your BART representatives?

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