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HARDtalk - Debra Lee, BET President

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The US presidential candidate Barack Obama wrote a book called 'The Audacity of Hope'. One of his most audacious hopes is that racial politics will no longer define a black man's bid to become president of the United States. Debra Lee is the chief executive of the biggest US TV network aimed at a black audience. Has America really overcome the poisonous legacy of slavery and racial prejudice?