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Code Switch: Do we need to stop using the word "felon"?

Code Switch: Do we need to stop using the word "felon"?

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Ever since Vice President Kamala Harris entered the presidential
race, things changed. Her campaign almost immediately started
framing the election as: Harris, the former prosecutor - vs. Trump
the felon. And that word - "felon" - is one that our friends over
at NPR's Code Switch have been thinking a lot about since former
President Trump was convicted of 34 counts back in May. In this
episode, Code Switch co-hosts B.A. Parker and Gene Demby chop it up
with the comedian Arif Shahid, who performs under the name
Felonious Munk, to talk about what it means for him to carry this
reference to his felony conviction so publicly. Then, Gene talks to
Josie Duffy-Rice, a writer who focuses on the criminal justice
system, to look at the ways "felon" sticks to people long after
their sentences end.

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