Geneticist C. Brandon Ogbunu contemplates the role race has played in his academic career after he is confronted by the police.

C. Brandon Ogbunu is an Assistant Professor at Brown University. His research focuses on evolutionary genetics and the ecology of disease. A New York City native, Brandon enjoys film, hip-hop, jazz and science fiction. He's an ex-very mediocre light heavy weight boxer, and slightly less mediocre experimental virologist. He has higher hopes for humanity than he does the New York Knicks. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram @big_data_kane.

This story originally aired on The Story Collider’s podcast on December 6th, 2019 in an episode titled “Justice: Stories about righteous determination”. Find the transcript and other information here: https://www.storycollider.org/stories/2019/12/3/justice-stories-about-righteous-determination

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