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S P E C I A L E V E N T : A PANEL DISCUSSIONHBO’s The Wire: Racial Inequality and Urban RealityDavid Simon shares his experience of “The Wire.”Professor Lani Guinier participates from the audience.Cambridge, MassachusettsApril 4, 2008JFK Institute of PoliticsCo-sponsorsHBODepartment of African and African American Studies,Harvard UniversityThe Rappaport Institute, Harvard UniversityProgram in Criminal Justice Policy and Management,Harvard UniversityWiener Center for Social Policy, Harvard UniversityModeratorWilliam Julius Wilson, Lewis F. and Linda L. GeyserUniversity Professor, Harvard UniversityPanelistsDavid Simon, Creator, “The Wire”Nora L. Baston, Deputy Superintendent, Boston PoliceSudhir Venkatesh, Professor, Columbia UniversityGeoffrey Canada, President, Harlem Children’s ZoneThe audience views excerpts from HBO’s “The Wire.”Panelists give their views on creating and viewing “The Wire.”8