Radio Curious visits with Orell Massey, a black sheriff's deputy in rural Mendocino County, California. In the second of a two-part interview, he shares his experiences working and living in a mostly white community.
Barry Vogel, Attorney and Counselor is the Host and Producer of Radio Curious. Christina Aanestad and Yuko Kodama are the Assistant Producers.
Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Mendocino County Deputy Sheriff Orell Massey who, for the past 20 years has been the only black law enforcement officer in the county's history. A native of South Carolina, Deputy Massey was a 21 year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps assigned to the Foreign Service Embassy detail before he moved to Mendocino County. When I asked Sheriff Massey to be a guest on this program and share his experience as a black Deputy Sheriff, he asked: âAre the people of Mendocino County ready to hear what I have to say?â
In part one of our conversation, Deputy Massey described some peopleâs reaction to him while he is in on duty.
In this program, part two, recorded on February 1, 2015, in the Radio Curious studios, Deputy Massey gives his personal response when asked, âwhat is it like to be the only black Deputy Sheriff ever in the history of Mendocino County?â Later he shares stories about his off duty life, his goals and aspirations.
The book Deputy Massey recommends is âCode Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of World War Two,â by Chester Nez and Judith Schiess Avila.
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Racism in a Rural California Sheriff's Department Part Two
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