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The Why
Community

Confronting racist stereotypes in Princeton’s high school musical

Princeton High School's production of "Anything Goes" featured racist stereotypes of Asians that sparked a debate about how to handle older plays.

Air Date: June 19, 2019

Listen 14:47
Iesha Harper, (right), answers a question during a news conference as she is joined by her fiancee Dravon Ames, (left), at Phoenix City Hall, Monday, June 17, 2019, in Phoenix. Ames and his pregnant fiancée, Harper, who had guns aimed at them by Phoenix police during a response to a shoplifting report, say they don't accept the apologies of the city's police chief and mayor and want the officers involved to be fired. (Ross D. Franklin/AP Photo)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Community
The Philadelphia Experiment

Making communities safer takes more than changing policing

What can a 4-year-old do that would make police pull guns on her pregnant mother?

6 years ago

Sephora closiedng its U.S. stores for an hour Wednesday, June 5, 2019. to host inclusion workshops for its employees. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Radio Times
Community

How effective is diversity training?

Many companies require diversity training, but changing people's attitudes and behaviors is challenging. We'll talk about implicit bias, and making inclusive workplaces.

Air Date: June 18, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:16
Kara McQuillan (left) and  Mac VanTilburg of the Philadelphia Midwife Collective are trying to open Philadelphia's first free-standing birth center in Germantown. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Midwives hope Philly’s first free-standing birth center will make inclusive care more accessible

The Philadelphia Midwife Collective has launched a GoFundMe campaign to open a birth center they hope will make inclusive care more accessible.

6 years ago

Listen 1:33
Philadelphia City Hall (WHYY, file)
Politics & Policy
The Philadelphia Tribune

Ballot question could help black, minority businesses win more city contracts

Black- and minority-owned businesses lose out on the majority of city contracts even though people of color make up the majority of Philadelphia’s population.

6 years ago

Joe Frazier hits Muhammad Ali with a left during the 15th round of their heavyweight title fight at New York's Madison Square garden in this March 8, 1971 photo. (AP Photo/stf)
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Smokin’ Joe Frazier

We talk about the life of Philadelphia boxing legend Joe Frazier with sports writer Mark Kram Jr., author of "Smokin' Joe."

Air Date: June 13, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:17
Jasmine Miller, chair of Cooperative Nursery School's diversity committee. (Paul Jablow/The Notebook)
Community
Broke in Philly

Having hard conversations with children about race and difference

Current research indicates that children as young as 2 years old show awareness of racial differences and may express racial prejudice by age 4.

7 years ago

Cooperative Nursery School director Leah Corsover with a student. (Paul Jablow/The Notebook)
Education
Broke in Philly

Mt. Airy early childhood center works on increasing diversity

Recruitment, workshops, and "challenging" discussions about racism are all part of the effort.

7 years ago

African heritage dancers perform at Philadelphia's Odunde Festival.
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

Odunde still drawing new fans, 44 years after first street festival

Odunde is 44 years old but the largest street festival in the nation continues to grow as newcomers discover its vibrant charms.

7 years ago

Linda Fairstein, seen at an event in New York City in 2004, parlayed her fame as a prosecutor into a prolific run as a crime novelist. (Paul Hawthorne/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Linda Fairstein, former ‘Central Park 5’ prosecutor, dropped by her publisher

News of the separation comes just days after the release of the Netflix-produced, Ava DuVernay-helmed miniseries When They See Us.

7 years ago

Former UD professor Arica Coleman in her home Wednesday. Feb. 27, 2019, in Newark, Del.  (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Education

Former professor says University of Delaware tenure process stifles diversity

A former professor at the University of Delaware says the refusal to grant her tenure is part of a pattern of discrimination against black women faculty.

7 years ago

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Police stand along Benjamin Franklin Parkway as City Hall stands in the background, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Courts & Law

Krasner: Racist Facebook posts could get officers barred from criminal trials

Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner is reviewing a database of offensive social media comments posted by city cops to look for evidence of bias.

7 years ago

Caleel Harris plays Antron McCray in Ava DuVernay's Netflix miniseries, When They See Us.
NPR
Community

Ava DuVernay hopes you hear ‘the heartbeat of the boys’ in Central Park 5

Her Netflix miniseries When They See Us will be released Friday.

7 years ago

Robert F. Smith speaks at Morehouse College (BBC News/Youtube)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

A good deed goes through ‘Black enough’ blender

Philanthropist Robert F. Smith spread a balm over the wounds that accumulate as a result of the day-to-day indignities that go hand-in-hand with being Black in America.

7 years ago

In the live-action ‘Aladdin,’ Mena Massoud stars Aladdin, while Will Smith plays the Genie.  Daniel Smith/Walt Disney Pictures
Arts & Entertainment
The Conversation

How the new ‘Aladdin’ stacks up against a century of Hollywood stereotyping

Though critically acclaimed and widely beloved, the 1992 animated “Aladdin” feature had some serious issues with stereotyping.

7 years ago

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