Race & Ethnicity
Guests: Brittney Cooper, Feminista Jones We talk about black feminism and what makes it distinct from white femin ...
Air Date: January 16, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Wings announcer apologizes for Native American remark; team, league vow discipline
Philadelphia Wings announcer Shawny Hill said "Let's snip the pony tail" during Saturday night's game at the Wells Fargo Center, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
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'Groveland Four' get posthumous pardons, 70 years later
Seven decades after being accused of raping a white woman, four African-American men were posthumously pardoned on Friday by the state of Florida.
7 years ago
To get to college, it helps black students to have a black teacher early on
Public education has a persistent and well-documented issue: the achievement gap between white students and students of color.
7 years ago
Although Philadelphia is about 43 percent black, police stop black drivers nearly 66 percent of the time, according to an analysis of vehicle stop figures.
7 years ago
Bucks County parent details violent origin of controversial school mascot
The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission will decide whether the Neshaminy School District must find a new nickname for some of its sports teams.
7 years ago
Neshaminy teacher: ‘Redskins’ nickname ‘clearly is not’ a ‘term of honor’
The Pa. Human Relations Commission is weighing the fate of the school district’s controversial ‘Redskins’ nickname.
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Defense expert: Neshaminy School District mascot reflects ‘living tradition’
The Pa. Human Relations Commission is weighing whether to force Neshaminy School District to drop the Redskins mascot.
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Pa. commission could ax controversial Neshaminy school mascot
A public hearing this week will evaluate whether Native American-themed mascot creates “hostile educational environment.”
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Listen 2:06Black directors had a big year in 2018 — but other inclusion numbers stagnated
Black directors had a "banner year" in 2018, according to the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative.
7 years ago
How a Mongolian heavy metal band got millions of YouTube views
The Hu — from the Mongolian root word for human being: "Hu." The band spent seven years putting together their first album, which they expect to release this spring.
7 years ago
Shih, Chau, and Shen pair food art, Asian-American heritage
Three American women of Taiwanese descent are cooking up the dishes of their youth. Except they're not using food. They're using plaster, paint and porcelain.
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Officials address threatening note sent to Swarthmore families, but reveal few details
At a scripted community meeting, Swarthmore-Wallingford officials addressed a threatening note sent to four families. But they didn't reveal much about the investigation.
7 years ago
Listen 1:06Three reasons why Philadelphia won’t follow Minneapolis’s ban on single-family zoning
In December, Minneapolis City Council voted for the ban to confront a growing affordability crisis and longstanding patterns of racial segregation.
7 years ago
Forfeiting identity: A black wrestler’s cut dreadlocks raise questions about rules and race
A white referee recently forced a black South Jersey high school wrestler to choose between cutting his dreadlocks or forfeiting a match. Why did this unfold this way?
Air Date: January 3, 2019
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