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Race & Ethnicity

Bethune students take a photo right before entering Philadelphia Mills to see
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North Philly students ‘lost for words’ after seeing themselves in ‘Black Panther’

The school’s principal, Jamina Clay-Dingle set up a GoFundMe page in February online to raise money to help pay for her students to see the film. Her goal was to raise $1,125.

8 years ago

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Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o and Florence Kasumba are pictured in a scene from the film, Black Panther. Gurira says the representation of women in Black Panther is important for young girls to see. (Matt Kennedy/Disney/Marvel Studios via AP)
NPR
Community

‘Black Panther’ brings new visibility to cosplayers of color

The film "Black Panther" has inspired black cosplayers around the country to be more visible within the cosplay community.

8 years ago



A customer approaches the window at Saartj, a pop-up food stall in New Orleans running a social experiment. Customers of color are charged the listed $12 price for a meal. White customers are told about the income gap in New Orleans between whites and African-Americans and asked if they want to pay $30 instead, a price that reflects the gap. (Deji Osinulu)
NPR
Community

Food stall serves up a social experiment: Charge white customers more than minorities

Can a $12 lunch change the way people think about racial wealth disparity in America? How about a $30 lunch?

8 years ago

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Jorge Ramos / U.S. attitudes on immigration

Guests: Daniel Hopkins, Jorge Ramos Journalist JORGE RAMOS ...

Air Date: March 2, 2018 10:00 am

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Speak Easy
Arts & Entertainment

A history of increased African-American visibility, self-determination in ‘Black Pulp!’

The exhibition at the African American Museum in Philadelphia continues through April 29.

8 years ago

Former Democratic Sen. Fred Harris of Oklahoma, seen in August 2017, holds a copy of The Kerner Report, as he discusses its 50th anniversary. Harris is the last surviving member of the Kerner Commission.
(Russell Contreras/AP)
NPR
Community

Report updates landmark 1968 racism study, finds more poverty and segregation

A new study that builds on the Kerner Report's work was released this week.

8 years ago

Andrea Lawful-Sanders
Speak Easy
Community

The future depends on building legacies for — and with — the next generation

It’s the young people who are creating the movements.

8 years ago

Alim Smith
Speak Easy
Community

Black consciousness has been hacked

A lot of black people are in a space where we have the spirit, the soul, and all that it takes to override oppression, but it means nothing if we don’t believe it.

8 years ago

Tayyib Smith
Speak Easy
Community

Creating my black future from freedom, social impact, and collective good

Black people have always had to project themselves into the future because of the reality of their present. Even today, it takes some cognitive dissonance not to be enraged.

8 years ago

Miriam Harris
Speak Easy
Community

The future of blackness doesn’t depend on comparisons to whiteness

I am an educator because I choose to invest in the future of blackness.

8 years ago

arm wrestling
Speak Easy
Community

Talking about race in America means perfecting the art of feeling uncomfortable

I sometimes wish I could stop talking about race, just for a day. It gets exhausting. I shouldn’t have to defend my race on a daily basis.

8 years ago

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial
Speak Easy
Community

Am I a stranger to my brother?

It’s the responsibility of people like me to keep looking for people like him to make those chance encounters more than just shouting matches on the street.

8 years ago

Rich Liuzzi, left, is the director of school and community partnerships at Lea Elementary who took eighth-graders to see Black Panther and thought all the school's students should see it. Aja Graydon-Dantzler, a Lea parent, Tiguida Kaba, a Lea student, and Lea principal Shavon Savage worked to support the effort that raised enough money to finance the movie field trip in less than 24 hours.
The Notebook
Education

Lea students to go on a field trip to Wakanda

8 years ago

Unionville historical marker displays names of 18 Black Civil War veterans who founded the town. (Andrea Gibbs/WHYY)
First
Community

Historic Eastern Shore community exemplifies perseverance

The lasting legacy of 18 men who endured the hardships of the middle passage, slavery, and the Civil War to create a future that offered more opportunities than their past.

8 years ago

Crowds are shown in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963.
Speak Easy
Community

The myth of post-racial America

Civil disobedience is our obligation, not our right. If we do not stand up, ignorance wins. As long as we feel inequality, we cannot say that we live in a post-racial society.

8 years ago

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