by lindaoppenheim | May 3, 2017 | Broadcast, interview
This segment describes slurs directed at the Orioles outfielder Adam Jones. The “progressive city” is still dealing with its racist history. The Red Sox was the last major league baseball team to desegregate.
by lindaoppenheim | Mar 24, 2017 | Broadcast, Documents
A new study by researchers at Portland State University and the University of Arizona found that black pedestrians are twice as likely as white pedestrians to be passed by vehicles while waiting to cross the street at a crosswalk. Here & Now’s Robin Young...
by lindaoppenheim | Mar 7, 2017 | Broadcast, Podcast
On WNYC, Brooke Jarvis, contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, discusses her article, “The Disenrolled” (online: “Who Decides Who Counts as Native American?”). Four years ago, the Nooksack in Washington state announced that they were...
by lindaoppenheim | Feb 11, 2017 | Broadcast
Amy Kiley tells the story of the the Bronner Bros. International Beauty Show, the history of their company and its place in the history of beauty products offered to African American women.
by lindaoppenheim | Dec 21, 2016 | Broadcast
An NPR segment reported on a “study, which involved 150 African-Americans living in Tallahassee, Fla., found that knowing someone who had experienced racial discrimination was associated with genetic markers that may affect risk for high blood pressure. The...
by lindaoppenheim | Dec 1, 2016 | Broadcast
“WNYC’s series Dear President: What You Need to Know About Race has invited contributions from others at WNYC. In this edition of Fishko Files, Sara Fishko and guests consider the impact of what we say, and how we say it.”
