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Race: Conversations around race and racial justice

Here are the latest on the fight against racism, voices calling for racial justice and in-depth stories on communities of color and other racial issues from MPR News.

Voices of Minnesota Calls for change across the state

Protests and pain The killing of George Floyd

Call To Mind Spotlight on black trauma and policing

Amplifying voices Share your experiences and hopes for the future

Waukegan, Ill., officer who killed Black man has been fired; city to release video

Waukegan, Ill., officer who killed Black man has been fired; city to release video

Waukegan's mayor said the release of the video is expected before Thursday. An unnamed officer who shot and killed Marcellis Stinnette and injured Tafara Williams has been terminated.
by Brakkton Booker

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Researchers find doubts about COVID-19 vaccine among people of color

Researchers find doubts about COVID-19 vaccine among people of color

At a series of listening sessions, participants voiced worries that the development of a COVID-19 vaccine is being politicized and rushed. Public health experts are taking vaccine hesitancy seriously.
by Laurel Wamsley

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'I’m not alone': Minnesota students of color lead movement for equity in schools

'I’m not alone': Minnesota students of color lead movement for equity in schools

Inspired by the protests following the police killing of George Floyd, high school students and recent graduates are pushing for anti-racist changes to curriculum, school boards and school discipline. And in some schools, their strategies appear to be working this fall.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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'All you want is to be believed': Sick with COVID-19 and facing racial bias in the ER

'All you want is to be believed': Sick with COVID-19 and facing racial bias in the ER

When a Latina woman went to a Bay Area hospital, a doctor was dismissive of her COVID-19 symptoms. Is unconscious bias one reason people of color are disproportionately affected by the coronavirus?
by April Dembosky

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Teaching kids Indigenous language and culture

Teaching kids Indigenous language and culture

Some Minnesota school districts are home to Native American education programs, where Native kids can learn Indigenous languages, art forms and history. At 11 a.m. Monday, MPR News host Angela Davis will talk with two educators who lead these programs about why they’re so important to have in our public schools.
by Angela Davis and Katie Moritz

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Sixty years on, an NBA story teaches about racial injustice

Sixty years on, an NBA story teaches about racial injustice

The Minneapolis Laker’s Elgin Baylor’s high-flying style of basketball energized the early NBA, but it was his appearance courtside in a suit that changed the league. Now that story is being told in a children’s book.
by Myah Christenson

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White woman who called police on Black bird-watcher allegedly made a second 911 call

White woman who called police on Black bird-watcher allegedly made a second 911 call

The woman was captured on cellphone video calling police on a Black bird-watcher in Central Park this summer. She allegedly went a step further in the second call, saying he "tried to assault her."
by Brakkton Booker

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