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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

NASCAR completes noose investigation; can't determine how it got into driver's garage

NASCAR completes noose investigation; can't determine how it got into driver's garage

NASCAR President Steve Phelps acknowledged the investigation's findings prompt another question — how could the noose have gone unnoticed by so many people in October 2019 and this past Sunday morning. The noose wasn't reported to a NASCAR official until late Sunday.
by Tom Goldman

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Disney changing Splash Mountain, ride tied to Jim Crow film

Disney changing Splash Mountain, ride tied to Jim Crow film

The Splash Mountain ride at Disney parks in California and Florida is being recast. Disney officials said the ride would no longer be tied to the 1946 movie, “Song of the South," which many view as racist. Instead, the revamped ride will be inspired by the 2009 Disney film, “The Princess and the Frog," which has an African-American female lead.
by The Associated Press

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How interracial couples are navigating conversations about race

How interracial couples are navigating conversations about race

In the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd and calls for racial equity, how are interracial couples and multiracial families navigating conversations about race and their identity? 
by Angela Davis and Katie Moritz

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Agassiz dropped from Fargo-Moorhead greenway project over racist writings

"Unbeknownst to anyone on our project team, Louis Agassiz was a proponent of scientific racism and wrote prolifically on issues of white supremacy in the 1800's," the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Council of Governments said. It's working on a new name.
by The Associated Press

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Students of color press St. Paul district to cut ties with Police Department

Students of color press St. Paul district to cut ties with Police Department

Some students and recent graduates say a police presence in schools gets in the way of an education for many Black students. The St. Paul school board could vote on a measure to remove police from schools on Tuesday evening.

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'Together' NASCAR looks to move forward after noose found in driver's garage

'Together' NASCAR looks to move forward after noose found in driver's garage

The FBI has joined the investigation into who left a noose inside NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace's garage at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. NASCAR plans to ban the perpetrators from the sport for life.
by Tom Goldman

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