Tag: NPR

  • On The Census, Who Checks ‘Hispanic,’ Who Checks ‘White,’ And Why Code Switch: Frontiers of Race, Culture and Ethnicity National Public Radio 2014-06-16 Gene Demby, Lead Blogger We’ve been talking a lot lately about how who fills out the Census in what way. It’s an ongoing preoccupation of Code Switch, and one shared by Julie…

  • When One Of New York’s Glitterati Married A ‘Quadroon’ Code Switch: Frontiers of Race, Culture and Ethnicity National Public Radio 2014-06-07 Theodore R. Johnson III Coverage of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s recent nuptial ceremony was only remarkable in what most reporters left out: he’s black, and she isn’t. The generalized lack of interest in…

  • What Is Your Race? For Millions Of Americans, A Shifting Answer Code Switch: Frontiers of Race, Culture and Ethnicity National Public Radio 2014-06-09 Gene Demby, Lead Blogger Race is a much more elastic concept than we tend to acknowledge. American history has seen lots of immigrant groups that were the targets of suspicion and even…

  • After Tiananmen Square, New Lives On A New Continent Tell Me More National Public Radio 2014-06-04 Michel Martin, Host After the democracy protests were crushed in 1989, many thought China would turn inward. Instead, a million Chinese citizens moved to Africa. Howard French discusses his book China’s Second Continent. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: I’m Michel Martin,…

  • China’s economic engagement in Africa can be measured in dollars — for instance, the $71 million airport expansion contract in Mali, funded by American foreign aid, that went to a Chinese construction firm. More remarkably, it can be measured in people: More than a million Chinese citizens have permanently moved to Africa, buying land, starting…

  • Walking Down The Widening Aisle Of Interracial Marriages Code Switch: Frontiers of Race, Culture and Ethnicity Weekend Edition Saturday National Public Radio 2014-02-15 Hansi Lo Wang Editor’s Note: Code Switch has been engaged in a month-long exploration of romance across racial and cultural lines. Follow the Twitter conversation via the hashtag #xculturelove. The numbers are…

  • Study: Stereotypes Drive Perceptions Of Race Morning Edition National Public Radio 2014-02-11 Steve Inskeeep, Host Shankar Vedantam, Science correspondent Aliya Saperstein, Assistant Professor of Sociology Stanford University Governments, schools and companies all keep track of your race. The stats they collect are used to track the proportion of blacks and whites who graduate from school,…

  • The New York Times and NPR Are Still Clueless About Latinos Alisa Valdes: Official Website for Writer and Producer Alisa Valdes 2014-01-03 Alisa Valdes More than a decade ago, when I worked as a staff writer for two of the nation’s top newspapers (The Boston Globe and the LA Times), I was often disappointed to…

  • For Key And Peele, Biracial Roots Bestow Special Comedic ‘Power’ Fresh Air National Public Radio 2013-11-20 Terry Gross, Host Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele are the duo behind the Comedy Central sketch comedy show Key & Peele. Each has a white mother and black father, and a lot of their comedy is about race: Perhaps…

  • Seeing Opportunity In A Question: ‘Where Are You Really From?’ Morning Edition National Public Radio 2013-11-11 Renee Montagne, Host Steve Inskeep, Host Michele Norris, Host/Special Correspondent NPR continues a series of conversations about The Race Card Project, where thousands of people have submitted their thoughts on race and cultural identity in six words. Every so…