{"id":41139,"date":"2015-05-15T19:42:37","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T19:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=41139"},"modified":"2015-05-20T20:32:04","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T20:32:04","slug":"a-look-at-peoples-race-experience-in-nc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=41139","title":{"rendered":"A Look At People’s ‘Race Experience’ In NC"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Look At People’s ‘Race Experience’ In NC<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

WUNC 91.5, North Carolina Public Radio<\/a>
\n2015-05-15<\/p>\n

Charlie Shelton<\/a><\/strong>, Digital News Producer<\/p>\n

We recently released a survey asking people about their experience with race<\/a> in North Carolina<\/a>. The responses ranged from personal stories on race’s influence in daily interactions to how race is affecting public opinion. From the state’s rural communities to its larger cities, people recognized that race relations are changing, but we still have a ways to go.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the responses:…<\/p>\n

…Michi Vojta, 44 years old, Raleigh<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

“As a mixed race person (mother from Japan<\/a>), I can generally “pass<\/a>“, as it was called — people don’t often notice, or care, about my non-white heritage.<\/p>\n

Years ago I visited a friend living in Columbia, NC<\/a>. As a teacher she went to work and I hung out killing time and went for a jog. I thought it was odd how there were two gas stations from the same exact company on the same road within spitting distance. I was telling her where I jogged, and she asked what I thought were odd questions: ‘Did the folks seem surprised to see you?’ I thought, ‘Gosh, it can’t be that small a town, right?’…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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