/tags/systemic-racism systemic racism en-US Copyright Fri, 12 Mar 2021 19:30:09 GMT /2021-03-12/minneapolis-reaches-27-million-settlement-with-family-of-george-floyd Minneapolis will pay a record sum to the family of George Floyd, who sued the city and police officers over his May 2020 death in police custody. Fri, 12 Mar 2021 19:30:09 GMT /2021-03-12/minneapolis-reaches-27-million-settlement-with-family-of-george-floyd Rachel Treisman /news/2020-07-24/police-traffic-stops-decline-racial-disparities-persist Across the state, police traffic stops have dropped, but for white drivers they've declined twice as fast as for Black drivers.That's according to a trend… Fri, 24 Jul 2020 22:34:40 GMT /news/2020-07-24/police-traffic-stops-decline-racial-disparities-persist Jason deBruyn /race-demographics/2020-07-23/new-study-reveals-economic-drivers-behind-the-sterilization-of-black-north-carolinians Between 1929 and 1974, North Carolina officials sterilized an estimated 7,600 people, many by force or coercion. The state’s eugenics program targeted… Thu, 23 Jul 2020 16:51:45 GMT /race-demographics/2020-07-23/new-study-reveals-economic-drivers-behind-the-sterilization-of-black-north-carolinians Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao /race-demographics/2020-06-16/ronnie-pepper-wants-you-to-eat-your-broccoli-and-confront-ingrained-racism When Ronnie Pepper was a kid, his mother told him he could not be the president or an astronaut. Though she did not say it aloud, Pepper understood that… Tue, 16 Jun 2020 15:55:42 GMT /race-demographics/2020-06-16/ronnie-pepper-wants-you-to-eat-your-broccoli-and-confront-ingrained-racism Kaia Findlay, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2020-06-16/ronnie-pepper-wants-you-to-eat-your-broccoli-and-confront-ingrained-racism When Ronnie Pepper was a kid, his mother told him he could not be the president or an astronaut. Though she did not say it aloud, Pepper understood that… Tue, 16 Jun 2020 15:55:42 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-06-16/ronnie-pepper-wants-you-to-eat-your-broccoli-and-confront-ingrained-racism Kaia Findlay, Frank Stasio /podcast/podcast-wuncpolitics/2020-06-05/a-week-of-civil-unrest As protests took place across North Carolina and the nation, calling for justice after the killing of George Floyd, President Donald Trump called for a… Fri, 05 Jun 2020 22:49:51 GMT /podcast/podcast-wuncpolitics/2020-06-05/a-week-of-civil-unrest Jeff Tiberii /health/2020-04-22/in-black-communities-fight-against-covid-19-the-real-pre-existing-condition-is-poverty In North Carolina and across the nation, black communities are contracting and dying from COVID-19 at disproportionately high rates. But there has been… Wed, 22 Apr 2020 16:17:03 GMT /health/2020-04-22/in-black-communities-fight-against-covid-19-the-real-pre-existing-condition-is-poverty Stacia Brown, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2020-04-22/in-black-communities-fight-against-covid-19-the-real-pre-existing-condition-is-poverty In North Carolina and across the nation, black communities are contracting and dying from COVID-19 at disproportionately high rates. But there has been… Wed, 22 Apr 2020 16:17:03 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-04-22/in-black-communities-fight-against-covid-19-the-real-pre-existing-condition-is-poverty Stacia Brown, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2018-05-31/what-is-your-body-worth Artist Monét Noelle Marshall has been working intensely on a new three-part performance art project: “Buy It Call It.” It explores the price people put on… Thu, 31 May 2018 16:15:21 GMT /arts-culture/2018-05-31/what-is-your-body-worth Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2018-05-31/what-is-your-body-worth Artist Monét Noelle Marshall has been working intensely on a new three-part performance art project: “Buy It Call It.” It explores the price people put on… Thu, 31 May 2018 16:15:21 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-05-31/what-is-your-body-worth Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio