racism

2 Oklahoma Students Seen In Racist Fraternity Video Apologize

2:04pm March 11, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The men were in a video of Sigma Alpha Epsilon members singing a racist chant. They have apologized, with one of the now-former fraternity brothers saying he had learned "a devastating lesson."

Education

University Of Oklahoma Expels 2 Students Seen As Leading Racist Chant

8:30pm March 10, 2015

by Bill Chappell

University of Oklahoma President David Boren said their actions at a fraternity event "created a hostile learning environment for others."

The exterior of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house at the University of Oklahoma. The chapter was closed by the organization's national office.

National

Oklahoma Fraternity Is Closed Over Video Of Racist Chant

2:23pm March 09, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The video reportedly captured a scene while the fraternity members and others, all in formalwear, were on a chartered bus.

From Caddy To Pro: Golfer Charlie Sifford Dies At 92

10:34am February 04, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Charlie Sifford, the first black golfer to hold a PGA Tour card, has died at age 92. Decades after he started in golf as a caddy, he was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Actor Samuel Lange Zambrano plays Junior, a boy who becomes obsessed with relaxing his hair.

Arts

'Pelo Malo' Is A Rare Look Into Latin American Race Relations

1:23pm December 11, 2014

by Jasmine Garsd

A new Venezuelan film explores racism and homophobia through the experiences of 9-year-old Junior, who drives his mother up a wall in a quest to straighten his thick, curly "pelo malo," or "bad hair."

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Waverly Adcock, a sergeant and founder of the West Augusta Guard, prepares his company for inspection and battle at a Civil War re-enactment in Virginia. Sara Smith, whose great-great-grandfather was wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg, holds the Confeder

National

Six Words: 'Must We Forget Our Confederate Ancestors?'

9:30am October 22, 2014

by NPR Staff

The Confederate flag is a sign of bigotry to some. For others, says reporter Jesse Dukes, it symbolizes family heritage and defiance — but also what he calls a "willful innocence" about U.S. history.

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Thomas Eric Duncan, the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S., at a wedding in Ghana. Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, where Duncan was being treated for the disease, on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014 said Duncan has died.

Liberians Wonder If Duncan's Death Was A Result Of Racism

7:03am October 19, 2014

by Rebecca Hersher

Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian national, died of Ebola in an American hospital. But white American patients have survived. Some Liberians believe racism is the reason for Duncan's demise.

Books
Arts

Horror Of Horrors: Is H.P. Lovecraft's Legacy Tainted?

6:42pm October 04, 2014

by NPR Staff

Lovecraft, the author who famously invented Cthulhu, was also known for his highly racist opinions. This has created some controversy around the World Fantasy Award statue that bears his likeness.

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Race

Guilford County Youth React to Ferguson Shooting, Protests

6:55am August 20, 2014

Some Triad youth are worried the racial unrest in Ferguson, Missouri is not isolated.

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Cecile Kyenge's appointment in April as integration minister was hailed as a landmark for diversity in Italy. But since then, she's been the target of death threats and vicious racial slurs.

World News

Italy's First Black Minister Finds Herself A Target Of Slurs

6:31pm August 13, 2013

by Sylvia Poggioli

Congo-born Cecile Kyenge's appointment in April as integration minister was hailed as a landmark for diversity. Instead, the mood of racial progress in Italy has suffered. The debate highlights growing intolerance and what the prime minister has called a shameful chapter for the country.

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