systemic racism

Members of the all-Black aviation squadron known as the Tuskegee Airmen line up Jan. 23, 1942.

Books
Arts

'Half American' explores how Black WWII servicemen were treated better abroad

11:37am November 08, 2022

by Dave Davies

Though more than one million Black Americans contributed to the war effort, historian Matthew Delmont says a military uniform offered no protection from racism.

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Jillian Hanesworth, the poet laureate of Buffalo.

Buffalo's poet laureate calls for change

6:12pm May 17, 2022

by Raquel Maria Dillon

Jillian Hanesworth says what her city needs right now is honest conversations about systemic racism, the history of segregation, redlining and highway construction that hurt Black neighborhoods.

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A general view of the American Psychological Association headquarters in Washington, D.C., on April 23, 2020 amid the Coronavirus pandemic.

Health & Safety

American Psychological Association says it's sorry for perpetuating systemic racism

2:42pm November 03, 2021

by Sharon Pruitt-Young

The APA, as well as the field of psychology as a whole, has been complicit in systemically harming people of color throughout history, the organization said.

Hilton Kelley's home in Port Arthur was damaged by Hurricane Harvey. The local environmental and health activist says many Black people in the city were denied FEMA assistance to repair their homes, which he attributes to systemic racism in how the agency

Science

Why FEMA Aid Is Unavailable To Many Who Need It The Most

5:01am June 29, 2021

by Rebecca Hersher

The people who need help the most after disasters are least able to get it from the federal government. Internal records show that FEMA knows it has a problem.

In Winston-Salem And Elsewhere, Fire Departments Face Reckoning On Race

8:52am November 30, 2020

by Associated Press

They threw her new cellphone on the roof of the station house and placed nails under the wheels of her pickup truck. As she prepared to answer a call, someone poured tobacco juice in her boots.

Karla Monterroso says after going to Alameda Hospital in May with a very accelerated heart rate, very low blood pressure and cycling oxygen levels, her entire experience was one of being punished for being 'insubordinate.'

Health & Safety

'All You Want Is To Be Believed': Sick With COVID-19 And Facing Racial Bias In The ER

5:01am October 21, 2020

by April Dembosky

When a Latina woman went to a Bay Area hospital, a doctor was dismissive of her COVID symptoms. Is unconscious bias one reason people of color are disproportionately affected by the coronavirus?

Dr. Pierre Chanoine administers a COVID-19 swab test on a person outside the Pinn Memorial Baptist Church in Philadelphia in April. The group Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium offers testing at various locations to help address heath disparities in Africa

'Racial Inequality May Be As Deadly As COVID-19,' Analysis Finds

5:48pm August 27, 2020

by Maria Godoy

A century of U.S. statistics finds mortality rates and life expectancy were much worse for Black Americans during pre-pandemic years than they have been for white people during the COVID-19 crisis.

Scott Hobgood and Jason Niupulusū grew up in Webster County, Ky., and joined NPR's David Greene for a roundtable discussion about race and social justice.

National

National Conversation About Race Brews In Rural Western Kentucky

5:35am July 31, 2020

by Ashley Westerman

In an interview with David Greene, two men from Webster County, Ky., argue over race at first, but then a disclosure about deeply personal history leads to a bit of unexpected common ground.

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Raphael Bostic, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, says his organization has a big role to play in reducing racial economic inequities, which he says, is crucial to a stable economy.

Economy

Racism Has An Economic Cost, Atlanta Fed President Warns

9:15pm July 15, 2020

by Emma Bowman

Raphael Bostic, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta says his organization is committed to reducing racial economic inequities, which he says, is crucial to a stable economy.

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Stands remain empty as family members of United States Military Academy graduating cadets are restricted from attending commencement ceremonies on June 13 in West Point, N.Y

West Point Graduates' Letter Calls For Academy To Address Racism

6:26pm July 06, 2020

by Heidi Glenn

Retired Capt. Mary Tobin, a West Point graduate, is mentor to some recent alumni who wrote an open letter to academy leaders. They're part of a long legacy of Black cadets addressing systemic racism.

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