RadioActive How we realized we needed to question other people's biases Everyday we encounter things we don’t question and just accept. Things like stop signs: why are they octagons? And fire trucks: why are they red? At...
Speakers Forum Robin DiAngelo: 'I think you’re racist. I think I am, too.' The term “white fragility” was coined by the Seattle-based educator and author Robin DiAngelo. She defines it as “a state in which even a minimum amount...
Speakers Forum ‘We caught this kind of lightning in a bottle’: An Obama White House memoir Ben Rhodes was a 24-year-old aspiring writer living in New York on 9/11. What happened that day made him want to be part of the response. As you’ll hear...
RadioActive 'Two whites don’t make a Wong': Feeling like an outsider as an interracial adoptee I've always known I was adopted because I have white parents. In school, people talked about what traits they got from each of their parents: their eyes...
Wham! Bam! Pow! Sikh Captain American takes on prejudice in a turban After 9/11, Vishavjit Singh experienced an uptick in discrimination. "Al Qaeda," people hissed as he passed them on the street. "Terrorist." "Go back to...
Speakers Forum Washington state schools grapple with #EducationSoWhite Last year, a hashtag became an event in Seattle: #EducationSoWhite 2017 gave voice to and started a conversation about the lack of diversity among...
terrestrial How is pollution connected to race and inequality? | terrestrial The Trump administration has proposed cutting the EPA's budget by 30 percent. What does that mean for polluted communities in the U.S.?
SoundQs Has Seattle always been so progressive? The results of the recent presidential election have revealed stark divisions in this country. This is especially clear in Seattle.
