Determining Who Is A Cherokee Is More Than DNA, Hoskin Says Steve Inskeep talks to Chuck Hoskin, Cherokee Nation secretary of state, about a DNA test that Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren took that shows she has Native American ancestry.
Code Switch: Transracial Adoptees On Their Racial Identity And Sense Of Self NPR's Code Switch podcast looks at race and identity in America. In this episode, NPR's Shereen Marisol Meraji and Gene Demby talk about transracial adoption. Gene Demby
Pastor Pat Wright reflects on her legacy in Seattle Today on the Record, we talk to Pastor Patrinell Wright, author Neal Bascomb, and Seattle Times reporter Joseph O'Sullivan. Bill Radke
After a racist attack, my mom hid her trauma to protect me A young white guy, clean cut with dark hair, started shouting racial slurs and spit on her. Only one person checked to see if she was okay. Leila Abe
Race, Gender And Sexual Harassment NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Kimberlé Crenshaw about the role of race and gender in the Ford-Kavanaugh hearings and how it compares to Anita Hill's testimony. Crenshaw helped Hill's legal team.
Backlash Over White Hip-Hop Curator At National Museum Of African American History A debate was sparked on Twitter when someone pointed out that the curator of the hip-hop archive at the National Museum of African American History and Culture is white. Rodney Carmichael
If We Called Ourselves Yellow For more than a century, it has been a racial slur. But there's also a movement to reclaim the term. So, what about Yellow? Kat Chow
Ex-State Department Diplomat Criticizes Trump's Justice Department Steve Inskeep talks to former diplomat Urza Zeya about what she sees as declining diversity at the State Department. She worked there for 27 years but walked away from her job in the spring.
This novelist asks: what are the limits of freedom? Away from Barbados in a hot air balloon, a protagonist learns that he can't outrun himself forever. Bill Radke
The Veteran And NFL Player Who Advised Kaepernick To Take A Knee Retired Army Green Beret Nate Boyer is the man who first convinced Colin Kaepernick to kneel during the national anthem. He speaks with NPR's Michel Martin.