RadioActive The line between cultural appropriation and appreciation: 'It's all about power' Ariana Grande’s barbecue grill tattoo. $75 bonnets sold by a white woman. Japan’s Chicano subculture. Where is the line between cultural appropriation and appreciation?
KUOW Newsroom Affirmative action returns to Washington ballot after more than 20 years In 1998, Washington voters overwhelmingly approved Initiative 200, which effectively ended affirmative action in the state.
KUOW Newsroom Her great-grandma escaped slavery. She realized what that really meant in a pilgrimage to Africa Juanita Galloway traveled from Seattle to Ghana to mark the 400-year anniversary of the first slaves arriving in Jamestown, Virginia. She told KUOW's Angela King about
The Record Turning tough conversations with your kid into Good Talk “Is it bad to be brown?” Novelist Mira Jacob’s new memoir tackles the questions her son asked that she couldn’t answer, and the moments in her own life that defy neat lines.
KUOW Newsroom How to rid the woods of racism For many people, getting outside can be a chance to relax and unwind. For people of color, it can also mean having to deal with racism. People of color and their allies gathered outside Seattle last weekend at a festival aimed at changing that.
KUOW Newsroom Coalition calls on Seattle's elected to do more to fight anti-Semitism Dozens of local Jewish organizations have joined an effort to identify and stop anti-Semitism.
KUOW Newsroom Affirmative action campaign in WA sued for not paying signature gatherers Last winter, Anthony Hill and his wife Anita came to Washington state from Michigan to gather voter signatures for I-1000, an initiative to the Legislature to restore affirmative action.
KUOW Newsroom 'She did what she had to do.' A school board finalist reckons with a complicated past On Thursday morning last week, a mom asked Emijah Smith for help.
KUOW Newsroom Seattle School Board to appoint new member to vacant seat The Seattle School Board is scheduled to vote Wednesday on an open seat after a director stepped down early. The position covers southeast Seattle, where most public school students are children of color.
KUOW Newsroom Preaching for more diversity at the Washington State Fair Jordan Dove was facing four other kids in showmanship - all of them white. In fact she was the only person of color in the room.