Veteran Educator On The Endless But 'Joyful' Work Of Creating Anti-Racist Education Pirette McKamey, the principal at Mission High School in San Francisco, says anti-racist education "makes you want to keep growing and changing and doing better by your students." Jonaki Mehta
Is It Enough To Remove Words With Racist Connotations From Tech Language? Hint: No NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Web developer Caroline Karanja about how the terms "master" and "slave" are used in the industry and how they reflect a bigger issue in U.S. culture.
NYC Begins Painting Black Lives Matter Mural In Front Of Trump Tower President Trump derided the mural plan last week, saying it would be "denigrating this luxury Avenue" and antagonize the city's police as "a symbol of hate." Laurel Wamsley
Effective Anti-Racist Education Requires More Diverse Teachers, More Training Travis Bristol, an assistant professor of education at the University of California at Berkeley, explains how teacher training and the presence of Black teachers can help reshape education. Jonaki Mehta
Black Man Speaks On Being Attacked, Threatened With A Noose In Bloomington, Ind. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Vauhxx Booker, a Black activist in Bloomington, Ind., about experiencing what he describes as an attempted lynching and authorities' response to the incident.
We Are Repeating Discrimination Experiment Every Day, Educator Says NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Jane Elliott, who created the blue-eyes/brown-eyes classroom experiment in 1968 to teach students about racism. It was so enlightening, she repeated it for decades.
'Say Her Name': How The Fight For Racial Justice Can Be More Inclusive Of Black Women NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Kimberlé Crenshaw, co-founder of the Say Her Name campaign, about how the Black Lives Matter movement can be more inclusive of Black women. Heidi Glenn
Why U.S. Schools Are Still Segregated — And One Idea To Help Change That Rebecca Sibilia, founder of EdBuild, says a Supreme Court case shaped a funding model for public schools that reinforces inequity. She tells All Things Considered about a new model that could help. Jonaki Mehta
Trump Calls For NASCAR Driver Bubba Wallace To Apologize Over Noose 'Hoax' The president followed up a pair of divisive speeches over the holiday weekend by castigating the racing body for banning the Confederate flag and said Wallace should apologize to his fellow drivers. Scott Neuman
West Point Graduates' Letter Calls For Academy To Address Racism 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. Heidi Glenn