The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened awareness about the connection between race and health equity, raising the question – how might this experience change public health policy moving forward? Valley Edition Host Kathleen Schock explored the topic, and the calls to declare that racism is a public health crisis, with Dr. …
Read More »San Joaquin Valley Asian-American Women Speak Out About Racism And Discrimination
Members of the Asian American community have been sounding alarms over the dramatic increase in anti-Asian rhetoric and violence over the course of the pandemic. But it was another tragedy, the mass shooting in Atlanta that left eight dead, six of whom were women of Asian descent, that centered a …
Read More »StoryCorps San Joaquin: Lifelong Friends Talk About Internment Camps, Racism
And now it’s time for another segment of StoryCorps San Joaquin . As part of Valley Public Radio’s collaboration with the personal history project , we’re airing segments based on recorded conversations from February’s 2020 mobile tour in Fresno and Bakersfield. Today, as part of the Yonsei Memory Project, you’ll …
Read More »ACLU Files Complaint Against Fresno Unified School District For Racism Gone ‘Unchecked’
The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California filed a discrimination complaint against the Fresno Unified School District Thursday on behalf of two black Bullard High School students, claiming the school failed to protect students from racial abuse. There’s been a pattern of racism and anti-blackness throughout the district, ACLU …
Read More »Segregation, Racism, and An Inventive Postal Worker: The Rise Of The Real-Life “Green Book”
Forget the movie, which won the 2019 Oscar for Best Picture despite criticism for being overly simplistic and “whitewashed”—the real-life “Green Book” was a widely-distributed paperback pamphlet that listed tens of thousands of businesses that would serve African Americans in pre-Civil Rights Act America. In this interview, we speak with …
Read More »Madera DA Faces Censure For Alleged Racism, Sexism
Updated November 28: FM89’s Joe Moore interviewed reporter Kerry Klein about District Attorney Linn’s censure as a part of our weekly news magazine show Valley Edition. You can listen to their full interview above, or continue below for the original story posted on November 27. The Madera County Board of …
Read More »Merced residents rally against racism, white supremacists
Merced resident Maria Gonzalez echoes the feelings of many who gathered Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017, to protest white supremacists and the Saturday violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Racism. Pornography. Puppets. Playhouse Merced’s got it all with ‘Avenue Q’
Imagine all the bright-eyed little Muppets from “Sesame Street” grew up and their dreams and aspirations didn’t turn out like they hoped. There, you have “Avenue Q.” A mix of … Click to Continue »
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