Race

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Education

White kids usually get the most recess in Seattle. Black kids, the least

A KUOW investigation shows that in Seattle, public elementary schools that serve low-income kids and children of color tend to offer less recess than kids at mostly white, well-off schools.
Ann Dornfeld
Politics

Racist fliers left at Seattle synagogues

The local Anti Defamation League is speaking out about racist and anti-immigrant flyers found outside two south Seattle synagogues over the weekend. Region director Miri Cypers talks about how these types of incidents have been increasing in the Puget Sound area.
Jason Pagano

Kim Malcolm
Books

'When I Was White' Centers On The Formation Of Race, Identity And Self

As the U.S. becomes more brown and black — resulting in a xenophobic backlash and nostalgia by some for white European immigrants — the ideas in Sarah Valentine's memoir become even more necessary.
Hope Wabuke
Arts & Life

Two podcasts to listen to this week: '13 Minutes to the Moon' and 'Code Switch'

Do you love podcasts, but don’t know how to find new shows? Are you new to podcasts, and don't know where to start?
Clare McGrane

Caroline Chamberlain Gomez
Race & Identity

Should an Asian transgender woman say she's 'passing?' Food for thought at KUOW's Queeriosity Club

When Ginger Chien joined for KUOW's queer supper club, she wasn't expecting to question her own vocabulary or end the night by suggesting a slumber party.
Ginger Chien
Education

How a treasured Seattle school devolved into chaos

Fourth- and fifth-graders smoking the bathroom. Kids attacking each other ... and their teachers. Students afraid to walk home from school.
Ann Dornfeld
Arts & Life

Imbolo Mbue: 'America is suffering from a lack of curiosity'

Author Imbolo Mbue has come a long way from when she imagined America was what she saw on television programs like Beverly Hills 90210 and The Cosby Show.
Sonya Harris
Crime

'Probably they don’t like the color that I have': Edmonds storekeeper alleges racial bias crime

Jawahar Lal closed up his Edmonds convenience store after an incident he deems racist.
Eilís O'Neill
Law & Courts

Their smiles were 'defiant.' A cop puts a young black man in a chokehold

Josiah Hunter was 21 when the skinny cop with the orange-red hair put him in a chokehold and yelled, his breath hot on Hunter’s ear, “Stop resisting arrest!”
Isolde Raftery
Education

'All I'm getting is the bare minimum.' Rainier Beach High School students protest budget cuts

Students and teachers at Rainier Beach High School say the cuts at their school will hamper students’ college plans. Dozens of students and staff gathered in front of the school Wednesday to protest cuts they say are unfair and inequitable.
Ann Dornfeld

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