Race

ACLU Report Finds Major Race Disparity In Marijuana Arrests

Will Michaels — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 21:00:59 +0000

A new report from the ACLU says African Americans are more likely than whites to be arrested for marijuana possession in North Carolina. The survey released today says African Americans were arrested at three times the rate of whites in 2010. A US Health Department report from the same year showed similar rates of marijuana use among both ethnic groups nationwide.

The Complex Identities Of Some Of America's Most Famous Black Men

Nicole Campbell and Frank Stasio — Wed, 08 May 2013 15:56:21 +0000

Have you ever thought of Jay-Z having multiple personalities? There's Jay-Z, Sean Carter, Hova, and Jigga. And they're all wrapped up inside one black man. In Mark Anthony Neal's latest book "Looking For Leroy: Illegible Black Masculinities," he explores the complex identities of figures like Jay-Z, Avery Brooks and Luther Vandross (NYU Press; 2013).

Why Comic Books Don’t Have Heroic Female Characters

Alex Granados and Frank Stasio — Thu, 02 May 2013 15:38:24 +0000

Comic book fans know the pleasure of becoming absorbed in an alternate world. One where weirdos and freaks reign supreme as superheroes and saviors. It’s the perfect escape for somebody that doesn’t feel as though they quite fit in. For Jeremy Whitley, comics were engrossing, so much so that he wanted to make his own. But then he had a daughter.

Duke Marks 50 Years Since Integration

Isaac-Davy Aronson — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:30:29 +0000

Duke University celebrates 50 years of black students on Saturday, with an address by U.S. Senator William "Mo" Cowan. The Massachusetts Democrat is a 1991 Duke graduate and one of two African-Americans currently in the U.S. Senate.

Abandoning the Black Hero

Shawn Wen, Frank Stasio and Christina Blyde — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:18:24 +0000

African-American literary authors like James Baldwin or Zora Neale Hurston are famous for their depictions of black life. But these novelists have also written books with white protagonists. Why is this unexpected? Is there a mandate that black authors write only about black characters?

Langston Hughes And Lynching

Alex Granados and Frank Stasio — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:31:00 +0000

Writer Langston Hughes is famous for uplifting poems like "I, Too" and lyrical poetry like “A Dream Deferred,” but North Carolina State Assistant Professor of English Jason Miller says that hidden within Hughes' works are powerful statements about the practice of lynching. Host Frank Stasio talks to Miller about his new book, "Langston Hughes and American Lynching Culture” (University Press of Florida/2011).

NC Voices: Health Disparities

Laura Leslie — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:50:00 +0000

If you’re a white North Carolinian, you’re statistically likely to be born stronger, live healthier, and die later than your African American or Latino counterpart. You’re also not as likely to suffer from a chronic disease, and if you do, you’re less likely to die of it. Some say that’s because of racial bias within the health care system. But others say the problem’s much bigger than that – and health care alone can’t solve it. Laura Leslie reports for North Carolina Voices.