Race in America

As part of our series Race in America: the Conversation, we continue to showcase the important work being done in communities, in their own way and in the workplace. Top Chef alummi and Oakland residents Tu David Phu and Nelson German and Chef Alex Travis talk to our Chery Hurd about how food can break down walls, as well as...

Watch the 18th episode of Race in America: The Conversation that aired on May 19, 2022.

Activist & author Michelle MiJung Kim and Aarti Kohli, Executive Director of Advancing Justice, Asian Law Caucus continue the conversation

Activist & author Michelle MiJung Kim and Aarti Kohli, Executive Director of Advancing Justice, Asian Law Caucus join the conversation to discuss white supremacy, anti-blackness, and now we can help each other in our struggles.

Caste is one of the oldest documented systems of exclusion. It is outlawed in India, but we found caste discrimination has migrated to the U.S. and in the Bay Area. Guests: Thenmozhi Soundararajan , Founder of Equality Labs and Activist Prem Pariyar

Leaders from the Bay Area’s Black and Asian communities gathered with the San Francisco district attorney on Wednesday to denounce hate and violence in the wake of three race-related mass shootings nationwide.

Leaders from the Bay Area’s Black and Asian communities gathered with the San Francisco district attorney to denounce hate and violence in the wake of three race-related mass shootings nationwide. Christie Smith reports.

Is “missing white woman syndrome” just about race or is there a perception of a woman’s role in society at play? NBC Bay Area’s Jessica Aguirre sits down with Dr. Alison Dahl Crossley, Stanford’s Clayman Institute for Gender Research executive director, to discuss.

Watch the 17th episode of Race in America: The Conversation that aired on November 11, 2021.

Residents in the Ladera neighborhood in Woodside have removed race restriction language from its declaration involving property rules.

This “aggressively Asian face” is over it.  I don’t want to pay any more mind to the podcaster/Youtuber whose casual bigotry, racism and sexism was put on full display recently targeting a fellow Bay Area reporter. However, I do want to talk about the emotions the comments invoked in my Asian and Asian American community.  It’s clear the YouTuber...

When should parents talk to their kids about racism and how should it be taught in schools? A book written by an Asian American woman, who lived in the Bay Area for many years, has been banned by a school district in New York. NBC Bay Area’s Raj Mathai spoke to Kelly Yang, author of “Front Desk,” about the book...

NBC Bay Area’s Jessica Aguirre and Marcus Washington take part in a conversation with colleagues Damian Trujillo, Fátima Navarrete and Odel López Escote, all from different countries with varied experience, yet with a shared sense of identity.

NBC Bay Area’s Jessica Aguirre and Marcus Washington take part in a conversation with colleagues Damian Trujillo, Fátima Navarrete and Odel López Escote, all from different countries with varied experience, yet with a shared sense of identity.

Watch the 16th episode of Race in America: The Conversation that aired on September 16, 2021.

Isa Noyola, a trans Latina activist, fights every day for the rights of those in the LGBTQ+ community. She is the cofounder of El/La Para Translatinas and she works to improve the quality of life for trans people, women and immigrants and as she explains to Marcus Washington, many times that work can be dangerous.

NBC Bay Area’s Damian Trujillo spoke with Luis Valdez, one of the nation’s most influential Chicano playwrights and film directors, about founding El Teatro Campesino, a theater for farmworkers, in 1965, his work with Cesar Chavez and his commitment to social change for decades through the arts.

Luis Valdez is one of the nation’s most influential Chicano playwrights & film directors. Valdez founded El Teatro Campesino, a theater for farmworkers, in 1965 and has committed to social change for decades, through arts. In this digital extra clip from “Race in America: The Conversation”, he shares how he got his break into show business as a teenager at KNTV.

“For every step towards progress, there’s always backlash.” Those words are from Doctor Bernice King, the youngest child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. Her father’s message is still so relevant today. NBC Bay Area’s Marcus Washington spoke to her about that, along with voting rights and her thoughts on our country right...

The more education we have, the more doors of opportunity it opens. But, systemic racism in that very system may impact how teachers educate and what students learn. NBC Bay Area’s Marcus Washington spoke with Dr. Sean Fletcher, a diversity and inclusion training consultant on this issue.