The Limits Of Empathy
In matters of race and justice, empathy is often held up as a goal unto itself. But what comes after understanding? In this episode, we're teaming up with Radio Diaries to look at the career of a whit...
11 Mars 202035min
When Fear Of The Coronavirus Turns Into Racism And Xenophobia
As international health agencies warn that COVID-19 could become a pandemic, fears over the new coronavirus' spread have activated old, racist suspicions toward Asians and Asian Americans. It's part o...
4 Mars 202024min
Claude Neal: A Strange And Bitter Crop
Eighty-five years ago, a crowd of several thousand white people gathered in Jackson County, Florida, to participate in the lynching of a man named Claude Neal. The poet L. Lamar Wilson grew up there, ...
26 Feb 202025min
Blexodus: The Black Exodus From The GOP
How did the party of the Ku Klux Klan became the party of choice for black voters? And how did the party of Abraham Lincoln become 90 percent white? It's a messy story, exemplified by the doomed frien...
19 Feb 202031min
Pt. 2: Black Parents Take Control, Teachers Strike Back
This is Part II of the story about the 1968 teachers' strike that happened in New York city after Black and Puerto Rican parents demanded more say over their kids' education. We'll tell you why some p...
12 Feb 202050min
Black Parents Take Control, Teachers Strike Back
In 1968, a vicious battle went down between white teachers and black and Puerto Rican parents in a Brooklyn school district. Many say the conflict brought up issues that have yet to be resolved more t...
5 Feb 202058min
Books For Your Mind, Belly And Soul
Books help teach us about the world, our communities and ourselves. So this week, the Code Switch team is chatting it up with the authors of some of our favorite recent (and not-so-recent) books by an...
29 Jan 202032min
Bonus Episode: 'Between Friends' From WNYC
A text message gone wrong. A bachelorette party exclusion. A racist comment during the 2016 debates. When our friends at WNYC's Death, Sex and Money asked about the moments when race became a flashpoi...
23 Jan 202046min
