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Otherhood
Otherhood

Otherhood

In an era of “us” and “them,” be an “other” -- someone trying to understand how we all live together. Journalism about the multicultural nation America will become -- with Otherhood, a PRI podcast created and hosted by Rupa Shenoy.

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A program from a minstrel show put on by the MIT Athletic Association in 1899.
MIT looked for slavery in its past… and undergrads found it in the present
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Members of the Black Student Union at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School.
Why it’s so hard to talk about racism that happens in school
Full Episode
MIT student Lilly Chin won the 2017 Jeopardy College Championships.
The spiciest memelord, revealed
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MLK asked for solidarity. Will a “majority-minority” US deliver?
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This is the first semester Florida Gulf Coast University, near Fort Myers, is offering a class called "white racism."
What happened when a professor called his class “white racism”
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Comedian Jimmy O. Yang.
The X-rated immigrant story
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Maya Rogers-Bursen, 26, holds her old Indian passport and a newer American one, each with different names.
Growing up with someone else’s name
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Actor Bambadjan Bamba has had major roles in Grey's Anatomy and The Good Life.
Does ‘Black Panther’ represent Hollywood?
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Street art in Portland memorializes young black men who've died.
POCs to Portland: We’re watching you
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Endeyu Kendie holds pictures of the Portland Ethiopian community in the 1980s, including Mulugeta Seraw, a 28-year-old who became an integral part of the city's racial history.
The difference between Portland and Portlandia
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Woman in front of tropical set, "On Air" sign, with flower in her hair
Arts
The fight to belong in Hollywood
A 1923 Ku Klux Klan parade in Albany is pictured
Conflict
In the shadow of a racist past, Portland still struggles to be welcoming to all its residents
Members of the former Tucson Pantsuit Nation group has created a new organization called Project Nexis.
Justice
How a convert balances her white privilege and Muslim identity in the Trump era
Education
After a 10-year saga, Tucson teachers are validated when a judge calls state law racist
What do brown women feel when white women look at them?
How brown people feel when white women look at them
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President Donald Trump before his speech to the Arab Islamic American Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 21, 2017.
SHORT: Is Trump cutting the US program that could stop bombings like Manchester?
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Lilly Singh poses with her hands in a heart symbol.
How YouTube ‘Bawse’ Lilly Singh is going mainstream
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YouTube "Bawse" Lilly Singh.
Arts
Look out Hollywood. YouTube ‘bawse’ Lilly Singh is going mainstream.
Author Scaachi Koul was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta and is a culture writer at BuzzFeed.
SHORT: Buzzfeed Writer Scaachi Koul
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Angela Dimayuga
The story behind Chef Angela Dimayuga’s rejection of Ivanka Trump
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Protesters hold placards and banners as they participate in the March for Science rally on Earth Day, in central Sydney, Australia April 22, 2017.
Science’s ‘come to Jesus’ moment
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This is the cover of The Kominas' 2011 self-titled album.
The Kominas talk about being brown punk rockers in a white music scene
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Assal Ravandi was a Iranian refugee and a veteran of the US army.
How does it feel to be a refugee and a veteran in Trump’s America?
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Scarlet, a 7 year old who was born in Denmark reacting to being told she is not Danish.
‘You’re not Danish!’ What the viral video teaches us about being American.
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Sarah Saldaña being sworn in as the fourth director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in December of 2014.
The Latina who led ICE
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Rumana Ahmed at the White House during the last year of the Obama administration.
SHORT: Rumana Ahmed lasted eight days in Trump’s White House
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An extreme case of frostbite suffered by a patient of Dr. Paul Caulford at the Canadian Centre for Refugee and Immigrant Healthcare.
Is Canada more American than the US?
Full Episode
A man and a woman pose with Donald Trump in an office
Global Politics
How some Indian Americans made Trump look good
Donald Trump promised Indian Americans that the US will be "best friends" with India.
How Indian Americans made Trump look good
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Summer Nasser, Yemeni-American college student and small business owner.
SHORT: Here’s what one Yemeni American has to say about the Muslim ban
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The Obama administration prepares to leave office, leaving a legacy of diversity behind.
Culture
Saying goodbye to the most diverse White House ever
The Obama administration prepares to leave office, leaving a legacy of diversity behind.
SHORT: Saying goodbye to the most diverse White House ever
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Chicago Congressman Luis Gutierrez and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal from Washington state at the 2016 National Immigrant Integration Conference in Nashville.
Justice
Has a new civil rights movement already begun?
The 2016 National Immigrant Integration Conference in Nashville had an all star line up of speakers.
What’s the backup plan?
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Donald Trump refuses to answer a question from Univision's Jorge Ramos at a 2015 press conference in Iowa
Media
How journalists of color walk the line in newsrooms
The search for truth inside journalism
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Ryan Vaarsi took this photo of "Vince" on a street corner in Santa Monica on Nov. 28, 2013.
That Thanksgiving when no one talked to each other
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A display in front of Mi Tierra restaurant in San Antonio.
Trump wins: Before and after, at the Alamo
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Melissa Harris Perry addresses students at Wake Forest University.
What comes after the ‘Trump effect’?
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A view of the border fence in Nogales, Mexico, looking toward Nogales, Arizona.
‘That Mexican thing’ lurking in the Arizona desert
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The view from Mexico to the US at the Nogales point of entry.
Conflict
Border Patrol agent: ‘We enforce the laws, but we’re not the ones that create them.’
Statue of a young boy looking out over school yard
Culture
For the last eight years, a ‘third culture kid’ has been in charge of America
Drawing of woman taking of her face to show a globe```
Marking the end of a TCK presidency
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At one point one-third of Laos had a US bomb on it.
Justice
How a secret US war created a new generation of Americans who changed foreign policy
Thao Nguyen sings with Ira Glass and John Hodgman.
When ‘they’ become ‘us’
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The band Thousand Days
Education
The ‘secret society’ of extremely successful first gens
Pardis Sabeti, geneticist and lead singer of the band Thousand Days
The ‘secret society’ of extremely successful first gens
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An aerial view of freeway, with rows of police and protesters in front of an off-ramp
The unexpected power of feelings
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An aerial view of freeway, with rows of police and protesters in front of an off-ramp
Justice
Leaders of this protest against police violence gave unusual instructions: Form a circle around people of color.
People light candles on the ground
Justice
Born with two strikes? These Somali Muslims in Minnesota find a home with Black Lives Matter
People light candles on the ground
How America is melting in its pot
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Juliette Kayyem
Otherness in an Integrated World
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Goodwin Liu
The long road from ‘different’
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muslim writers collective
Why One Story Isn’t The Whole Story
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Renée Gosline
What Does A Professor Look Like?
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Bianca Tylek
Learning to Tell Her Own Story
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citizenship oath
First Generation? Second?
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Master of None
Aziz Ansari helped me embrace my ‘Otherhood’
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muslim writers collective
Arts
Dealing with hate, with an open mic
Renée Gosline
Culture
She fulfilled her grandmother’s dream by attending ‘JFK’s school.’ Now, a college professor is out to defy stereotypes.