This series of conversations about race and culture will continue early next year as a national broadcast. Public Radio International will distribute our next four episodes coast-to-coast. There’s plenty to do to get it ready, but we need to hear from you about how we’re doing so far.
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I would love to learn, it sounds so fascinating,” they would say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Popovich and her friends were tired of people asking them about tamales and how to make them, so they decided to invite them over and teach them how.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The whole deal was if you didn’t roll them, you couldn’t take them home,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They continued the tradition for 10 years, and eventually people of all ethnicities showed up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the show, a lot of listeners emailed to say that they felt insulted by Popovich’s comments about how white people approach the topic of tamales and the notion of a “white people tamale factory.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One listener wrote:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>This woman is so racist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m amazed that you are allowing this woman to go on like she is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I hope you get a lot a lot of complaints about this show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Does she not know that this station and all others broadcasting this show are created and run by white people?\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>—Emily Jencks\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This listener makes an excellent point: Yes, there are a lot of white people in public radio. In fact, white people own and run the majority of our most powerful institutions. As a result, most spaces — media, professional and commercial — cater to white audiences.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/sowellspoken\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/So-Well-Spoken-Sidebar.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\n\u003ch3>Candid conversations about race and identity with Joshua Johnson\u003c/h3>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/sowellspoken\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more stories\u003c/a> in this series\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tune in Nov. 23 at 11 a.m. on 88.5 or \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/radio/listen/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">listen live\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>This is something that most people of color wake up and deal with every single day. That means explaining their culture, making other people feel comfortable and finding ways to adapt or fit in. That’s what this show is for. It provides a space to talk about the clumsy, messed-up and beautiful way that we approach all of this race stuff, together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just to emphasize, the Tamale Day celebration was not anti-white (neither is this show). It’s simply a space where people of color were in charge and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/09/24/how-to-acknowledge-prejudice-and-white-privilege-without-the-guilt\">white privilege\u003c/a> was acknowledged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a diverse group of friends, which is beautiful. Looking back at these pictures reminds me how fortunate I am to live in the Bay Area and call these people friends,” says Popovich.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Rule #1: General Conversation Only\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Unfortunately, not all holiday celebrations are the ideal forums for cultural exchange that one might hope for. One caller, John, shares his memories of what he says went down as the worst Thanksgiving of his life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They had a guest whose beliefs did not gel with many people in the family. “He insulted just about everyone at the table at some point,” he recalls. “What we did foolishly is we all took the bait. And so we confronted him point for point, word for word. It made the afternoon and evening very uncomfortable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Karen Grigsby Bates, a correspondent for NPR’s “Code Switch” and the author of an etiquette guide, wonders why he was invited in the first place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If this is someone who is so abrasive and so insulting and so Neanderthal in the opinions that he’s expressing — and you know that it puts everyone else at the dinner on edge, and it’s sort of a dark cloud on the whole day — do you have to have them?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John says it’s very complicated. The guest was brought by a family member. 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"content": "\u003cp>It’s that time of year again — the holidays — and for a lot of people that means many different things, some positive and some negative. Within our houses and communities, we gather to celebrate in different ways. Here’s how some around the Bay Area are spending this time of year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/234423835″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=’166′ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/sowellspoken\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/So-Well-Spoken-Sidebar.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\n\u003ch3>Candid conversations about race and identity with Joshua Johnson\u003c/h3>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/sowellspoken\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more stories\u003c/a> in this series\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tune in Nov. 23 at 11 a.m. on 88.5 or \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/radio/listen/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">listen live\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003ch4>Jewish Boxing Day\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>One woman shared the origin story of her own unique family holiday. She was raised Christian and her husband is Jewish. Neither are particularly religious but they embraced and celebrated their respective holidays, Hanukkah and Christmas. Early in the marriage, she was worried about the potential point of conflict between them around this time of year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Probably the first or second time my husband joined me for my big family Christmas, he admitted to me that as much as he enjoyed celebrating with us, there was one thing he really missed — and that was going out for Chinese food and a movie on Christmas Day!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That year, acknowledging how much he missed his Jewish Christmas, we celebrated the inaugural Jewish Boxing Day—and then every year, for us, December 26 was set aside for Chinese food and a movie. When our first son came along in 2009, we found it was sometimes challenging to book a babysitter for the 26th— so we implemented Jewish Boxing Day (Observed)— one day within the week after Christmas, reserved for Chinese food and a movie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, we look forward to introducing the tradition to our son as we plan to try to check out the new Star Wars movie— ensuring Jewish Boxing Day (Observed) gets passed down to the next generation!\u003cbr>\n—Michaela C. Murphy\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>But before you make plans to go see the new “Star Wars” movie featuring many leads of color — to some people’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/boycott-star-wars-vii-movement-833102\">chagrin\u003c/a>— there is another holiday just around the corner to consider: Thanksgiving.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>A Merry Un-Thanksgiving\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>As many of us know, the story of Turkey Day we learned in first grade is not how it actually went down. English and Dutch settlers massacred men, women and children of the Pequot Tribe. As a result, Thanksgiving certainly doesn’t render the same happy emotions and feelings of gratitude for everyone. Not following? Check out this video:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hzF4Ftjy0A&w=560&h=315]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thanksgiving morning, hundreds of indigenous people travel to Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay to honor their ancestors and advocate for the rights of their people in a sunrise ceremony. It’s commonly known as Un-Thanksgiving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose resident Tamara Mozahuani Alvarado has developed a multicultural Un-Thanksgiving sunrise ceremony in San Jose for the last four years. It all started when she was “super pregnant” and didn’t feel like getting up at 2 a.m. to get on a boat on a cold November morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alvarado wasn’t just thinking of herself, eight months into her pregnancy. She was also thinking about the people in wheelchairs or crutches. And those coming from places like Salinas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10765910\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 360px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17480_12141666_10154253764095606_5896493922044439542_n-sfi.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10765910\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17480_12141666_10154253764095606_5896493922044439542_n-sfi.jpg\" alt=\"Tamara Mozahuani Alvarado put together an Un-Thanksgiving ceremony in San Jose four years ago. \" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17480_12141666_10154253764095606_5896493922044439542_n-sfi.jpg 360w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17480_12141666_10154253764095606_5896493922044439542_n-sfi-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17480_12141666_10154253764095606_5896493922044439542_n-sfi-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17480_12141666_10154253764095606_5896493922044439542_n-sfi-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17480_12141666_10154253764095606_5896493922044439542_n-sfi-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17480_12141666_10154253764095606_5896493922044439542_n-sfi-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tamara Mozahuani Alvarado put together an Un-Thanksgiving ceremony in San Jose four years ago. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Tamara Alvarado )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people aren’t able to make it to Alcatraz because it’s really far away,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So four years ago, she started a small grass-roots ceremony in San Jose. She says about 75 came that first year. Last year there were 200.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alvarado says the event is very representative of San Jose’s diversity. It honors multiple indigenous cultures and ethnic communities, and manifests around resistance to colonialism and mainstream consumerism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m saying let’s gather together in ceremony and honor the ancestors who are no longer here, who were killed … our grandmothers and grandfathers, who kept these ceremonies alive to remember. Let’s teach our children that different communities of color [can] work together,” says Alvarado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also remembers going over her daughter’s Thanksgiving-themed homework packet, which depicted pilgrims and Indians happily working together and feasting together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”BZGrke5kRBLeonw67abINj6aT6dKHETN”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By and large our children are still being force-fed this mainstream commercial not-true story,” she says. “We aren’t diorama people. We are living people who celebrate our indigenous culture and holidays.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the ceremony, one of the elders reads a historical account of what actually happened around Thanksgiving. They move on to a pouring of libations, to honor the ancestors as observed in many West African traditions. Finally, native singers offer ceremonial songs and an Aztec dance group performs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fourth annual sunrise ceremony will be on Thanksgiving at 5:30 a.m. at the School of Arts and Culture at the Mexican Heritage Plaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Thanksgiving: ‘This is Our Special Ritual’\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>For Pragrati Grover in Saratoga, Thanksgiving brings a different set of memories to mind. She came to the United States from New Delhi 27 years ago. Grover says she didn’t start celebrating Thanksgiving until her sons were in elementary school. She says they came home wanting to celebrate the American holiday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The challenge was, I’m a vegetarian. To do thanksgiving they wanted turkey,” says Grover. “I said, ‘Well, I don’t know how to cook meat.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grover buys a ceremonial, precooked turkey for her sons at the grocery store. She says this year they will have cranberry sauce, butternut squash soup, pasta and salad. Grover says her family places an emphasis on cooking non-Indian food because the festival of Diwali usually falls pretty close to Thanksgiving, and they cook up a variety of Indian sweets and savory dishes for that occasion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They also celebrate with friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are away from home, so friends have become family. We go on a walk together and take pictures. This is our special ritual,” Grover says. The walk is followed by a meal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10765957\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 480px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17477_IMG_6805.JPG-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10765957 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17477_IMG_6805.JPG-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Pragati's family and friends on Thanksgiving a few years ago.\" width=\"480\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17477_IMG_6805.JPG-qut.jpg 480w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17477_IMG_6805.JPG-qut-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pragati’s family and friends on Thanksgiving a few years ago. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Pragati Grover)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We go around and say what [we are] I thankful for. My kids growing up here had a much more privileged life than I did in India. Now [that] they’re older, they are grateful for their family and for their education that they have received,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Happy Diwali from the U.S.\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>South Bay resident Kalpana Mohan says she tries to recreate the sound and fury of Diwali for her children, who grew up in the States. The Hindu festival Diwali is also known as the festival of lights. It lasts five days, and is usually celebrated between mid-October and mid-November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mohan has fond memories celebrating here in the states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The night before Diwali morning, I set out new clothes on a tray by our prayer altar. I also keep out the plate of sweets I’ve prepared. In the morning, I light an oil lamp. I apply oil in my hair, massage my scalp and stand under the shower. Diwali is believed to be a time of new beginnings and we wear our new clothes that morning right after our shower and also taste the sweetmeats…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, the festival centers around dolling up in new saris and kurtas, meeting and eating with friends on Diwali evening and during the weekend. One of our traditional Diwali potluck lunches with friends mimics a grand South Indian fare. Some 60 of us take turns serving one another as we sit down to eat out of banana leaves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A traditional Diwali dinner with a set of friends from the north of India begins with a prayer. These friends hoard firecrackers that they’ve bought over the memorial day weekend. We pass around a bunch of handheld sparklers and also light crackers that burst into a shower of sparks when lit. The night ends with several rounds of teen patti, a gambling card game that is a tamer version of poker.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003ch4>Coasting by Christmas\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>For Oakland resident Elizheva Hurvich, the holiday season starts in September. By the time November and December hit, she’s happy to just relax.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We celebrate the Jewish holidays. To me that’s September. It’s the new year, Rosh Hashana. For me it’s a month of holidays that involve going to synagogue, getting dressed up and making amends, trying to do better, praying and eating and holiday food,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the time Halloween and Thanksgiving roll around, things get a lot easier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hanukkah is a time we celebrate, but I don’t think of it as a holiday,” says Hurvich. “It just doesn’t have the gravitas of the main holidays.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>African-Americans Find Identity in Kwanzaa\u003c/h4>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10765961\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 354px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17478_AkuTeach1-sfi.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10765961\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17478_AkuTeach1-sfi.jpg\" alt=\"Akubundu Amazu Lott began observing Kwanzaa when he had his children.\" width=\"354\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17478_AkuTeach1-sfi.jpg 354w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17478_AkuTeach1-sfi-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17478_AkuTeach1-sfi-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17478_AkuTeach1-sfi-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Akubundu Amazu Lott began observing Kwanzaa when he had his children. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Akubundu Amazu Lott )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Milpitas resident Akubundu Amazu Lott began to celebrate Kwanzaa when he had his children over 20 years ago. He says he wanted to give them something African-centered and meaningful, “because everything they were getting was shallow and either excluded them or painted them in less than the image I wanted them to see themselves in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kwanzaa, celebrated from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1, is about bringing African-Americans closer to their African identity by celebrating seven principles of African Heritage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Jose, Keith Hames holds an annual Imani State Ceremony on the last day of Kwanzaa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we do is give folks the opportunity to apologize to anybody they feel like they’ve done wrong over the years so we can start off with a clean slate,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>We’d love to hear stories about how your family spends this time of year. Be sure to comment below and keep the conversation going on \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23KQEDSpoken&src=savs\">Twitter \u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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It’s commonly known as Un-Thanksgiving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose resident Tamara Mozahuani Alvarado has developed a multicultural Un-Thanksgiving sunrise ceremony in San Jose for the last four years. It all started when she was “super pregnant” and didn’t feel like getting up at 2 a.m. to get on a boat on a cold November morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alvarado wasn’t just thinking of herself, eight months into her pregnancy. She was also thinking about the people in wheelchairs or crutches. And those coming from places like Salinas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10765910\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 360px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17480_12141666_10154253764095606_5896493922044439542_n-sfi.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10765910\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17480_12141666_10154253764095606_5896493922044439542_n-sfi.jpg\" alt=\"Tamara Mozahuani Alvarado put together an Un-Thanksgiving ceremony in San Jose four years ago. \" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17480_12141666_10154253764095606_5896493922044439542_n-sfi.jpg 360w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17480_12141666_10154253764095606_5896493922044439542_n-sfi-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17480_12141666_10154253764095606_5896493922044439542_n-sfi-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17480_12141666_10154253764095606_5896493922044439542_n-sfi-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17480_12141666_10154253764095606_5896493922044439542_n-sfi-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17480_12141666_10154253764095606_5896493922044439542_n-sfi-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tamara Mozahuani Alvarado put together an Un-Thanksgiving ceremony in San Jose four years ago. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Tamara Alvarado )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people aren’t able to make it to Alcatraz because it’s really far away,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So four years ago, she started a small grass-roots ceremony in San Jose. She says about 75 came that first year. Last year there were 200.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alvarado says the event is very representative of San Jose’s diversity. It honors multiple indigenous cultures and ethnic communities, and manifests around resistance to colonialism and mainstream consumerism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m saying let’s gather together in ceremony and honor the ancestors who are no longer here, who were killed … our grandmothers and grandfathers, who kept these ceremonies alive to remember. Let’s teach our children that different communities of color [can] work together,” says Alvarado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also remembers going over her daughter’s Thanksgiving-themed homework packet, which depicted pilgrims and Indians happily working together and feasting together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By and large our children are still being force-fed this mainstream commercial not-true story,” she says. “We aren’t diorama people. We are living people who celebrate our indigenous culture and holidays.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the ceremony, one of the elders reads a historical account of what actually happened around Thanksgiving. They move on to a pouring of libations, to honor the ancestors as observed in many West African traditions. Finally, native singers offer ceremonial songs and an Aztec dance group performs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fourth annual sunrise ceremony will be on Thanksgiving at 5:30 a.m. at the School of Arts and Culture at the Mexican Heritage Plaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Thanksgiving: ‘This is Our Special Ritual’\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>For Pragrati Grover in Saratoga, Thanksgiving brings a different set of memories to mind. She came to the United States from New Delhi 27 years ago. Grover says she didn’t start celebrating Thanksgiving until her sons were in elementary school. She says they came home wanting to celebrate the American holiday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The challenge was, I’m a vegetarian. To do thanksgiving they wanted turkey,” says Grover. “I said, ‘Well, I don’t know how to cook meat.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grover buys a ceremonial, precooked turkey for her sons at the grocery store. She says this year they will have cranberry sauce, butternut squash soup, pasta and salad. Grover says her family places an emphasis on cooking non-Indian food because the festival of Diwali usually falls pretty close to Thanksgiving, and they cook up a variety of Indian sweets and savory dishes for that occasion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They also celebrate with friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are away from home, so friends have become family. We go on a walk together and take pictures. This is our special ritual,” Grover says. The walk is followed by a meal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10765957\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 480px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17477_IMG_6805.JPG-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10765957 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17477_IMG_6805.JPG-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Pragati's family and friends on Thanksgiving a few years ago.\" width=\"480\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17477_IMG_6805.JPG-qut.jpg 480w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17477_IMG_6805.JPG-qut-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pragati’s family and friends on Thanksgiving a few years ago. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Pragati Grover)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We go around and say what [we are] I thankful for. My kids growing up here had a much more privileged life than I did in India. Now [that] they’re older, they are grateful for their family and for their education that they have received,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Happy Diwali from the U.S.\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>South Bay resident Kalpana Mohan says she tries to recreate the sound and fury of Diwali for her children, who grew up in the States. The Hindu festival Diwali is also known as the festival of lights. It lasts five days, and is usually celebrated between mid-October and mid-November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mohan has fond memories celebrating here in the states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The night before Diwali morning, I set out new clothes on a tray by our prayer altar. I also keep out the plate of sweets I’ve prepared. In the morning, I light an oil lamp. I apply oil in my hair, massage my scalp and stand under the shower. Diwali is believed to be a time of new beginnings and we wear our new clothes that morning right after our shower and also taste the sweetmeats…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, the festival centers around dolling up in new saris and kurtas, meeting and eating with friends on Diwali evening and during the weekend. One of our traditional Diwali potluck lunches with friends mimics a grand South Indian fare. Some 60 of us take turns serving one another as we sit down to eat out of banana leaves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A traditional Diwali dinner with a set of friends from the north of India begins with a prayer. These friends hoard firecrackers that they’ve bought over the memorial day weekend. We pass around a bunch of handheld sparklers and also light crackers that burst into a shower of sparks when lit. The night ends with several rounds of teen patti, a gambling card game that is a tamer version of poker.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003ch4>Coasting by Christmas\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>For Oakland resident Elizheva Hurvich, the holiday season starts in September. By the time November and December hit, she’s happy to just relax.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We celebrate the Jewish holidays. To me that’s September. It’s the new year, Rosh Hashana. For me it’s a month of holidays that involve going to synagogue, getting dressed up and making amends, trying to do better, praying and eating and holiday food,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the time Halloween and Thanksgiving roll around, things get a lot easier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hanukkah is a time we celebrate, but I don’t think of it as a holiday,” says Hurvich. “It just doesn’t have the gravitas of the main holidays.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>African-Americans Find Identity in Kwanzaa\u003c/h4>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10765961\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 354px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17478_AkuTeach1-sfi.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10765961\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17478_AkuTeach1-sfi.jpg\" alt=\"Akubundu Amazu Lott began observing Kwanzaa when he had his children.\" width=\"354\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17478_AkuTeach1-sfi.jpg 354w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17478_AkuTeach1-sfi-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17478_AkuTeach1-sfi-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17478_AkuTeach1-sfi-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Akubundu Amazu Lott began observing Kwanzaa when he had his children. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Akubundu Amazu Lott )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Milpitas resident Akubundu Amazu Lott began to celebrate Kwanzaa when he had his children over 20 years ago. He says he wanted to give them something African-centered and meaningful, “because everything they were getting was shallow and either excluded them or painted them in less than the image I wanted them to see themselves in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kwanzaa, celebrated from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1, is about bringing African-Americans closer to their African identity by celebrating seven principles of African Heritage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Jose, Keith Hames holds an annual Imani State Ceremony on the last day of Kwanzaa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we do is give folks the opportunity to apologize to anybody they feel like they’ve done wrong over the years so we can start off with a clean slate,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The student who posted \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/author/frances/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an inflammatory and racist statement\u003c/a> on a Berkeley High School library computer last week was a student of color, according to a school district spokesman. But the student, a male freshman, was not black, according to a city staffer familiar with the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BHS Principal Sam Pasarow told the high school staff that the student was “a student of color,” but did not specify which race, according to Mark Coplan, spokesman for the Berkeley Unified School District. Authorities have said they are not releasing identifiable details about the student because they fear retaliation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coplan also revealed new details about how the racist, threatening message was discovered Nov. 4, the process Pasarow took to determine the culprit, and the timing of the message Pasarow sent to the community about the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A parent volunteer in the library spotted the image while the student was sitting at the computer since the font was so large and the words captured the volunteer’s attention, said Coplan. The volunteer immediately notified library staff, and the student was detained and taken to Pasarow’s office, said Coplan. This was around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is nothing that indicates that the student intended to post it,” he said. “The student was creating a document. A volunteer spotted the document because the wording was so big and brought it to the attention to the staff. …”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2015/11/12/bhs-student-to-be-disciplined-after-racist-statement/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the complete story\u003c/a> on Berkeleyside\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Sarah Treuhaft has lived in San Francisco's Mission District since 2001. She's seen the transformation of her neighborhood and the city as a whole. But by 2040, it's likely to change a whole lot more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, she says, the notion of the city as a diverse and inclusive place might simply be a \"mirage\" by then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Being a resident of San Francisco and thinking of it as a progressive bastion -- the data really flies in the face of that,\" says Treuhaft, director of equitable growth initiatives at PolicyLink, a national social equity organization with an office in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The data can be found in a \u003ca href=\"http://www.policylink.org/sites/default/files/documents/bay-area-profile/BayAreaProfile_21April2015_Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">study\u003c/a> by \u003ca href=\"http://www.policylink.org/about\" target=\"_blank\">PolicyLink\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://dornsife.usc.edu/pere/\" target=\"_blank\">PERE\u003c/a> (the Program for Environmental and Regional Equity at the University of Southern California), which came out earlier this year. One of its main conclusions is sobering: \"While the Bay Area economy is booming, rising inequality, stagnant wages and persistent racial inequities place its long-term economic future at risk.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">Change in city population 'is a story about gentrification and rising housing costs and wages not keeping up.'\u003ccite>Sarah Treuhaft,\u003cbr>\nPolicyLink\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>By 2040, San Francisco County is projected to have a non-Hispanic white majority -- jumping from 42 percent in 2013 to 52 percent in 25 years. The percentage of Asians is expected to fall from 34 percent to 28 percent. The Latino population is forecast to shrink from 15 percent to 12 percent. The city's dwindling number of African-Americans, currently down to 6 percent, should remain the same.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco is the only one of the five central Bay Area counties where ethnic and racial diversity will actually decrease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is a story about gentrification and rising housing costs and wages not keeping up,\" says Treuhaft. These parallel trends, with the tech boom as a backdrop, translate into an exodus of families and lower-income and working-class people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She adds that the percentage of young people in San Francisco who are white jumped to 33 percent in 2014, compared with 22 percent in 1990 -- an unusual trend in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/Screenshot-2015-04-23-20.20.29.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10500958\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/Screenshot-2015-04-23-20.20.29-800x585.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2015-04-23 20.20.29\" width=\"800\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/Screenshot-2015-04-23-20.20.29-800x585.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/Screenshot-2015-04-23-20.20.29-400x293.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/Screenshot-2015-04-23-20.20.29.png 917w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The study is just the latest piece of evidence chronicling the huge shifts in San Francisco and the five-county Bay Area, which ranks second in diversity nationwide, trailing only the Vallejo-Fairfield area. Titled \"An Equity Profile of the San Francisco Bay Area Region,\" the report offers a demographic portrait over the decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>In 1980, the region did not have a single county that was majority people of color, and San Francisco County had the highest percentage people of color. Now, all counties except for Marin are majority people of color. By 2040, the percentage people of color is projected to decline in San Francisco while it continues to rise in Marin. In 2040, seven in every 10 San Mateo, Alameda and Contra Costa County residents are expected to be people of color.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\"I was surprised and disappointed to see that divergence with San Francisco,\" Treuhaft says. \"I was also surprised to see the extent of racial and gender inequities by wages.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report, which was prepared for the San Francisco Foundation, draws on data from public and private sources, including the \u003ca href=\"http://www.census.gov\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Census Bureau\u003c/a> and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among its findings:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>There has been dramatic growth and change in the Bay Area in the past 35 years, with people of color increasing from 34 percent to 58 percent of the population.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A large racial generation gap exists between the region's mainly white senior citizens and increasingly diverse young population.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Bay Area has grown from 3.3 million to 4.3 million residents since 1980, with people of color contributing 97 percent of the growth in the 1980s and all the growth in the 1990s and 2000s.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Immigration played a bigger role in the increase of the region's Asian population -- 52 percent from foreign-born residents -- than its Latino population, of which only 26 percent were not born in the United States.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>By 2040, 69 percent of Bay Area residents are projected to be people of color, making the region No. 19 among the 150 largest metros for share of the nonwhite population.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>College-educated women of color with a bachelor's degree or higher earn $14 an hour less than their white male counterparts.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Income inequality has risen dramatically all over the Bay Area in the last few decades -- more so than the United States as a whole -- to the point where it's now 14th among the country's 150 largest metro regions, up from 45th position in 1979. The wages of the highest-paid workers have increased significantly, while those of the lowest-paid workers have declined, the report says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, the unemployment rate is much higher for people of color, and more than one in four people without jobs live in neighborhoods where at least 82 percent of residents are nonwhite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The study found that the percentage of Bay Area households with middle-class incomes has shrunk since 1979 -- from 40 to 36 percent -- but they've become more racially and ethnically diverse. About one in every nine Bay Area residents lives below the poverty line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, high-wage workers have flourished: Incomes have more than doubled for those with jobs in professional and technical services and finance, the report says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As far as being prepared for the future, the Bay Area will be facing a skills gap unless education levels increase, according to the study: \"By 2020, 43 percent of the state's jobs will require an associate degree or above. Only 38 percent of U.S.-born Latinos, 35 percent of blacks, 31 percent of Native Americans and 14 percent of Latino immigrants have that level of education.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other tidbits from the report: The Bay Area is less dependent on cars than almost anywhere else in the country. Poverty has increased faster in the suburbs. Segregation is steadily decreasing. And half of Bay Area renters spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For people like Treuhaft, the flood of data takes on personal meaning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She and her husband, who live near 24th Street in the Mission with their 2-year-old son, had hoped to buy a house in the neighborhood. But at this point they know that's simply delusional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've seen housing prices increase beyond our means,\" says Treuhaft, who grew up in Ohio. \"If my family was evicted now, we couldn't even afford to rent in the Mission.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She's dismayed by the study's predictions for what San Francisco will become. But they are, after all, only projections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Losing our diversity is a serious risk in the long run,\" Treuhaft says. \"But it's not hopeless. We can change this trajectory through strong leadership and different policies. And immigration will play a big role. 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These parallel trends, with the tech boom as a backdrop, translate into an exodus of families and lower-income and working-class people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She adds that the percentage of young people in San Francisco who are white jumped to 33 percent in 2014, compared with 22 percent in 1990 -- an unusual trend in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/Screenshot-2015-04-23-20.20.29.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10500958\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/Screenshot-2015-04-23-20.20.29-800x585.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2015-04-23 20.20.29\" width=\"800\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/Screenshot-2015-04-23-20.20.29-800x585.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/Screenshot-2015-04-23-20.20.29-400x293.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/Screenshot-2015-04-23-20.20.29.png 917w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The study is just the latest piece of evidence chronicling the huge shifts in San Francisco and the five-county Bay Area, which ranks second in diversity nationwide, trailing only the Vallejo-Fairfield area. Titled \"An Equity Profile of the San Francisco Bay Area Region,\" the report offers a demographic portrait over the decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>In 1980, the region did not have a single county that was majority people of color, and San Francisco County had the highest percentage people of color. Now, all counties except for Marin are majority people of color. By 2040, the percentage people of color is projected to decline in San Francisco while it continues to rise in Marin. In 2040, seven in every 10 San Mateo, Alameda and Contra Costa County residents are expected to be people of color.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\"I was surprised and disappointed to see that divergence with San Francisco,\" Treuhaft says. \"I was also surprised to see the extent of racial and gender inequities by wages.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report, which was prepared for the San Francisco Foundation, draws on data from public and private sources, including the \u003ca href=\"http://www.census.gov\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Census Bureau\u003c/a> and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among its findings:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>There has been dramatic growth and change in the Bay Area in the past 35 years, with people of color increasing from 34 percent to 58 percent of the population.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A large racial generation gap exists between the region's mainly white senior citizens and increasingly diverse young population.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Bay Area has grown from 3.3 million to 4.3 million residents since 1980, with people of color contributing 97 percent of the growth in the 1980s and all the growth in the 1990s and 2000s.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Immigration played a bigger role in the increase of the region's Asian population -- 52 percent from foreign-born residents -- than its Latino population, of which only 26 percent were not born in the United States.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>By 2040, 69 percent of Bay Area residents are projected to be people of color, making the region No. 19 among the 150 largest metros for share of the nonwhite population.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>College-educated women of color with a bachelor's degree or higher earn $14 an hour less than their white male counterparts.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Income inequality has risen dramatically all over the Bay Area in the last few decades -- more so than the United States as a whole -- to the point where it's now 14th among the country's 150 largest metro regions, up from 45th position in 1979. 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"content": "\u003cp>Last Wednesday, \u003ca href=\"http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-davis-confirmation-hearing-20151014-story.html\">Baltimore police arrested 16 activists\u003c/a> protesting the permanent appointment of interim Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis. The activists were from a group called the Baltimore Uprising coalition, formed in reaction to the death of \u003ca href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/04/the-mysterious-death-of-freddie-gray/391119/\">Freddie Gray\u003c/a>, who died of injuries sustained while in police custody in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We will not leave until one of you comes and engages with us. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MayorSRB\">@MayorSRB\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CommishKDavis\">@CommishKDavis\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BaltimoreUprising?src=hash\">#BaltimoreUprising\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Kwame Rose (@kwamerose) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kwamerose/status/654476847162499074\">October 15, 2015\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Supporters and trolls took to Twitter as the group of young adults expressed disapproval of Davis' approach to policing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kin, ignore the trolls. Meditate on freedom. Focus on winning. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash\">#BlackLivesMatter\u003c/a> is a simple truth worth fighting for. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BaltimoreUprising?src=hash\">#BaltimoreUprising\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— malkia a. cyril (@culturejedi) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/culturejedi/status/654567187533795328\">October 15, 2015\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The Internet has changed the way we talk about race. \u003ca href=\"http://blacklivesmatter.com/\">Black Lives Matter\u003c/a> is a prime example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"[Black Lives Matter] could have been just like the old civil rights movement, it could have been a movement run by men, it could have been a movement that excluded queer people. ... It’s because of the Internet that it wasn’t,\" says Malkia Cyril, executive director of the \u003ca href=\"http://centerformediajustice.org/\">Center for Media Justice\u003c/a>, an Oakland-based media rights organization focused on racial justice, economic equity and human rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Social media -- including the comments section of blogs, social media platforms and various apps -- have fundamentally changed the way we talk about race at all levels, says Cyril.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The conversation about black people and the murder of black people by police could not only be moved from the closets, the shadows of people's homes ... it could move from there out into a larger environment because of social media,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The civil rights movement was incredibly organized and well structured. It was bolstered by church members and inherently driven by hierarchy and rules within the church. Today's movement is more open and inclusive. Because it was created in a social media space, its leaders don't have to \"dress themselves up\" for mainstream media.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Black Twitter: Where Black Voices are Heard Loud and Clear\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>You can't talk about race and the Internet without talking about Black Twitter, the dynamic cyberspace where black people come together to grieve, laugh, organize, support each other and live tweet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Almost 8,000 tweets with \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreatMomentsInBlackTwitterHistory?src=hash\">#GreatMomentsInBlackTwitterHistory\u003c/a>. 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She was only 22. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/SayHerName?src=hash\">#SayHerName\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/6MvFfrhcKc\">http://t.co/6MvFfrhcKc\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/F8DulzomV6\">pic.twitter.com/F8DulzomV6\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— AAPF (@AAPolicyForum) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AAPolicyForum/status/651597118709309440\">October 7, 2015\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003ch3>Net Neutrality and Mobile Devices Provide More Internet Access\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Cyril attributes the current breadth of the conversation on race and cultural identity to an FCC ruling on net neutrality, which prevented Internet service and wireless providers from blocking, inhibiting or establishing fast or slow lanes to content.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A report by the Pew Research Center finds that \u003ca href=\"http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/01/06/african-americans-and-technology-use/\">African-American Internet use\u003c/a> trails that of whites on traditional platforms, like desktop computers, but is equal on mobile platforms. And 40 percent of African-American Internet users from the ages of 18 to 29 say they use Twitter, compared with 28 percent of young whites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the Pew report, African-Americans are less likely than whites to have high-speed broadband access at home. However, people of color tend to experience the Internet through social media apps like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"mkWMgdKMsIrtu9bYJ2EX9peB2Mt9fFkQ\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cyril says the Internet offers the \"best bypass to mainstream media that has ever been available.” People are able to engage and communicate in a forum for people of color, by people of color -- but these platforms are still not \u003cem>owned\u003c/em> by people of color, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Diversity in Tech Is a Centuries-Old Power Dynamic\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Cyril says the dynamic of power that occurs between Internet users and the tech companies is a very old one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says the the communication platforms \"that carry our message are owned by the colonizers -- are owned by the elite.” Just take a look at numbers for gender and race \u003ca href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/20/9179853/tech-diversity-scorecard-apple-google-microsoft-facebook-intel-twitter-amazon\">diversity in tech\u003c/a>, which show white males dominating the sector's workforce and management positions, while African-American and Latino representation hovers in the low single digits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cyril says the low representation of females and black and Latino employees is a result of unfair hiring practices, and the diversification of these companies has implications far beyond freedom of speech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our ability to survive in this country depends on us being digitally literate,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though the Internet allows underrepresented youth to thrive, debate and engage, the primary decision-makers exist in a world that has yet to be penetrated by all people of color.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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