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Category: Race

Posted inChanging the Narrative

‘We need a fund that doesn’t see funding Black people as risky’: How three Black leaders are working to change Minnesota philanthropy.

Avatar photo by Andrew Hazzard December 9, 2021December 9, 2021

After George Floyd’s murder, a new philanthropic collective formed to raise $25 million to combat anti-Blackness in Minnesota. In a conversation with Sahan Journal, the group’s new president, Lulete Mola, discusses that plan and its progress.

Posted inRace

Hmong Cultural Center moves forward after vandals attack

by Abe Asher September 10, 2021September 10, 2021
Posted inRace

Cute folk art or nostalgia for Jim Crow: St. Paul auction items raise questions about the market for racist memorabilia.

by Abe Asher August 2, 2021August 2, 2021
Posted inConversations around race and racial justice

After a grueling year in the ICU and at George Floyd Square, an unexpected friendship.

Avatar photo by Catharine Richert June 4, 2021June 4, 2021
Posted inGeorge Floyd

Minneapolis clears George Floyd Square at 4:00 a.m., led by neighborhood security contractors. Activists describe ‘desecration’ of ‘people’s pain, people’s hope.’

Avatar photo by Ben Hovland and JD Duggan June 3, 2021February 21, 2022
Posted inCriminal Justice

Jerry Blackwell’s closing argument helped win a conviction against Derek Chauvin. As a corporate lawyer—and hobby farmer—he wasn’t an obvious choice for the job.

Avatar photo by Riham Feshir May 25, 2021May 25, 2021
Posted inConversations around race and racial justice

‘America is not somebody else; America is us’: Civil rights organizer Bo Thao-Urabe wants Minnesota to measure success differently.

Avatar photo by Ben Hovland May 19, 2021May 20, 2021
Posted inConversations around race and racial justice

Activist and organizer Anthea Yur wants the Asian community in Minnesota to confront racism head on.

Avatar photo by Evan Frost May 10, 2021May 10, 2021
Posted inCriminal Justice

U.S. Attorney General announces investigation into Minneapolis police for potential discriminatory conduct

by Joey Peters April 20, 2021June 15, 2023
Posted inRace

A surge of hate crimes has left many Asian Americans feeling vulnerable. A new Minnesota safety patrol aims to stop that fear in the streets.

Avatar photo by Katelyn Vue March 25, 2021April 9, 2021
Posted inRace

It was just another morning stroll to the school bus stop with his grandson for Tsong Tong Vang. Then the hate speech erupted.

Avatar photo by Becky Z. Dernbach March 19, 2021March 19, 2021
Posted inRace

‘People can’t turn their backs anymore’: Asian American women often feel invisible. After Atlanta spa killings, they’re making their pain public

Avatar photo by Becky Z. Dernbach March 19, 2021November 17, 2021
Posted inArts

Marie Myung-Ok Lee’s YA reissue, ‘Finding My Voice,’ finds new teen readers.

by Hannah Yang February 2, 2021February 2, 2021
Posted inRace

A Tibetan scarf, a Khmer video, exploding the ‘model minority’ myth: how Minnesota’s Asian communities are reckoning George Floyd’s death

Avatar photo by Becky Z. Dernbach August 10, 2020August 9, 2020
Posted inRace

In the aftermath of George Floyd killing, an uneasy discussion about racism in Minnesota’s Muslim community

Avatar photo by Ibrahim Hirsi June 10, 2020June 15, 2020
Posted inEDUCATION

This south-central Minnesota school district has one black board member. He was left out of the board’s group photo.

Avatar photo by Becky Z. Dernbach June 3, 2020June 12, 2020
Posted inThe killing of George Floyd

As Asian Minnesotans call for justice for George Floyd, some feel targeted for officer Thao’s role in death

Avatar photo by Ibrahim Hirsi May 29, 2020December 29, 2020
Posted inRace

White man in Minneapolis accused of racially profiling a group of Somali entrepreneurs inside a gym

by Mukhtar M. Ibrahim May 27, 2020May 27, 2020

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