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After years of fits and starts, Kansas City's historic 18th and Vine district is finally seeing private money flowing in, but longtime residents fear that redevelopment might price them out. Plus, a video about "white privilege" is shaking up a school district outside Wichita, Kansas.
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Removing the language would be expensive for the city, but a proposed Kansas executive order would simplify the process.
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The episode illustrates an ongoing debate over lessons about racism and discrimination in Kansas schools. Critics say schools’ efforts to promote diversity can breed white guilt and accelerate racial conflict.
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The student who posted the petition was eventually expelled and the other three were suspended for 180 days.
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Instances of bullying and harassment have been increasing for students of color in Kansas and Missouri, and many parents are worried about their children's safety. Plus, residents of Joplin, Missouri, reflect one decade after a tornado destroyed a third of their town.
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More suburban school districts are talking about diversity and inclusion, but their Black students say they continue to face racism and discrimination.
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The report offers dozens of other recommendations advocating for expanding tracking of demographic information, targeting use of COVID-19 relief funds and incentive programs to diversify workforces.
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Racial covenants made it illegal for Black people to live in white neighborhoods. Now they're illegal, but you might still have one on your home's deed. And they're hard to remove.
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The lawsuit says the much-publicized petition to "Start Slavery Again" all began as private bantering between a biracial student and a Black student on the football team, which eventually found its way onto social media and touched off a media firestorm.
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Advocate Heather McGhee has found that when Americans cross the racial divide they can accomplish more together and to everyone's benefit.
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DeValkenaere’s indictment by a Jackson County grand jury in June 2020 came amid heightened scrutiny of police practices across the United States following the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
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Expect the 14th annual Urban Summit of Kansas City to focus on the racial wealth gap and produce a strategy defining its advocacy agenda for 2022.