Chenjerai Kumanyika

Chenjerai Kumanyika appears in the following:

A White Teen Was Killed By A Cop And No One Took To The Streets. Is That A Problem?

Wednesday, September 02, 2015

Teenager Zachary Hammond was killed by South Carolina police this summer under questionable circumstances. His family says they're struggling to get attention from the media because they're white.

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A White Teen Was Killed By A Cop And No One Took To The Streets. Is That A Problem?

Sunday, August 30, 2015

It was just after sunset on a muggy Friday evening earlier this month, and my wife and I were standing outside a Hardee's in Seneca, S.C. We were at a vigil for Zachary Hammond, a white teenager killed by a police officer during an attempted drug arrest in ...

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Dispatch From Charleston: The Cost Of White Comfort

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

How hard can it be to hold hands with someone, even a stranger, if you know it's just for a couple minutes? For a few terrible moments in Charleston last week, I couldn't bring myself to do it.

It was Friday night, and I was at a city-sponsored vigil in ...

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At Walter Scott's Funeral, An Unexpected Conversation

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

This past Saturday morning, my wife, Saadiqa, and I pulled into the parking lot of W.O.R.D. Ministries Christian Center, a little brick church surrounded by lush oak and maple trees in Summerville, S.C., where Walter Scott's funeral was about to begin. Cars were parked all over the grass and lined ...

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The Sound Of Public Radio Beyond 'Middle Aged White Dudes'

Friday, January 30, 2015

What constitutes a proper “public radio” voice? One black contributor says minority voices often feel the need to code-switch to be heard.

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Challenging The Whiteness Of Public Radio

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Chenjerai Kumanyika loves public radio, but when it's his turn at the microphone, he worries that he doesn't sound like himself. It got him thinking about the predominate white sound of public media.

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