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Researchers Find Connections between Houston-Area Home Buyouts And “White Flight”
Posted on · A new study looks at the more than 3,000 home buyouts that happened in Harris County before Hurricane Harvey.
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Bauer Business Focus
Study Shows Racial Discrimination Persists on All Levels of Houston’s Housing Market
Posted on · Real estate agents, mortgage lenders and appraisers all play a role in housing inequality, the study by a Rice scholar finds.
Arts & Culture
For Ron Stallworth, Infiltrating The KKK Was Just Part of The Job
Posted on · The real-life detective whose story inspired Spike Lee’s movie Blackkklansman tells Houston Matters about the investigation and its relevance today.
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Natural Disasters Widen Racial Wealth Gap, Rice Researchers Find
Posted on · Whites on average gain, minorities lose wealth after disasters
Houston Matters
Writer Michael Arceneaux On Growing Up Black, Gay, And Catholic In Houston
Posted on · Arceneaux discusses his book “I Can’t Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I’ve Put My Faith in Beyoncé.”
Houston Matters
The Perspective Of A First-Generation College Graduate In Houston
Posted on · Yolanda Norman talks about her experience as the first in her family to go to college.
Houston Matters
More Than 60 Years After Brown Ruling, Are Houston Schools, In A Way, Still Segregated?
Posted on · On the 64th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, Houston Matters discusses how the case has affected local schools.
News
Bill Cosby Verdict Met With Conflicting Emotions By Some Blacks
Posted on · For many black people, news of Cosby's sexual-assault conviction was hard to hear, even for fans who believed his accusers
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New Lynching Memorial Is A Space ‘To Talk About All Of That Anguish’
Posted on · The National Memorial for Peace and Justice opens Thursday in Montgomery, Ala., and includes monuments for victims of lynchings. Organizers say it's time "to confront the brutality."
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After Bombings, Uncomfortable Truths Emerge About Racial Divides In Austin
Posted on · People often use a shorthand to describe Austin: It's weird; it’s a progressive city; it’s a blueberry in a sea of tomato soup. But a sort of alternate reality exists for many residents of color. There have been moments over the past month that have highlighted this racial divide.
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No Justice: How A Police Officer’s Bullet Shattered Robbie Tolan’s Dreams, But Gave Him Purpose
Posted on · Tolan survived being shot by Bellaire police in his own driveway in 2008. He tells his story in a new memoir, 'No Justice.'
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Sympathy For White Austin Bomber Stirs Debate About Race
Posted on · Some critics have also taken exception to media coverage that included Conditt’s friends and family describing him as nerdy and kind
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1479: Great-Grandchildren
Posted on · Episode: 1479 The riddle of more grandparents than people. Today, you and I are kin.
Houston Matters
Re-Examining Relationships Between African-Americans & Law Enforcement
Posted on · How has the relationship between African-Americans and Houston law enforcement changed since 2016?
Houston Matters
Houston Bound: How Migration Changed Notions Of Race In The Bayou City
Posted on · Houston native Dr. Tyina Steptoe writes about how migration to Houston before World War II made the city culturally unique. Her book is called Houston Bound: Culture and Color in a Jim Crow City.