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Racism is the idea that one racial group is inferior or superior to another, and has the social power to carry out and benefit from systemic discrimination. This applies to most, if not all, institutions in this country, including public media. Anti-Blackness and white supremacy shape both the institutional policies and practices of society and shape the cultural beliefs and values that support racist policies and practices. White supremacy is the political and socio-economic system that allows white people both at a collective and individual level to enjoy structural advantage and rights that other racial and ethnic groups do not.
Published December 11, 2020 at 10:00 AM EST Listen • 14:44 On this West Virginia Morning, what happens when your neighborhood becomes a place where you can no longer afford to live? We hear from residents in Pittsburgh who tried to fight back against urban renewal, and what happened. Also, Inside Appalachia’s co-host Mason Adams talks with the reporter who followed this story. U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia is discouraging federal communications officials from giving a grant to phone company Frontier. Emily Allen has more. In 2015, residents in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood learned they had to leave their homes to make way for a new development. The neighborhood had been changing for several years. For instance, Google opened its Pittsburgh office there in 2010. Bob Jamison is one of the residents who was forced out. He told his story to WESA’s Margaret Krauss, who reported about the changes in East Liberty for a podcast series called
Protesters at a Black Lives Matter March in Marion, Virginia in July 2020. What are communities in Appalachia doing to address racism? The death of George Floyd and others at the hands of police sparked hundreds of demonstrations over the summer, and a national reckoning on police reform and systemic racism. Those conversations are happening here in Appalachia, too. Many mountain people organized Black Lives Matter marches in small towns across the region. And they’re taking a hard look at laws and policies that treat people unfairly. In this episode of Inside Appalachia, we look at a community in Pittsburgh and its struggles with urban renewal. We’ll also hear about a community in West Virginia that is one of the few cities in the nation to establish an independent police review board. We’ll also learn more about how Black Lives Matter marches can turn tense as counter-protesters and marchers face off.