/tags/race-and-ethnicity Race And Ethnicity en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Tue, 13 Aug 2024 10:01:00 GMT /education/2024-08-13/austin-area-teachers-learn-how-to-improve-asian-american-representation-in-their-lessons About 30 educators from Austin ISD, Killeen ISD and beyond participated in an inaugural Asian American Studies Academy over the summer. They heard directly from Round Rock ISD students who took Texas' first-ever Asian American Studies class. Tue, 13 Aug 2024 10:01:00 GMT /education/2024-08-13/austin-area-teachers-learn-how-to-improve-asian-american-representation-in-their-lessons Becky Fogel /crime-justice/2023-04-28/austin-police-dps-troopers-arrests-latinos-black-people Data on misdemeanor arrests show state troopers arrested 108 Latinos and 38 Black people, compared to six white people, from March 30 to April 22. Fri, 28 Apr 2023 20:17:08 GMT /crime-justice/2023-04-28/austin-police-dps-troopers-arrests-latinos-black-people Andrew Weber /austin/2023-03-08/black-artists-share-their-experiences-navigating-the-austin-music-scene The latest Austin music census found many people perceive a fair amount of bias here. Pause/Play asked four artists about the challenges they've faced and their hopes for the future. Wed, 08 Mar 2023 11:01:00 GMT /austin/2023-03-08/black-artists-share-their-experiences-navigating-the-austin-music-scene Miles Bloxson, Elizabeth McQueen /austin/2022-06-10/austin-becomes-the-first-texas-city-to-pass-a-law-prohibiting-discrimination-based-on-hair “The impact of race-based hair discrimination can last a lifetime,� Carol Johnson, director of the Office of Civil Rights, said. City Council members voted unanimously to support the measure. Fri, 10 Jun 2022 10:01:00 GMT /austin/2022-06-10/austin-becomes-the-first-texas-city-to-pass-a-law-prohibiting-discrimination-based-on-hair Emma Williams /education/2022-03-07/texas-students-push-back-against-book-bans-for-censoring-lgbtq-racial-justice-issues Students are forming banned-book clubs and distribution drives to contest restrictions that focus mostly on LGBTQ and racial themes. Mon, 07 Mar 2022 18:11:49 GMT /education/2022-03-07/texas-students-push-back-against-book-bans-for-censoring-lgbtq-racial-justice-issues Brooke Park /austin/2021-11-16/heres-why-austins-queen-of-soul-tameca-jones-is-leaving-for-la Jones says it's a struggle to be a Black female musician in Austin. And, she says, you have to do it all yourself: “It’s just all these hats you have to wear, and it just breaks your neck, you know? The weight of all these hats.� Tue, 16 Nov 2021 11:01:00 GMT /austin/2021-11-16/heres-why-austins-queen-of-soul-tameca-jones-is-leaving-for-la Elizabeth McQueen, Miles Bloxson /news/2021-11-02/the-2020-census-likely-left-out-people-of-color-at-rates-higher-than-a-decade-ago After COVID-19 disruptions and Trump administration interference, last year's national head count may have undercounted people of color at higher rates than in 2010, an Urban Institute study finds. Tue, 02 Nov 2021 16:55:46 GMT /news/2021-11-02/the-2020-census-likely-left-out-people-of-color-at-rates-higher-than-a-decade-ago Hansi Lo Wang /covid-19/2021-10-26/black-and-latino-families-continue-to-bear-pandemics-great-economic-toll-in-u-s A new poll finds more than 55% of Black and Latino households have faced serious financial problems in recent months. And more than a quarter have depleted their savings. Tue, 26 Oct 2021 15:43:09 GMT /covid-19/2021-10-26/black-and-latino-families-continue-to-bear-pandemics-great-economic-toll-in-u-s Laurel Wamsley /2021-10-21/what-its-like-to-be-on-the-front-lines-of-the-school-board-culture-war Karen Watkins ran for her local school board because she wanted to be involved in her children's education. Since her election in 2020, she's been yelled at, threatened and followed to her car. Sun, 24 Oct 2021 13:46:44 GMT /2021-10-21/what-its-like-to-be-on-the-front-lines-of-the-school-board-culture-war Anya Kamenetz /2021-09-30/1-in-7-people-are-some-other-race-on-the-u-s-census-thats-a-big-data-problem Growing numbers of Latinos turned a mysterious census category into the country's second-largest racial group. Researchers say that makes it harder to address racial inequities over the next decade. Thu, 30 Sep 2021 15:39:17 GMT /2021-09-30/1-in-7-people-are-some-other-race-on-the-u-s-census-thats-a-big-data-problem Hansi Lo Wang