Listen, then read!" -Karen Grigsby Bates, correspondent It was Black History month and Valentine's Day was hard on its heels.so Black Kiss-tory! (Thanks Nico Espiritu for the title.) The romance genre is the Rodney Dangerfield of publishing-it gets no respect-but these books and others like it gave us a glimmer of happy during a very unhappy time. Last February, I was interested in spiking our timeline with a little joy. This list, curated by members of the Code Switch team, showcases the episodes that stayed with us throughout the year, even amidst all the churn:īlack Kiss-Story: "So much of what we read, reported and wrote over the past almost two years has been unrelievedly depressing. We've also tried to help you make sense of yourselves - to better understand how race and identity shape the decisions that we're all making every day.Īs we look back, we wanted to share with you some of our favorite episodes from 2021. Through it all, Code Switch has tried to help you make sense of the news. And of course, the coronavirus pandemic has continued to illustrate and intensify disparities among different racial groups. Multiple, high-profile court cases that centered around race went to trial. We saw Juneteenth declared a national holiday at the same time parents across the country were organizing to keep critical race theory from being taught in schools. Violence directed at Asian Americans continued and escalated.
Lots happened in the world of race: Kamala Harris became the first woman of color to hold the office of vice president Deb Haaland became the first Native American cabinet secretary. Another year is coming to a close - a year that started with an insurrection and feels like it only barely slowed down from there.
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