Race in Philly

In a 1987 television interview, the former general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers said Black people can’t swim because they aren’t buoyant. That couldn’t be further from the truth. Water has always been part of African life. In this Race in Philly special, we explore African maritime history and the barriers that have led to the negative stereotypes of...

In Philadelphia, public pools weren’t made private post-Jim Crow segregation, but as NBC10’s Claudia Vargas reports, barriers to access were based on where you lived.

Not drinking enough water can lead to life-altering diseases that disproportionately affect people of color. NBC10’s Erin Coleman speaks with a woman with a message.

In this installment of NBC10’s “Race in Philly” series, reporter Johnny Archer spoke with historians about the impact African Americans had on maritime trade following the revolutionary war.

Many women of color prefer not to immerse themselves in water because it can cause straightened or processed hair to curl back into its natural state, which for a long period of time, wasn’t considered socially acceptable. NBC10’s Leah Uko shows how embracing natural beauty restores the rites of passage to the water.

Those forcefully brought, and those who fled, to the United States for hope of the American dream showed resilience and strength in their passage by water. Migrants risked everything to cross the U.S. borders. As NBC10 and Telemundo62’s Valeria Aponte Feliciano reports, water was on both sides of the journey.

Between Simone Manuel and Cullen Jones, africanamerican olympians in the U.S. break barriers as they set new records and medals in swimming at the Olympics. NBC10’s Jackie London has the story.

NBC10 is diving deep into the complicated relationship people of color have with water.

In the latest installment of NBC10’s “Race in Philly” series, reporter Claudia Vargas has more on the long history of Black Americans and water.

NBC10’s Erin Coleman speaks with a women about her health journey as she waits for a kidney. As part of our series Race in Philly we look at how there is racial disparity in kidney disease and why people of color are more likely to get chronic illnesses.

Philadelphia may be a city of neighborhoods, but many of those neighborhoods are not as diverse as the demographics of the city overall, according to new U.S. Census data. NBC10 reporter Danny Freeman visited East Mount Airy to find out why.

The U.S. Census shows the number of people who identify as multiracial grew by 276%. NBC10’s Yaima Crespo shows us how this is shifting the conversation about race and identity.

In our latest episode of Race in Philly, we explore the city’s changing communities and the region’s evolving cultural identity.

Census numbers show tens of thousands of Black residents have left Philadelphia over the past decade. NBC10’s Aaron Baskerville shows us the reasons for the change.

For years people from the Middle East and North Africa were told to check themselves as “white” on the U.S. census even if they didn’t identify as such. Now the census is trying to address this issue for the 2030 count. NBC10’s Johnny Archer has the story.

Officials say Philadelphia’s Asian population is on the rise with a 39% increase. NBC10’s Rosemary Connors takes a look at some of the reasons why.