<p>From minstrels to the mummers, from governors to Gucci, how blackface began and why it keeps coming up.</p>

From minstrels to the mummers, from governors to Gucci, how blackface began and why it keeps coming up.

Washing off blackface: Why a racist practice persists

There’s more to every story, if you take the time to tell it. Get to the “why” behind the issues that matter in the Greater Philadelphia region with hosts Annette John-Hall and Shai Ben-Yaacov. Each episode, they’ll pluck one local story from your feed and break it down.

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