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Why are black people stereotyped? Because y’all allow us to be
BY: Ja’Nell Gore
Why is every black woman so ‘angry’? Why is every black man ‘in a gang’?
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Ja’Nell Gore on Black History Month on In the 661
Bakersfield High School senior Ja’Nell Gore talks about what she experiences in school as far and Black History Month and what she thinks could be done better.
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Meet Kiyoshi! The host of In the 661
Meet Kiyoshi Tomono and find out about his life, career and how he became the host for In the 661.
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Jack Becker of Bike Bakersfield on In the 661
In this segment of In the 661, Jack Becker of Bike Bakersfield talks about what they are doing in Arvin to improve health outcomes!
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KHSD Board Trustee Jeff Flores Talks about the KHSD redistricting on In the 661!
By: In the 661!
Jeff Flores talks about the Kern High School District’s decision to redistrict and more– all here in this latest segment of In the 661.
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Alejandra Alberto, South Kern Sol reporter, discusses the experiences of local undocumented youth on In the 661
South Kern Sol youth reporter, Alejandra Alberto, shares the story she wrote about DACA students and her experience reporting on this issue.
Community Blog
Youth Commentary: Time to make my commute to school safer
By Diana Cuevas
Every day on my way to school in southeast Bakersfield, I fear for my life.
Beyond South Kern
‘America is all we know’: As Congress waffles on finding a DACA solution, undocumented youth grow fearful
By Alejandra Alberto
Maria Mancilla was 3-years-old when she came to the United States.
She can’t remember anything about her birthplace, Apatzingan, Mexico — not the sweltering, year-round heat that earned the valley it’s located in the nickname “Tierra Caliente,” or the cartel violence that plagues residents in the Michoacan state.