FaceISM Episodes
Watch our video series exploring identity, discrimination, and courage in America. Each episode features real stories from real people.
Toshi Ito
February 24, 2025
Justice is a cornerstone in America and the legacy of building that can be found in the story of Toshi Ito. The incar...
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Racist History of Swimming Pools
June 18, 2021
Nothing beats jumping into a cool pool on a hot day. While pools have brought joy to so many, their dark history of segr...
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Big Tobacco Targets Blacks with Menthols
June 18, 2021
From giving free cigarettes to children to aggressive marketing tactics, Black Americans have been in Big Tobacco's cros...
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The Banzai Hill Miracle
June 18, 2021
During World War Two, we fought the world’s most notorious white supremacist, Hitler. But we did it with a segregated ar...
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Lawson Sakai: American Hero
November 12, 2020
Let’s go back to a time when our country was fighting for survival against truly evil forces. World War Two gave us som...
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Muslim Foster Father
November 12, 2020
There are three and a half million Muslims in the United States. And every single one of them has to endure being loo...
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Voter Suppression
November 12, 2020
When our forefathers founded this country and said, “All men are created equal”, what they really meant was “all white m...
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Asian Hate
November 12, 2020
Undoubtedly, thanks to the Coronavirus, this has been an especially difficult year. But imagine what it must be like to...
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The Brown Berets
November 12, 2020
Los Angeles has historically been a hub of racial unrest. We remember Watts in the 60s or the riots from ‘92. But we se...
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The Great Apology
October 16, 2020
This is not going to be a comfortable conversation, but it is key in understanding how we need to change. We want to...
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Supaman
October 13, 2020
The truth can be painful. Perhaps that’s why it’s so elusive in certain chapters in our history books. We don’t always...
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Island of Miracles
October 8, 2020
One of the most romantic words in all the world is “hope”. It’s what made America, “America”. There was a time whe...
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