Tag: Nathaniel Bozarth

Christopher Cook and Nathaniel Bozarth

KC-built game simulates segregation, racism with one way to ‘win’: disrupt, destroy white supremacy

By Tommy Felts / June 3, 2021

Developing a game that sparks meaningful conversations on systematic racism requires nuance and balance, Nathaniel Bozarth explained, noting the goal is to create an emotional impact while not causing harm to the player. “It’s tough because you want to teach a topic that’s really hard — and you want to do it delicately enough that…

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Duo creates app-based audio tour exploring KC’s history of segregation

By Tommy Felts / April 26, 2018

Most Kansas Citians are uninformed on the area’s segregated past, Nathaniel Bozarth said. “To be quite honest, I’m convinced that this ignorance is by design,” said Bozarth, a Kansas City ethnographer and host of the Wide Ruled podcast. “White America does not want to deal with the sins of our fathers and our own sins…

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Wide Ruled: The future of Kansas schools with education commissioner Randy Watson

By Tommy Felts / June 7, 2017

Editor’s note: In partnership with the Wide Ruled podcast hosted by Brainroot Light and Sound, Startland News hopes to offer its audience more avenues to learn about innovators in Kansas City. Opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Wide Ruled is a Kansas City-based podcast focused on equality in education. Each episode showcases a…

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Lean Lab leaders dissect recent politics spurring U.S. education engagement

By Tommy Felts / March 17, 2017

Editor’s note: In partnership with the Wide Ruled podcast hosted by Brainroot Light and Sound, Startland News hopes to offer its audience more avenues to learn about innovators in Kansas City. Opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Wide Ruled is a podcast on equality in education. Each episode showcases a struggle or…

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