Has your identity ever been brought into question, because of the colour of your skin? Have you ever felt like a spectacle? Is your mind colonized?

For our first episode of UA, we start with a discussion around the rootedness of anti-Black racism and constructs around Black identity. This week, we lay the groundwork for an understanding of the ways in which society has been socially conditioned to internalize racist constructs around Blackness, and the “knowable” Black body through white supremacy. 

Opening up this podcast to you through some casual conversation and personal storytelling of our experiences with racism, micro-aggressions, and feelings of dehumanization as a result of “othered-ness” - we hope that you keep this understanding of Black identity construction in mind as we move through discussions in future episodes about the ways in which this discourse has been infused within specific systems of oppression, of which continue to violently affect BIPOC.