Being the Dot: Blacks Thriving in White Spaces

Dr. Christina Edmondson shares her wisdeom, expertise and personal experience about being an African American woman in a Mutl-Ethnic church.  

George Floyd’s murder has had a tremendous impact on most of America. Race-based stress is at an all-time high for African Americans, accompanied by grief, loss, and anger. This episode features five Black men, candidly sharing their reactions of pain, fury, and expectation to Mr. Floyd’s murder, the subsequent civil unrest and the Black Lives Matter movement.  

Golfing is a sport that over 30 million people play. Despite its popularity, only 4% of those players are BIPOC ( Black Indigenous and People of Color)  and less than 1% are women of Color. In this episode, Clemmie Perry, the founder & Executive Director of Women of Color Golf, shares her journey as a golfer and how she is opening doors to power brokers and captains of industry to other Women of Color.  

George Floyd’s murder has had a tremendous impact on most of America. Race-based stress is at an all-time high for African Americans, accompanied by grief, loss, and anger. This episode features five different women, from all walks of life, sharing their reactions to Mr. Floyd’s murder, the subsequent civil unrest and the Black Lives Matter movement. 

In a recent study by the Center of Talent Innovation, only twenty percent of Black respondents indicated that they didn’t believe another African American could hold the top position in a Fortune 500 company.  Earl Shipp is a real life example of a senior global leader.  He retired from his role of Vice President at Dow Chemical after working in multiple executive leadership capacities around the world over a forty year career. In this episode, Mr. Shipp shares his learned wisdom to help you build a trajectory to succeed at the top levels of your organization, even against the odds.  

George Floyd’s murder has had a tremendous impact on most of America. Race-based stress is at an all-time high for African Americans, accompanied by grief, loss, and anger. This episode features five different children, from ages eight to sixteen, sharing their reactions to Mr. Floyd’s murder, the subsequent civil unrest and the Black Lives Matter movement.  

Stacey Alphonso uses her voice and her seat as the dot at White tables to help tell the stories of African American.  A marketing and publicity person for Sony Pictures, she talks with us about when it is profitable to use your voice and how to speak truth in a way that increases the chances of being heard.

African American men are often characterized as angry.   Professor Marcus Burke reflects on this characterization and whether “the Angry Black man” is a reality, a myth, or an instrument of White fragility.  He shares how he personally manages being an angry man who is Black in hyper-white spaces. 

Dr. Stacey shares what the podcast is all about and learn more about the host.