Black & Blonde

FOUR amazing humans navigate the grey as they discuss PWI, a spoken work poem, by Gabriel Levi and edited by Cam Medrano. The conversation surrounds the impact of the college experience, especially a predominantly white institution, on students of color. We were so lucky to have Gabe and Cam with us to talk about their experiences and share their story!

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Two amazing humans navigate the grey as they talk about the recent excuses white people use to spew their racism. This conversation was spurred by the announcer caught on a hot mic during a Norman High School girl's basketball game.

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Two amazing humans navigate the grey as they talk about violence baiting and the upcoming trial of Derek Chauvin. If you're in Minnesota or have access to a MN paper, take a look at the Government Center and the warlike fortress that has been built in anticipation of this trial. We talk about the impact on us and our communities.

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Two amazing humans navigate the grey as they talk about their relationship and how race impacts their daily lives.  It's a continuation of last week's conversation about interracial friendships. This time, we go a little deeper into us - our authentic selves and our authentic relationship.

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Two amazing humans navigate the grey as they talk about interracial relationships.  We talk about the foundation of our relationship and how essential it is to be able to talk about race and name race in a relationship. Thanks to Beverly Daniel Tatum for the inspiration!

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Two amazing humans navigate the grey as they talk about the fact that words matter.  We discuss the coded language behind words such as traditional, patriotic, and American. The work continues and an awareness of language is key!

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Two amazing humans navigate the grey as they kick off Black History Month with an authentic conversation about black inspiration. Truth, this really could have been multiple episodes - so many examples of black inspiration exist in this world!

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Two amazing humans navigate the grey as they have an authentic conversation about the importance of reflection. We hop in the podcast time machine and take a look at some of our previous episodes, while emphasizing the importance of critical reflection in not reproducing racism.

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THREE amazing humans navigate the grey as they have an authentic conversation about the individuality of race.  We continue the conversation with one of the originators of Black and Blonde in the classroom. It's our first guest and our opportunity to push the envelope on the dangers of a single story.

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Two amazing humans navigate the grey as they have an authentic conversation about unpacking white privilege.  We discuss the origins of Black & Blonde and "unpack the invisible knapsack." 

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