Blacktivities

Have you ever been asked the question, "Why does it always have to be about race?" Amanda Seals came under fire a few months ago after an interview with Shannon Sharpe where he questioned if her stories all had to do with race, or could there be another factor. Is race involved in everything, or are we just being hypersensitive? Shannon and KK reveal their thoughts on this question and more.

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About the Hosts

Blacktivities is a Black Panache original production - a podcast network with a lineup of black-hosted shows sharing black stories and tackling black issues. For more information on shows like our newest production, Fat Lies Matter, visit blackpanache.com.

Help Support Future Minority Educators by donating to the Wilbert Bond, Sr. Scholarship Fund, created to honor Shannon's Grandfather, the first black graduate of Middle Tennessee University.

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• Facts About the U.S. Black Population
• War on Drugs | History & Mass Incarceration | Britannica
• Racial Disparities Persist in Many U.S. Jails | The Pew Charitable Trusts
• Black Americans and the Law - Berkeley Law

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We've seen a lot of our black male celebrities get "canceled" lately - from Diddy to Jonathan Majors to Chris Brown. Not that some of them don't deserve it, but why does it seem like black men have become the face of cancel culture when there are other people doing the same things? Shannon, Lisa, and Karen discuss canceling's humble beginnings to how it got chopped and screwed and it's intertwining with the me too movement.

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About the Hosts

Blacktivities is a Black Panache original production - a podcast network with a lineup of black-hosted shows sharing black stories and tackling black issues. For more information on shows like our newest production, Fat Lies Matter, visit blackpanache.com.

Help Support Future Minority Educators by donating to the Wilbert Bond, Sr. Scholarship Fund, created to honor Shannon's Grandfather, the first black graduate of Middle Tennessee University.

Continue the Conversation on Social Media:

Instagram - @blacktivitiespod

Follow Shannon - @justshanofficial

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Follow Karen - @kkrobertsgrissom

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Research Links:

• Presumption of Guilt
• FREDDIE GIBBS CALLS OUT DOUBLE STANDARDS WHEN IT COMES TO BLACK MEN & CANCEL CULTURE
• The strange journey of ‘cancel,’ from a Black-culture punchline to a White-grievance watchword

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The Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef has been epic! Kendrick has the whole world chanting OVHoe and we got some great music, but is it good for the culture as a whole? SnobHop founder, John Wright, joins Shannon and Lisa to talk rap beef of the past and present.

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6. Donate to the cause and help amplify more black voices and join our panel of black people.

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About the Hosts

Blacktivities is a Black Panache original production - a podcast network with a lineup of black-hosted shows sharing black stories and tackling black issues. For more information on shows like our newest production, Fat Lies Matter, visit blackpanache.com.

Help Support Future Minority Educators by donating to the Wilbert Bond, Sr. Scholarship Fund, created to honor Shannon's Grandfather, the first black graduate of Middle Tennessee University.

Continue the Conversation on Social Media:

Instagram - @blacktivitiespod

Follow Shannon - @justshanofficial

Follow Lisa - @monalisadapoet

Follow Karen - @kkrobertsgrissom

Threads - @blacktivitiespod

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• Biden Campaign "Euphoria" IG Video
• How Kendrick Lamar and Drake changed rap beefs forever
• The 40 Biggest Hip-Hop Feuds | Complex

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Juneteenth represents freedom, but if we fast forward to 2024. It seems like politicians are playing Uno with house rules, using multiple skips and reverses when it comes to the freedoms we have fought so hard to get in the past. Shannon and Lisa discuss Project 2025 and the ramifications it might have for black people.

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About the Hosts

Blacktivities is a Black Panache original production - a podcast network with a lineup of black-hosted shows sharing black stories and tackling black issues. For more information on shows like our newest production, Fat Lies Matter, visit blackpanache.com.

Help Support Future Minority Educators by donating to the Wilbert Bond, Sr. Scholarship Fund, created to honor Shannon's Grandfather, the first black graduate of Middle Tennessee University.

Continue the Conversation on Social Media:

Instagram - @blacktivitiespod

Follow Shannon - @justshanofficial

Follow Lisa - @monalisadapoet

Follow Karen - @kkrobertsgrissom

Threads - @blacktivitiespod

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• Project 2025 - Presidential Transition Project Website
• Conservatives aim to restructure U.S. government and replace it with Trump’s vision | PBS NewsHour
• Project 2025 Document

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Blacktivities returns June 17th!!! Check out the first episode of Shannon's newest podcast, RIGHTing Narratives in this bonus episode.

Recently, players like Caitlyn Clark, Angel Reese, and Kamilla Cardoso have brought major attention to women’s basketball. There are several other young women on that team that you don’t hear about who dominated at the high school level, but aren’t the superstars on their college teams. You don’t hear about the immense pressure, tough choices, and sacrifices they are being asked to make at such a young and confusing time in their lives.

Wynter Whitley is an extraordinary athlete and former Duke Lady Blue Devils basketball player, who had a standout season her freshman year, but when tragedy hit, her game and relationship with the coaches was collateral damage. Her story helps us right the narratives about grief, self-advocation, and self-worth. It rights the narrative that we don’t always have to be strong, and it’s okay to take the time to heal when we need it.

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About the Hosts

Blacktivities is a Black Panache original production - a podcast network with a lineup of black-hosted shows sharing black stories and tackling black issues. For more information on shows like our newest production, Fat Lies Matter, visit blackpanache.com.

Help Support Future Minority Educators by donating to the Wilbert Bond, Sr. Scholarship Fund, created to honor Shannon's Grandfather, the first black graduate of Middle Tennessee University.

Continue the Conversation on Social Media:

Instagram - @blacktivitiespod

Follow Shannon - @justshanofficial

Follow Lisa - @monalisadapoet

Follow Karen - @kkrobertsgrissom

Threads - @blacktivitiespod

Facebook - Blacktivities

Copyright 2022-2026 Black Panache, LLC

According to a study completed by the CDC between 1999 and 2020 that analyzed homicide rates of Black women ages 25 to 44 across 30 states, black women are 6 times more likely to be killed than white women. In Wisconsin, they’re 20 times more likely! Black women living in Midwestern and Northeastern states were also more likely to be killed by a firearm. Shannon and Lisa end Women's History Month by discussing these big facts, femicide, and ebony alerts.

See you in June!

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About the Hosts

Blacktivities is a Black Panache original production - a podcast network with a lineup of black-hosted shows sharing black stories and tackling black issues. For more information on shows like our newest production, Fat Lies Matter, visit blackpanache.com.

Help Support Future Minority Educators by donating to the Wilbert Bond, Sr. Scholarship Fund, created to honor Shannon's Grandfather, the first black graduate of Middle Tennessee University.

Continue the Conversation on Social Media:

Instagram - @blacktivitiespod

Follow Shannon - @justshanofficial

Follow Lisa - @monalisadapoet

Follow Karen - @kkrobertsgrissom

Threads - @blacktivitiespod

Facebook - Blacktivities

• Femicide: Violence Against Women
• Five essential facts to know about femicide | UN Women – Headquarters
• The Lancet
• Black women are six times more likely to be killed than white women, data shows
• Black Women in the U.S. Murdered Six Times More Often Than White Women | Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

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A preview of episode 8's discussion of black women, murder, and femicide. Full episode premieres 3.25.24.

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About the Hosts

Blacktivities is a Black Panache original production - a podcast network with a lineup of black-hosted shows sharing black stories and tackling black issues. For more information on shows like our newest production, Fat Lies Matter, visit blackpanache.com.

Help Support Future Minority Educators by donating to the Wilbert Bond, Sr. Scholarship Fund, created to honor Shannon's Grandfather, the first black graduate of Middle Tennessee University.

Continue the Conversation on Social Media:

Instagram - @blacktivitiespod

Follow Shannon - @justshanofficial

Follow Lisa - @monalisadapoet

Follow Karen - @kkrobertsgrissom

Threads - @blacktivitiespod

Facebook - Blacktivities

Copyright 2022-2026 Black Panache, LLC

These days, we hear terms like "gentle parenting," but have you ever been popped so hard you can't scream or speak? Historically, black parents didn't play because that could literally be a life or death situation. Shannon, Lisa, and Karen discuss their own parenting styles versus the way they were parented, the disappearance of "the village," and the underlying love that existed despite the more harsh style of discipline of black parents of the past.

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About the Hosts

Blacktivities is a Black Panache original production - a podcast network with a lineup of black-hosted shows sharing black stories and tackling black issues. For more information on shows like our newest production, Fat Lies Matter, visit blackpanache.com.

Help Support Future Minority Educators by donating to the Wilbert Bond, Sr. Scholarship Fund, created to honor Shannon's Grandfather, the first black graduate of Middle Tennessee University.

Continue the Conversation on Social Media:

Instagram - @blacktivitiespod

Follow Shannon - @justshanofficial

Follow Lisa - @monalisadapoet

Follow Karen - @kkrobertsgrissom

Threads - @blacktivitiespod

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Copyright 2022-2026 Black Panache, LLC

A preview of episode 7's discussion of black parenting today versus the past. Full episode premieres 3.18.24.

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About the Hosts

Blacktivities is a Black Panache original production - a podcast network with a lineup of black-hosted shows sharing black stories and tackling black issues. For more information on shows like our newest production, Fat Lies Matter, visit blackpanache.com.

Help Support Future Minority Educators by donating to the Wilbert Bond, Sr. Scholarship Fund, created to honor Shannon's Grandfather, the first black graduate of Middle Tennessee University.

Continue the Conversation on Social Media:

Instagram - @blacktivitiespod

Follow Shannon - @justshanofficial

Follow Lisa - @monalisadapoet

Follow Karen - @kkrobertsgrissom

Threads - @blacktivitiespod

Facebook - Blacktivities

Copyright 2022-2026 Black Panache, LLC

Meg Thee Stallion, Nikki Minaj, Cardi B, Latto, Ice Spice, Coi Leray, Lola Brooke, Sexyy Red... these are some of hip-hop's most popular female artists today. From their lyrics to the way they dress, it's obvious that this is an industry where sex sells. Are they being exploited by record execs or liberated by the ability to do what they want with their bodies in this space? The OGs didn't dress or talk that way.

Shannon, Lisa, Karen, and special guest, Imani Blair of Lick the Rapper Podcast, discuss these things and more.

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About the Hosts

Blacktivities is a Black Panache original production - a podcast network with a lineup of black-hosted shows sharing black stories and tackling black issues. For more information on shows like our newest production, Fat Lies Matter, visit blackpanache.com.

Help Support Future Minority Educators by donating to the Wilbert Bond, Sr. Scholarship Fund, created to honor Shannon's Grandfather, the first black graduate of Middle Tennessee University.

Continue the Conversation on Social Media:

Instagram - @blacktivitiespod

Follow Shannon - @justshanofficial

Follow Lisa - @monalisadapoet

Follow Karen - @kkrobertsgrissom

Threads - @blacktivitiespod

Facebook - Blacktivities

Copyright 2022-2026 Black Panache, LLC