Colorblind: Race Across Generations

Investigative Journalist Jerry Mitchell has spent much of his career digging up the past and coming face -to- face with some of the most notorious killers from the Civil Rights Movement. He joins us to talk about how his reporting on cold cases has led to justice in some decades old Civil Rights murders and what the past can teach us about racial justice and injustice today.

Colorism: Taboo Topic? Is there still discrimination within the races? That's what we're unpacking in this episode with Writer/Social Media Influencer Sili Recio. Diversity Journalist Keka Araujo.

Microaggression: Just a Buzzword or Is It Real? Your English is perfect. Where are you really from? You're really pretty for an Asian girl. In this episode, we take a deep dive into microaggression. Does it really exist or are people these days just too sensitive. Joining our panel: Hank Van Putten from the Peace and Justice Institute at Valencia College; Mary Robinson, Study Abroad Coordinator at Rollins College; and Rachel Luce-Hitt, Diversity and Inclusion Facilitator at The University of Central Florida.

This episode, we're going there, talking about Black women and their hair. We take a deep dive into the cultural history, changing attitudes about natural hair in corporate America and hair discrimination. Yes it exists for both women and men of color. It's hair, but it's not a superficial subject for many Americans of color. If you're familiar with the subject, you'll probably hear your thoughts expressed. If you're not, listen and learn.

Guests Tonya Collins, Owner of Natural Tresses Salon & Spa; Erica DeSaussure, organizer of a natural hair Meet Up; and Marina Parries, Founder of the Facebook group Natural Hair Really Rocks join our Podcast Producer Ashley Long and host Vanessa Echols for this discussion.

In this episode, we're playing the race card. But hold on, it's probably not what you think This is the Race Card Project, started by award winning journalist Michele Norris. It began with a simple idea. People were invited to send in a postcard with their thoughts, experiences or observations about race. BUT they can only use six words. The response to the idea may surprise you.

https://theracecardproject.com/

Coming to America: All of our guests for this episode immigrated to the United States. We discuss whether their perceptions about race and race in the United States changed when they moved here. They represent several continents and several countries. On the panel: Immigration Attorney Henry Lim, Independent Journalist Ingrid Cotto and Digital Media Specialist Amy Sugaski

Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Racists: This is our take on the old Willie Nelson classic, “Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys.” Our panel talks about how to raise children who aren’t racist, who recognize race, embrace it but aren’t weighed down by it. Joining us are: William Jefferson from the Peace and Justice Institute, Christina Martinez, Diversity Coordinator Park Maitland School and The Owner and Operator of a daycare who is also Producer Keith’s mom!

In this special episode of COLORBLIND, we sit down with renowned Human and Civil Rights Activist Dr. Richard Lapchick to discuss an issue that’s deeply personal to him: sports as a vehicle for social change and justice. We talk about everything from the National Anthem controversy in the NFL to a report card on hiring diversity in professional and college sports.

Seems as if you can’t turn on the tv, search the internet, listen to the radio or read the newspaper without seeing a story that illustrates why we began this podcast. From Starbucks’ Racial Bias Training Day to BBQuing While Black, our panelists take on some of the recent news events where race has played a central role. Our diverse panel of young professionals to the retired includes Florida Television Journalist Christopher Heath; Former Miss America Ericka Dunlap; and Hank Van Putten, a Facilitator with the Peace and Justice Institute at Valencia College.

In this episode, we’re unpacking the issue of trans-racial adoption, people who adopt children of another race. What are the challenges in trying to teach children about their birth culture, when you haven’t experienced it yourself? Or does that even matter? What is it like for a child to grow up in a family and an environment where no one else looks like him or her? Joining us for the panel are: Mary Robinson, adjunct professor at Valencia College, who has studied trans-racial and transnational adoption extensively. She is also a trans-racial and transnational adoptee; Marah Beltz, Alumni Affairs Director at Bethune Cookman University, who is a bi-racial adoptee who has white parents; and Child Advocate Penny Jones, who has adopted trans-racially.