We're in the thick of the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Shan and Morg are rooting for all things Team USA, Team Jamaica, Team #BlackGirlMagic, and Team Gold Chain Necklaces.
The theme this go 'round is...complicated, but it comes down to PRIVILEGE.
What is it?
What constitutes it?
Who has it?
Who doesn't think they have it, but actually has it?
Who's annoyed by it?
Who's annoying with it?
Where is empathy lacking?
Morgan paraphrases Secretary General of the Council of Women World Leaders, Laura Liswood's perspective on privilege dynamics. It's a gem.
We're taking no prisoners! You're all getting told about yourselves on today! That means you too Black Twitter!
HOT TOPICS:
- Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky have the range.
- Ryan Lochte is SlytherinBae, but also RatchetBae.
- The Daily Beast turned themselves into Gawker and outed closeted Olympians for sport via journalist Nico Hines. No bueno.
- Joanne the Scammer was scammed his whole life... Fader Magazine's profile of the man behind the meme, Branden Miller, was... excellent. "Just like a Caucasian," means even more now.
- 97 year old physicist, space scientist, and mathematician Katherine Johnson was profiled in the latest issue of Vanity Fair as promo for the movie, Hidden Figures, which chronicles her integral contributions to NASA's first manned fights.
Recorded Monday, August 15, 2016.