We dig into culture and identity this episode!

Morg is African American-born to Philadelphia Negroes - shout out to W.E.B. DuBois!

Shan was born in Jamaica to Jamaican parents - wah gwan!

We're both black.

Morg's heritage is not culturally Jamaican, however.

Shan's heritage is not culturally African-American, however.

We were inspired by an article entitled, "About Blackness, Africanness and When It’s Enough" by Nigerian-born Luvvie Ajayi of Awesomely Luvvie blog and Jesus and Jollof podcast.

This is going to get interesting.

But first! Let's define some terms:

Ethnicity: the fact or state of belonging to a social group/ phenotype that has a common national, cultural tradition.

Heritage: historical/generational context and legacy -- per example, "folklore."

Culture: the customary beliefs, social forms, cuisine, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group.

Nationality: country(ies) of citizenship.

Race: a nebulous concept likely introduced by a eugenics/human biodiversity fanatic who at some point clustered humans by their phenotype -- meaning by similarities in bodily features/characteristics and skin color.

Hopefully this episode helps articulate the cultural nuances of those of us who code-switch like we breathe air. We see you Naomi Osaka! We see you Charlize Theron! We see you Mila Kunis! We see you Cardi B! We see you Nicki Minaj! We see you Michelle Obama!

Recorded Wednesday, August 29, 2018.

*Note: We had to cut out our Doja Cat segment due to technical difficulties, but we acknowledge she surely arrived and is PROBLEMATIC (theme lately for literally everyone without a publicist) and makes dope beats and cute bops. So basically we welcome Azealia Banks Part II to trash culture,