Grit & Grace

Grit & Grace

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Grit & Grace episodes

  • Black Feminism Will Save US All
    Black feminism holds that the experience of black women give rise to a particular understanding of their position in relation to sexism, class oppression, and racism. The experience of being a black woman, it maintains, cannot be grasped in terms of being black or of being a woman, but must be elucidated via intersectionality.
    A black feminist lens in the United States was first employed by black women to make sense of how white supremacy and patriarchy interacted to inform the particular experiences of enslaved black women. Black activists and intellectuals formed organizations such as the National Association of Coloured Women (NACW) and the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). Black feminism rose to prominence in the 1960s, as the civil rights movement excluded women from leadership positions, and the mainstream feminist movement largely focused its agenda on issues that predominately impacted middle-class white women. From the 1970s to 1980s, black feminists formed groups that addressed the role of black women in black nationalism, gay liberation, and second-wave feminism. In the 1990s, the Anita Hill controversy brought black feminism into the mainstream. Black feminist theories reached a wider audience in the 2010s, as a result of social-media advocacy. via Wikipedia
    1 hr 53 min
  • Ayesha:To Be Young, Anxious, Female and Black.
    A comment Ayesha Curry made on Monday's episode of Red Table Talk has made her the subject of endless memes and tweets — both in criticism and in support.
    The fallout from her interview with the women of Red Table Talk came in response to an admission she made of feeling insecure about the disproportionate attention she receives from men against the attention her husband, NBA star Steph Curry, receives from women.
    This Episode touches on the intersections Light-skinned Privilege, Colorism, Classism, Sexism and Racism. We navigate how the upholding of Black Female Gender Tropes makes it difficult for Black Women to share insecurity and vulnerability without being consumed by Whiteness or lameness in the process.
    If you have Anxiety please reach out to a Counselor, Therapist or Licensed Medical Professional. The social commentary here is in no way meant to substitute a medical service.
    53 min
  • Jussie Smollet: Thanks For Ruining Black History Month!
    It's All So Confusing! Privileged Faux-Victim? Hate-crime Hoaxer? or Framed? Helping turn Black History Month into a total disaster.
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  • Color: The Unspoken "Ism" How Shade, Hair Texture and European Features Shape Who Is Given Priority Within The Black Community
    Quiet as it's kept there is a growing frustration among dark-skinned people who are often silenced within their own communities about a devastating type of prejudice they face.
    Surprisingly! Many people have never heard of colorism. What is colorism exactly? Colorism is an oppressive offshoot of racism based on skin shades, rather than race. Though it occurs within Blackness, this phenomenon can also be observed within other racial groups across the world.  
    Racism and white supremacy are global, therefore colorism is also global.  Wherever there is racism and people of color, colorism is sure to follow. 
    Colorism impacts all people of color from all socioeconomic backgrounds, in all countries of color. Colorism or shadism as it is otherwise known; is the pitting of people within the same racial group against one another based on gradient skin shades often, embuing lightness with benevolent and positive traits, while demonizing darkness with negative traits. It is a system of privilege wherein lighter skinned people are viewed preferentially over darker skin people due to their proximity to whiteness.  As with whiteness, colorism comes with stereotypes such as: those of a lighter skin shades might be seen as safe or soft, while darker skin shades might be viewed as dangerous or impervious to pain.
    There is an overlap with the "Darkness" of skin with "Blackness" as the oppression of African descendents duplicates itself to recreate and oppression within oppression.  It is a "double-oppression" of being Black and Dark.  Double oppression is when the demonization of Blackness or African phenotype overlaps with the demonization of dark skin, as an unwritten but, fundamental tenant of race-based and shade-based oppression.
    Within colorism, there is social meaning attached to skin shade from darkest to lightest. Colorism is a discrimination practice against individuals of Darker skin tones. As a subculture of racism, colorism plays by it's own subcultural rules. These are rules of inequality based on relative skin tone, hair texture and facial features that privilege light skin over dark skin.  Colorism is ultimately the recreation of a skin based oppression within an intraracial group.
    Colorism is an insidious and divisive  counterpart to racism that frequently gets swept under the rug. No one really wants to talk about the real rejection that happens within one's own racial group. Colorism betrays dark skin people, who are often expected to take one for the team. 
    Colorism is deeply-rooted in slavery.  There is no denial racism still exists. Racism is real is structural and has far-reaching everyday implications racism is antagonism directed towards someone with of different race.
    The issue of colorism isn't going anywhere.  As long as racism is a problem, it's a pretty good indication that colorism will likely continue to be one, as well.
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    1 min

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