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On Respectability Politics

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Is that time again! That time of year when children are out of school, beaches are full and Black Women have to defend our choices.


Works used in the making of this episode:

  1. "Beyoncé and the End of Respectability Politics." By Myles E. Johnson. The New York Times. April 16, 2018. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/opinion/beyonce-coachella-blackness.html.
  2. "Respectability Politics Won't Save Black Americans." By Zach Stafford. The Guardian. October 12, 2015. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/oct/12/respectability-politics-wont-save-black-americans.
  3. "Keke Palmer Is The Internet's Sweetheart, but the Multi-Hyphenate is More Than Just the Queen of Meme." By Danya Issawi. The Cut. July 10, 2023. Available at: https://www.thecut.com/2023/07/cut-cover-keke-palmer-internet-meme-discourse.html.
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