Sage Du Herbas

 In this episode I address human  rights : slavery, freedom, and the impact the American sugar addiction and food system has on black and brown people internationally. As well as provide some alternatives to assist in making a change. 

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Watch Enslaved with Samuel Jackson episode "follow the money."

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The relationship between weaves, relaxers, and oppression is a straight line for black woman as well as other women with curly and kinky textures. It's a relationship that I have also found myself in, but I have chosen to examine that relationship. One of the first questions I ask and discuss with our guest Sylexxa, from @SylexxaVintage on IG &Etsy, is all about black women their men and hair. Sylexxa,  a jewelry designer is equally invested in us peeling back the layers and the wigs just as I am. We encourage you to challenge yourself to buy ethically sourced hair and extend empathy to brown and Asian women throughout the world and their fight for their identity --their hair. 

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The Anti racist edition. In this episode I will explore and list some of the ways you too can #travel ethically, sustainably, affordably, and protect the planet all while being on a budget. I will focus primarily on #AIRBNB + the sharing economy, discuss racism, prejudice, combat gentrification. In such, I will enlist some personal examples, as well as those I know of other people. In addition, I will reference studies done including, but not limited to: 

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Please email me for a copy of the paper I wrote on this topic -- how we can create a more cooperative sharing economy at [email protected] and it will soon be posted under additional resources on the podcast website which is launching soon. 

On the first episode we explore my political position, which is with the green party (Candidate Howie Hawkins & Angela Walker) , as well as the kind of future I hope to exist in. We will also dive head first into why I named this podcast "Choosing to Swim in the first place and what the relationship between water, and race is but it's just a start so stay tuned for much more to come.