Welcome back to the Melanin Margin. In this week's race conversation, we discuss the effects of intergenerational trauma, post traumatic slave syndrome, and some of the negative aspects of black parenting we've received.

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Welcome back to the Melanin Margin. In this week's race conversation, we discuss the effects of COVID-19 pandemic and the disproportionate effect it has had on the black community. 

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Welcome back to the Melanin Margin. In this week's race conversation, we discuss whether or not we’ve become too PC as a society, cancel culture, and how accountability does not entitle forgiveness.

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Welcome back to the Melanin Margin. In this week's race conversation, we discuss if it's anti-Black to date outside of your race, the fetishization of people of color, and break down whether or not having a preference to a race is truly problematic.

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Welcome back to the Melanin Margin. In this week's race conversation, we discuss how vulnerability is perceived in the black community, black fathers and their sons, and how the influence of patriarchy has stunted the emotional growth of men by forcing society into stringent gender norms.

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Welcome back to the Melanin Margin. In this week's race conversation, we discuss the representation of people of color in Hollywood, digital blackface, and the effect of trauma films, tv, and books have had on the black community.

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Welcome back to the Melanin Margin. In this week's race conversation, we discuss the negative stigma of mental health in communities of color, how it has affected us personally, and methods to overcoming the shame of not being "normal."

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Mental Health Crisis - https://www.mentalhealth.gov/get-help/immediate-help 

National Suicide Prevention - https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/  

Boris Henson Foundation - https://borislhensonfoundation.org/

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Welcome to the premiere of season 2 of the Melanin Margin. Quaviondre Williams and Daquon Wilson are back with brand new topics and special guests. In this weeks race conversation they discuss the insurrection at the Capitol, how the nation's response to it affected black people specifically, and how Trump's presidency has rocked black America.   

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This is the season finale of The Melanin Margin: Season 1, the talk show hosted by Quaviondre Williams and Daquon Wilson. For the final conversation of the season they discuss the most exigent issue facing the black community: police brutality.  

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Say Their Names https://sayevery.name/say-her-name-list 

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Message From Your Hosts: Thank you all for your support and kindness, and even though this is the final episode of this season, remember, the conversations we have here should not end here. Open these discussions up with your friends, family, and communities. The marginalized have a voice, and it's up to us to keep using it no matter how hard they try to silence us...we will not be ignored. We can't wait to see you all next season, thanks for watching!   

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Welcome back to the Melanin Margin. This weeks conversation is centered around Bill Cosby, Michael Jackson, and R. Kelly. We discuss how their crimes and contributions have impacted the black community, how we as a people put icons on pedestals, and figure out if we can truly separate the art from the artist.   

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