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Hosted by Dr Myriam Francois, the "We Need To Talk About Whiteness Podcast" aims to explore the meaning of 'whiteness' in conversations around race and racism - what is whiteness? and does it matter? ... more
FAQs about We need to talk about whiteness podcast:How many episodes does We need to talk about whiteness podcast have?The podcast currently has 74 episodes available.
July 23, 2021We need to talk about whiteness - with Jeremy WilliamsEp 34: Climate Change is racist - Jeremy Williams is one of the UK’s leading environmental voices, a writer, activist and author of “Climate Change is Racist: Race, Privilege and the Struggle for Climate Justice”. He joins me to talk about climate change and white privilege, polluter elites, the link between the climate crisis and colonialism and slavery and what we can all learn about being a 'good ancestor'....more46minPlay
July 16, 2021We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Nikesh ShuklaEp 33: Brown baby - In his latest book, writer and author Nikesh Shukla has shared his story of raising mixed ethnicity daughters in modern Britain - he joins me to talk about whiteness and parenting, 'authentic' asian characters in books, and the limits of representation politics....more45minPlay
July 09, 2021We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Dr Robin DiAngeloEp 32: Nice Racism - Her book ‘White Fragility’ kicked off heated debates on how we think about white responses to racism and sparked an international conversation on whiteness. Now she's back with a new book, already causing a stir, entitled “Nice racism”. For this episode, we welcome back anti-racism scholar, educator and NYT bestselling author, Dr Robin di-Angelo to talk about what she wants to add to the whiteness conversation ....more51minPlay
June 18, 2021We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Asad HaiderEpisode 31: Whiteness and identity politics - How should our identity shape our politics? What is the space for class in conversation on race? And does our ‘rights-based framework’ confuse emancipation and victimhood? Author of “Mistaken Identity” founding editor of Viewpoint Magazine Asad Haider weighs in....more49minPlay
June 11, 2021We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Suhaiymah Manzoor-KhanEp 30: Whiteness and Muslim women – Award-winning poet and writer Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan knows a thing or two about disrupting boundaries – we talk radical politics, whiteness and Islam and the securitisation of Muslims. Is secularity a facet of whiteness? Why is the media so obsessed with Muslim women skateboarding? And is there still hope for the decolonising movement?...more53minPlay
May 21, 2021We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Tez IlyasEp 29: Whiteness and teenage diaries - Tez Ilyas is one of the most celebrated stars in British comedy, you’ll have seen him Live at The Apollo , on the BBC’s Mock the Week or possibly on the hit BBC3 series Man Like Mobeen - comedian extraordinaire, talk show host and now author, of a wonderful new book titled “The secret diary of a British Muslim – aged 13 ¾” - so why do we need to hear the teenage thoughts of a British Pakistani Muslim from Blackburn? Tez tells all....more55minPlay
April 30, 2021We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Georgina LawtonEp 28: Whiteness and family - Georgina Lawton is a columnist, host, and the author of “Raceless”, a powerful memoir of growing up in a family with a deep secret which would lead to what she describes as “an erasure of her racial identity.” We discuss whiteness in the family, the pitfalls of ‘colour blind’ parenting, and how her own family secret mirrors the many secrets the UK isn’t quite ready to confront....more46minPlay
April 26, 2021We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Dr Suzanne HallEp 27: Whiteness and migrants – The UK depends on migrants for many of our key services, from food to transport, and of course the National Health Service. And yet, immigration is often rated as Britain’s ‘most important issue’ with almost half of Brits favouring less of it, a serious cleavage point since Brexit. Dr Suzanne Hall is Associate Professor in Sociology at the LSE and an interdisciplinary urban scholar. Her work connects the asymmetries of global migration and urban marginalisation, exploring the racialised frameworks of citizenship and economic inequality and their everyday contestations. She is also the author of the recently released “The Migrant’s paradox: street livelihoods and marginal citizenship in Britain” – She joins me to discuss whiteness and migration....more53minPlay
April 16, 2021We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Dr. Kevin NadalEp 26: Whiteness and LGBTQ+ communities. Dr Kevin Nadal is a professor of psychology, queer activist and one of the leading researchers on the impact of micro aggressions. He has published over 100 works in the fields of psychology and education and is the author of several books including Filipino American Psychology: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice as well as “Queering Law and Order”. Dr Nadal joins me to discuss white normativity in sexuality, micro aggressions and the roots of anti-Asian hate....more1h 2minPlay
April 08, 2021We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Emma DabiriEp 25: Whiteness and coalition - Emma Dabiri is an Irish-Nigerian activist, broadcaster and academic - Her latest book “What white people can do next: from allyship to coalition” has been described as “as though it’s written by the love child of James Connolly and Audre Lorde”- she joins me to discuss anti-racism vs liberation, the invention of whiteness and why the revolution won’t be instagram-lived....more46minPlay
FAQs about We need to talk about whiteness podcast:How many episodes does We need to talk about whiteness podcast have?The podcast currently has 74 episodes available.