We need to talk about whiteness podcast

We need to talk about whiteness podcast

By Dr Myriam FrancoisSociety & Culture
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We need to talk about whiteness podcast episodes

  • We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Prof David Gillborn
    Episode 14: Whiteness and Critical Race Theory - He has been described as one of Britain's most influential race theorists, David Gillborn is Professor of Critical Race Studies and Founding Director of the Centre for Research in Race & Education (CRRE) at the University of Birmingham. Author of multiple award winning books, he is best known for championing the growth of Critical Race Theory internationally. In this episode, he joins Dr Myriam Francois to explore whiteness and Critical Race Theory (CRT) - What is white guilt? Are white working class boys being forgotten? Are we having the 'right' kind of conversations about race? and much more....
    1 hr 1 min
  • We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Nazir Afzal OBE
    Episode 13: Whiteness and the law - Nazir Afzal OBE, is the former Chief Crown Prosecutor for NW England and formerly Chief Executive of the country’s Police & Crime Commissioners. During a 24 year career, has prosecuted some of the most high profile cases in the UK. In this episode, he joins Dr Myriam Francois to explore whiteness and the law - how does whiteness manifest in the British legal system? How relevant was race in the Rochdale grooming gang cases? Was Mark Duggan's killing racist? Is the police still institutionally racist? and much more....
    55 min
  • We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Habeeb Akande
    Episode 12: Whiteness and sex - Habeeb Akande is a writer, sex educator, and author of 'Kunyaza: The Secret to Female Pleasure.' In this episode, he joins Dr Myriam Francois to explore whiteness and sex - how has white normativity affected how we think about sex and pleasure? And what has it shielded many if us from understanding, about other cultures and belief systems approach intimacy and sensuality?
    1 hr 1 min
  • We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Amma Asante
    Episode 11 - The Whiteness of Film - BAFTA award winning writer and director Amma Asante hasn't shied away from talking about race - from her recent contributions to the "My White Best Friend (and Other Letters Left Unsaid" festival, to her films which feature mixed race abolitionist aristocrat "Belle", to the story of afro-germans under the Nazis - but are mainstream films always produced for the 'white gaze' and are there some stories we simply shouldn't subject to it? In this episode, Amma Asante joins Dr Myriam Francois to discuss whiteness in the film industry.
    1 hr 7 min
  • We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Suketu Mehta
    Episode 10 - The whiteness of immigration - "I think of immigration as reperations" - Multi award winning New York-based writer Suketu Mehta is the author of the best selling “This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto" (2019) and "Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found" (2004), among others. In this episode, he joins Dr Myriam Francois to discuss the whiteness of our conversations about immigration.
    58 min
  • We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Nels Abbey
    Episode 9 - The whiteness of the corporate world - Nels Abbey is is the author of 'Think Like a White Man: A Satirical Guide to Conquering the World . . . While Black', a former BBC executive, and the co-founder of the Black British Writers' Guild . In this episode, he joins Dr Myriam Francois to discuss whiteness in the corporate world - including at the BBC...
    1 hr 9 min
  • We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Minna Salami
    Episode 8 - The whiteness of philosophy - Minna Salami is is the author of 'Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone', and the founder of award-winning blog 'Ms Afropolitan'. In this episode, she joins Dr Myriam Francois to discuss whiteness in philosophy.
    1 hr 1 min
  • We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Medina Tenour Whiteman
    Episode 6 - White and Muslim - Dr Myriam Francois is joined by poet and writer Medina Tenour Whiteman, author of "The Invisible Muslim" to discuss race, whiteness and Islam. How do race and religion intersect and what does a Muslim subjectivity contribute to the conversation on whiteness?
    1 hr 8 min
  • We Need to Talk About whiteness - with Ayishat Akanbi
    Episode 5 - Should we talk about whiteness? - Ayishat Akanbi is a fashion stylist, writer, cultural commentator and artist based in London, UK. Aside from being a trend-setter who dresses the artist Koffee - amazing - Ayishat has amassed a different type of following through her always insightful, often provocative online presence, where she challenges many of the assumptions and dogmas of modern 'woke' culture.
    In this episode, Ayishat shares some of her reservations about current conversations on race and tells me whether she thinks whiteness is a necessary or possibly - unhelpful - means of challenging racial inequalities. Beyond the facts of history and more current statistics, there is human psychology at play in the power dynamics underpinning racism- and Ayishat shares her insights on whether the whiteness conversation is truly a productive one for us all.
    46 min

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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?…