This week on Whatever We Want with Jay & Kay our co-hosts tackle incidents of internal racism and poor customer service experiences, Khalilah's travel adventures (and subsequent delirium), and dissect how Val Deming's annihilation of Marco Rubio is being used against her in the form of the "angry Black woman" stereotype.
The pair also discuss protecting your energy and understanding friendship levels, Netflix's controversial series about Jeffrey Dahmer, Ron DeSantis' deliberate effort to disenfranchise voters in Florida and Kay's Broadway review of The Piano Lesson starring Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington & Michael Potts.
Key Takeaways:
[00:01:00] - Jamal watches his Detroit Lions lose to the Dallas Cowboys
[00:03:22] - Black staff members who treat Black customers differently
[00:9:58] - Jamal's emotional reparations while at SMU
[00:12:58] - Val Demings + the Angry Black Woman Trope
[00:15:22] - Kay's refusal to continue to code switch
[00:17:09] - Jamal's fetish for strong Black women
[00:18:40] - Friendship has levels; who's in your circle?
[00:22:09] - Learning to give ZERO f****
[00:25:05] - Netflix's Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
[00:31:09] - Khalilah's exhaustion & bad memory
[00:31:55] - P-Valley is renewed for Season 3
[00:34:00] - Cass Tech (& NYU) Alum Michael R. Jackson's
A Strange Loop
[00:35:12] - Kay's Review of The Piano Lesson
[00:40:26] - Is Russell Wilson Corny/Lame?
[00:46:00] - Ron DeSantis arresting FL people for alleged voter fraud to
disenfranchise Black & Brown voters + former felons
$#!+ You Should Know {New Segment Alert!}
Samuel L. Jackson's Theatrical Career
Check out these For the Culture Shout Outs:
The Hair Tales Series on OWN Network & Hulu
Resources & Sites Mentioned
Can I Vote?
Voting Rights for People with Felony Convictions
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Jonathan Majors' Men's Health Photoshoot
Social Experiments
Should Jamal listen to Taylor Swift?
Parenting 101
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