What's Ray Saying?

By Ray Christian

Society & Culture Arts

What's What's Ray Saying? about?

This podcast that takes a deeper view into Black life in America by examining the intersection of history, narrative, and experience.

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EP 21 Childs Play

04.18.2021

In this episode Ray explores the legacy of Black children, in slavery, Plantation life and the current trends

What's Ray Saying? episodes:

04.18.2021 EP 21 Childs Play In this episode Ray explores the legacy of Black children, in slavery, Plantation life and the current trends
08.21.2019 EP 20 Blacks and Indians In this episode Ray explores the complex history and relationship between Black Americans and the Native people of America
08.06.2019 EP 19 Black Leadership Part 3 Challanging Authority Ray explores Black Leadership from the 40's to present its challenges and its legacy
12.21.2018 EP 18 Black Leadership Part 2 The Elite Class Ray explores Black leadership from the perceptive and experience of the elite class.
06.14.2018 EP 17 Black American Leadership Part 1 Sources and Origins In this episode Ray explores the origins of Black influence and authority in America
02.26.2018 EP 16 Black Hair Issues In this episode Ray Ray explores the cultural and historical significance of Afro textured hair
02.11.2018 EP 15 Black Americans and the Police In this episode Ray explores thee complicated history and relationships between Black Americans and the Police
01.31.2018 EP 14 Black in the City Ray explores why Black Americans are connected to the South and why they are concentrated in urban areas of the country
01.24.2018 EP 13 Black American Naming Practices Black American naming, practice, history, traditions and conventions from slavery to the 20th century
01.13.2018 EP 12 The Storytellers Journey Part 3 In this episode Ray completes the long journey of getting his stories heard, tells his life story and puts storytelling in context
04.17.2017 Ep 11 The Storytellers Journey Part 2 In this episode Ray continues to explore his storytelling journey after the Risk show. He talks about his appearance on the Moth Radio hour, a story in Readers Digest and his performance on Snap Judgment, the impact of this story ...
03.29.2017 Ep 10 The Storytellers Journey Part 1 This episode traces storytelling in African American culture, from its roots in Africa, through the Middle Passage and slavery, and continuing through time until today. Ray touches on interesting topics like which stories White people hear and which stories are ...
01.08.2017 Ep 9 An Imaginary Past In this episode Ray looks at the origins of a false narrative of Black American History, its racist origins, the founder of revisionist history regarding the Civil War and Reconstruction, along with its influence on American society today
12.30.2016 Ep 8 Changes and Adaptation In this episode Ray examines the nature of Black American assimilation into White culture
09.19.2016 Ep 7 Education: In Black and White What, when, how, and why Blacks learned in the US as well as what others were taught about them, from the slave quarters to HBCU’s.
07.26.2016 Ep 6 Dying While Black What happens after death? Not in the metaphysical, existential sense. But quite literally, what happens after death? The history of the handling of bodies of Black decedents has been filled with interesting twists and turns, from blatant desecration to unusual ...
07.18.2016 Ep 5 Line of Departure This special episode marks a dividing line between the old and new, where you were and where you're going, what was and what will be. Follow the journey from "seasoning" of slaves, to the life of a domestic worker in ...
06.14.2016 Ep 4 Brothers in Arms From the birth of this nation until today, this episode explores the complexities of life as a soldier of color in the US.
05.11.2016 Ep 3 Hunger This episode is about food stamps and gov'ment cheese, what it meant, how it helped, how we felt about it then, and what we think about it now.
04.21.2016 Ep 2 Complexion This episode is a literal discussion of skin color- the range of visual nuances of appearances that we consider "Black", how those divisions came to be and their many implications. From the paper bag test and one drop rule to ...
04.02.2016 Ep 1 Life After Slavery In this premiere episode, Ray details the hardships that Blacks experienced after slavery and explores the themes and patterns of struggle that continued through the generations and into his own life. This episode contains special music by Beej Gordy Brooks ...
03.26.2016 Introduction Welcome to "What's Ray Saying?" Want to know what this podcast is all about? Listen to Ray, the host, share a little of his vision and focus for the show as well as a little about himself.

What's Ray Saying?

What's What's Ray Saying? about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

What's Ray Saying? episodes:

EP 21 Childs Play

EP 20 Blacks and Indians

EP 19 Black Leadership Part 3 Challanging Authority

EP 18 Black Leadership Part 2 The Elite Class

EP 17 Black American Leadership Part 1 Sources and Origins

EP 16 Black Hair Issues

EP 15 Black Americans and the Police

EP 14 Black in the City

EP 13 Black American Naming Practices

EP 12 The Storytellers Journey Part 3

Ep 11 The Storytellers Journey Part 2

Ep 10 The Storytellers Journey Part 1

Ep 9 An Imaginary Past

Ep 8 Changes and Adaptation

Ep 7 Education: In Black and White

Ep 6 Dying While Black

Ep 5 Line of Departure

Ep 4 Brothers in Arms

Ep 3 Hunger

Ep 2 Complexion

Ep 1 Life After Slavery

Introduction Welcome to "What's Ray Saying?"