An Uncommon Conversation: Recent Episodes
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Two women (one Caucasian and one Afro-Caribbean-American) chat periodically about their observations, opinions and feelings regarding race in America. The good, the bad, the 2020!!!
2020 was tough; but we found (at least) 6 reasons to celebrate this yeqr-like-no-other!
We discuss our excitement about the start of the new year, 2021! Surely it will be better than 2020. Surely ...
We discuss and try to understand the thing that cannot be understood. The sitting President of the United States egged-on a group of racist domestic terrorists to insurrection. What can we do?
Recorded 12/8/20: Reflections on the lack of Native American centering in American history. We are under-informed (for now) but determined to learn more.
Recorded 12/1/2020: Thanksgiving in a COVID pandemic. Finally, the man in the White House "allows" the Presidential transition activities to begin.
Recorded 11/17/2020: Our reactions to the events and actions of the sitting US president in the immediate aftermath of his loss in the Electoral College tally.
Recorded 11/3/2020: This episode was recorded on the afternoon of November 3, 2020. This is presidential Election Day 2020. We are excited and hopeful!
Recorded 10/27/2020: Discussion about code-switching, micro aggressions, and being multiracial and “exotic” in America.
Recorded 10/20/2020: Black people have been in American since at least the 1590s (before the 1619 date that is usually mentioned). And, the imprint of colonialism and slavery differs by location.
Recorded 10/13/2020: We continue the conversation about the gap between the races in their knowledge of African American history. Americans are taught a history that minimizes and sometimes excludes the experience of Black Americans.
Recorded 10/6/2020: A conversation about overt experiences of racism, including racism from those within our families.
Recorded 9/29/2020: A discussion of the gap in knowledge of our shared among all Americans. And, an acknowledgement of the role of politics in creating that gap.
Recorded 9/22/2020: A continuation of the conversation about the disorienting nature of the 2020 experience in America.
Recorded 9/15/2020: A conversation about the amazing experiences of January to September 2020