CMM's Podcast: Recent Episodes
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An unanswered question is whether levels of age discrimination experienced by older and younger people are affected by common factors and whether measures to improve the conditions of older people might affect younger people negatively. Tune in to see. (NCBI, 2020)
From Ruby Bridges to Sha’Carri Richardson, the criminalization of Black girls and the policing of Black Women’s Excellence has historically been woven into the fabric of America's dominant culture. (Edpost, 2021)
Leg bouncing, also called leg tapping, leg jiggling, leg shaking, and ‘that annoying thing you do with your leg’ describes the habit of moving one leg up and down at speed while sitting. (Metro lifestyle, 2017)
This kind of behavioral adjustment is casually referred to as “code-switching,” which has long been a strategy for black people to successfully navigate interracial interactions and has large implications for their well-being, economic advancement, and even physical survival. (Harvard business review, 2019)
THE AMERICAN FLAG IS A SYMBOL FOR EVERYTHING THAT OUR COUNTRY REPRESENTS. IT IS NOT TO BE DISRESPECTED OR DISHONORED, WHICH IS WHY AMERICANS FLY THEIR FLAGS PROUDLY.
WE ARE GOING TO WALK THROUGH THE DIFFERENT MEANINGS THAT THE AMERICAN FLAG CARRIES FOR AMERICAN CITIZENS FOLLOWING THE INSURRECTION. (ALLEGIANCE FLAG SUPPLY)
Founder and President of Break Free Together, a not-for-profit that uses story exchange to help people release shame and claim their whole selves.
Voting should be as easy and accessible as possible, and in many cases it is. But in recent years, more than 400 anti-voter bills have been introduced in 48 states. (ACLU, 2021)
RIGHT NOW THE OUTLOOK CAN APPEAR BLEAK. BUT THERE WILL BE MANY LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND, PERHAPS, UNINTENDED POSITIVE OUTCOMES IN THE WORLD FOLLOWING QUARANTINE.
THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT LIFE AS WE KNOW IT HAS CHANGED DURING COVID-19. OF COURSE, THE BIG QUESTION ON EVERYONE’S MIND IS, “WHAT WILL LIFE AFTER QUARANTINE BE LIKE?” (ARTESIAN, 2020)
Growing up in a country scarred by colonial histories and living as part of a generation navigating the self through a young democracy, Maela's approach utilizes these memories and histories to construct new African, global perspectives and futures. In short: Using story to empower and heal instead of reliving historical traumas with no end in sight. (ChRistopher moller gallery, 2021)
Unexpected events or shocks disrupt our habitual routines, jolt us out of our comfort zones, and lead us to ask big questions about what matters and what is worth doing. It’s no wonder, then, that during the current pandemic, many people are rethinking their careers. (Harvard Business Review, 2020)
The medical establishment has a long history of mistreating Black Americans — from gruesome experiments on enslaved people to the forced sterilizations of Black women and the infamous Tuskegee syphilis study that withheld treatment from hundreds of Black men for decades to let doctors track the course of the disease. So it’s not surprising that just 42 percent of Black Americans said in November they’d be willing to take a COVID-19 vaccine. (The Commonwealth Fund, 2021)
In the current economic, and environmental climate it is increasingly important to use fashion psychology to understand our retail habits in terms of why we shop, and why we overshop. (The Psychology of Fashion, 2021)
(Influencer Marketing Hub, 2021)
Interacting online today means being besieged by system-generated recommendations. Do we want what the machines tell us we want? (The New Yorker, 2022)
For decades and decades, Black consumers have been regularly overlooked by companies that don’t see them as a priority demographic. Black consumers continue to be underserved in areas such as food, housing, healthcare, broadband, and banking. (McKinsey & Company, 2021)
(NMSDC, 2020)