Think Carefully: Recent Episodes
Whitney Graham
A podcast created out of a desire to educate the people on the definitions of social-justice terms, contextualize the Black Lives Matter Movement, and illuminate the racist and violent history of the United States while considering radical, future possibilities
Fourth of July episode deconstructing White Supremacy, how it influenced the racialization and genocide of Indigenous people and Africans in the U.S., and its sibling, Anti-Black ideology.
The first half of the episode identifies Christopher Columbus’s colonization of the West Indies as the catalyst for White Supremacy in the Americas. Following is a timeline of U.S. policies and institutional expansions resulting from White Supremacy. The second half of the episode illustrates how White Supremacy is absorbed in POC communities and re-enacted accordingly.
*Edit: The scholar mentioned at 13:53 is Nakano Glenn, an influential post-colonial theorist.
Introduction episode. An analysis of the term “Intersectionality”, coined by Professor Kimberly Crenshaw in 1989, and how it has transformed over time from its legal roots into a keyword for race-based research and discussions. The second half of the episode highlights the importance of critical thinking skills - especially in times of revolution - and how misunderstanding subject matter leaves people vulnerable in a fascist nation.