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Loving Colour

Loving Colour

By Tanaka Mhishi and Imogen Butler-Cole

This is what it looks like when justice starts at home.

Two friends, one Black, one White, share a series of tender and uncompromising conversations about how Whiteness and anti-Blackness have shaped their lives.

Join us, Tanaka Mhishi and Imogen Butler-Cole, as we attempt our own version of restorative justice through compassion and storytelling.

Twitter: @lovingcolourpod
Instagram: @lovingcolourpod
Theme music: The Boatman from The Other Side by Quest Ensemble
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Episode Zero: What is This?

Loving ColourDec 22, 2020

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45:39
Episode Sixteen: Shereen on Facing Racism in Childhood
Aug 18, 202154:06
Episode Fifteen: Words and Language
Aug 05, 202159:07
Episode Fourteen: Dionne Reflecting on Hair
Jul 14, 202157:06
Episode Thirteen: Pride
Jun 30, 202155:13
Episode Twelve Point Five: Feedback and Trigger Warnings
Jun 30, 202156:51
Episode Twelve: Hair

Episode Twelve: Hair

In which we tackle society’s fear of, and fascination with, Black hair.

Two friends, one Black, one White, share a series of tender and uncompromising conversations about how Whiteness and anti-Blackness have shaped their lives.

Join us, Tanaka Mhishi and Imogen Butler-Cole, as we attempt our own version of restorative justice through compassion and storytelling.

Twitter:
@lovingcolourpod
Instagram: @lovingcolourpod
Theme music: The Boatman from The Other Side by Quest Ensemble

Resources mentioned in this episode are: Don’t Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri (US edition is Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture)
Hair Love, Oscar-winning animated short: https://youtu.be/kNw8V_Fkw28
Barbershop Chronicles by Inua Ellams (available to buy in script form)
Selina Thompson’s play Dark and Lovely: resources available here:
https://selinathompson.co.uk/projects/dark-lovely/
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/iatl/reinvention/archive/bcur2013specialissue/rhodes/: Subtle Racism: Viewing Race through Hair by Zoey Olivia Rhodes

Apr 14, 202101:05:23
Episode Eleven: What is Institutional Racism?

Episode Eleven: What is Institutional Racism?

In which we talk about institutional racism, in response to the UK Government’s recent report.

Two friends, one Black, one White, share a series of tender and uncompromising conversations about how Whiteness and anti-Blackness have shaped their lives.

Join us, Tanaka Mhishi and Imogen Butler-Cole, as we attempt our own version of restorative justice through compassion and storytelling.

Twitter:
@lovingcolourpod
Instagram: @lovingcolourpod
Theme music: The Boatman from The Other Side by Quest Ensemble

Resources mentioned in this episode are: the report:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-report-of-the-commission-on-race-and-ethnic-disparities

Films mentioned: Allen vs Farrow (HBO), Mrs America (iPlayer)

Things we can do: Write your MP (free template in @everydayracism bio); lobby your workplace to ensure they don’t use this as an excuse to stop any anti-racism or ED&I work they may have committed to. If they have not yet committed, ensure they do. Think about where your red lines and green lines are: where does the point come where you start breaking rules?

Apr 07, 202156:03
Episode Ten: Desirability

Episode Ten: Desirability

In which we talk about race, sex, dating and desirability.

Two friends, one Black, one White, share a series of tender and uncompromising conversations about how Whiteness and anti-Blackness have shaped their lives.

Join us, Tanaka Mhishi and Imogen Butler-Cole, as we attempt our own version of restorative justice through compassion and storytelling.

Twitter:
@lovingcolourpod
Instagram: @lovingcolourpod
Theme music: The Boatman from The Other Side by Quest Ensemble

Resources mentioned in this episode are: I May Destroy You by Michaela Coel (BBC iPlayer); Chewing Gum by Michaela Coel (More 4); Women on Top of the World, a book on what women think about sex edited by Lucy-Anne Holmes; Racial Preferences in Online Dating across European Countries Gina Potârcǎ and Melinda Mills https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_FD46F9B7A32E.P001/REF.pdf. Sex Nerd Sandra podcast with Sandra: Edge Play part 2 with Mollena Lee Williams-Haas: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL3NleG5lcmRzYW5kcmEubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M

Mar 30, 202158:23
Episode Nine: One of the Good Ones?
Mar 24, 202159:04
Episode Eight: Class

Episode Eight: Class

In which we talk about our experiences of how class and race intersect, and imagine what class justice might look like in the future.

Two friends, one Black, one White, share a series of tender and uncompromising conversations about how Whiteness and anti-Blackness have shaped their lives.

Join us, Tanaka Mhishi and Imogen Butler-Cole, as we attempt our own version of restorative justice through compassion and storytelling.

Twitter:
@lovingcolourpod
Instagram: @lovingcolourpod
Theme music: The Boatman from The Other Side by Quest Ensemble

Resources mentioned in this episode are: Akala: Race & Class in the Ruins of Empire (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiYI839cr9A); the play Class by Scottee: https://youtu.be/HQvcEr-Ht0k, reviews: Guardian/ The Play’s The Thing; and the books Chavs by Owen Jones; Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price and Lowborn by Kerry Hudson (that was not mentioned but which Imogen is currently reading. It’s a brilliant, tender account of growing up poor in some of the poorest towns in the UK).

Mar 17, 202101:01:12
Episode Seven: Who Gets to Be Creative?
Mar 10, 202156:18
Episode Six Point Five: What Have We Learned?
Mar 03, 202138:26
Episode Six: Humour

Episode Six: Humour

In which we we to talk about humour and how it interacts with our experiences of race.

Two friends, one Black, one White, share a series of tender and uncompromising conversations about how Whiteness and anti-Blackness have shaped their lives.

Join us, Tanaka Mhishi and Imogen Butler-Cole, as we attempt our own version of restorative justice through compassion and storytelling.

Twitter:
@lovingcolourpod
Instagram: @lovingcolourpod
Theme music: The Boatman from The Other Side by Quest Ensemble

Resources mentioned in this episode are: Nanette by Hannah Gadsby (Netflix); Contrapoints: The Darkness; Mel Brooks and the Proclaimers by Lindsay Ellis (YouTube); How to Survive the End of the World podcast by Autumn and Adrienne Maree Brown; Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle - book by Amelia Nagoski and Emily Nagoski.

Feb 10, 202101:12:31
Episode Five: Colonial History
Feb 03, 202101:16:57
Episode Four: Law and Policing

Episode Four: Law and Policing

In which we explore criminal justice, restorative justice and how these ideas interact with racialised violence.

Two friends, one Black, one White, share a series of tender and uncompromising conversations about how Whiteness and anti-Blackness have shaped their lives.  

Join us, Tanaka Mhishi and Imogen Butler-Cole, as we attempt our own version of restorative justice through compassion and storytelling.  

Twitter:
@lovingcolourpod
Instagram: @lovingcolourpod
Theme music: The Boatman from The Other Side by Quest Ensemble  

Resources mentioned in this episode are Another Country by James Baldwin; The Work by Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous; Silenced: Why Black Women Don't Seek Justice by Saleena Al Noor; Beyond Right and Wrong: Stories of Justice and Forgiveness by Lekha Singh and Roger Spottiswoode; The Forgiveness Project. 

Jan 13, 202101:07:56
Episode Three: What is Allyship and What Else is There?
Jan 06, 202101:18:29
Episode Two: What is Whiteness?

Episode Two: What is Whiteness?

In which we explore what Whiteness is, why it’s so difficult to talk about and what tools we need for a more constructive conversation.

Two friends, one Black, one White, share a series of tender and uncompromising conversations about how Whiteness and anti-Blackness have shaped their lives.

Join us, Tanaka Mhishi and Imogen Butler-Cole, as we attempt our own version of restorative justice through compassion and storytelling.

Twitter:
@lovingcolourpod
Instagram: @lovingcolourpod
Theme music: The Boatman from The Other Side by Quest Ensemble

Resources mentioned in this episode are: Trevor Noah: Born a Crime; Brene Brown: Men, Women and Worthiness: The Experience of Shame and the Power of Being Enough; Judith Stone: When She Was White (about Sandra Lang); BLM London Interview with Jane Elliott (YouTube); Carol Anderson: White Rage; Nell Irvine Painter: The History of White People

Dec 30, 202055:47
Episode One: What is Racism?
Dec 23, 202001:00:29
Episode Zero: What is This?
Dec 22, 202045:39
Loving Colour Trailer
Dec 21, 202002:04