Your Black Friend
By Maxwell Griffin
The truth is that many white people don’t have any Black friends, yet they’re encouraged to become allies.
In each episode host, Maxwell Griffin will invite a new Black friend on and they’ll candidly answer anonymous questions submitted by white people.
Ultimately, the hope is that listening to these conversations help you go beyond allyship and become a co-conspirator in the work to dismantle systemic racism.
Your Black FriendMay 28, 2021
Episode 6: Your Black Friend Today is Coiya Wilson
Coiya is a Creative Strategist who tells brand stories with purpose. We talk about Black stereotypes, moving up the corporate ladder and much more. This episode was produced by Priscilla Alabi and Teddy Grant.
Episode 5: Your Black Friend Today is Spencer Wyatt
Spencer is a Creative Director specializing in color, materials and graphics. We talk about having conversations about race, being a Black parent, preconceived notions of Black people and much more.
This episode was produced by Priscilla Alabi and Teddy Grant.
Episode 4: Your Black Friend Today is Lynette Clemetson
Lynette is the Director of the Wallace House at The University of Michigan, home of the Knight-Wallace Fellowships for Journalists and the Livingston Awards. We talk about resources that portray life from our perspective, the spectrum of being racist or anti-racist and much more. This episode was produced by Priscilla Alabi (@Priscilla_Alabi) and Teddy Grant (@TeddygReports).
Episode 3: Your Black Friend Today is Tony Crowell
Tony is a digital sales team lead that currently resides in the Pacific Northwest. We talk about the beauty of being Black, getting more Black people outdoors and much more. This episode was produced by Priscilla Alabi (@Priscilla_Alabi) and Teddy Grant (@TeddygReports)
Episode 2: Your Black Friend Today is Zanele Mutepfa-Rhone
Zanele is a culture and diversity strategist based in Portland, Oregon, honored as one of the most influential women by the Portland Business Journal in 2020. We talk about Black hair, celebrating Black culture and much more.
This episode was produced by Priscilla Alabi (@Priscilla_Alabi) and Teddy Grant (@TeddygReports)
Episode 1: Your Black Friend Today is Tony Lawson
Tony is an educator and soccer coach, currently at Locke High school serving Watts, Compton and the surrounding South LA area. We talk about simply being Black in America and what that means for us daily. We’ll get into explaining whether or not Black people can get sunburned, how we feel during this most recent reckoning on race and racism in our country, how to get a Black friend and much more.
This episode was produced by Priscilla Alabi (@Priscilla_Alabi) and Teddy Grant (@TeddyGReports).
Introducing Your Black Friend
If you had a Black friend, what is that lingering question you’d ask them? A 2014 Washington Post study said 75% of white people don’t have any non-white friends. For the people who have Black friends, some simply feel uncomfortable talking about race and racism with their friends. Host, Maxwell Griffin will invite a new Black friend each week and they’ll answer anonymous questions that people have about Black people and Black culture in the United States. So, if you don’t have a Black friend, my Black friend is now your Black friend.
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Host: Maxwell Griffin
Produced by Priscilla Alabi and Teddy Grant