Our Small Majority

Join us now with Charysse Tia Harper, a Trini-American documentary filmmaker, to talk about her newest short film, “The Jill of the Trade,” a 22-minute short documentary that looks at five women who work in male-dominated professions. This film will be showcased in the Latin Film Festival in New York tomorrow, but here we were able to ask exclusive questions about the film and other works Charysse has planned for the near future!

Tune in on a special Juneteenth episode where we speak with Jicky Wandji about developing their small business, Shakara Apparel. Shakara is an African fashion brand with a mission of bringing authentic African styles to a global audience and breaks down cultural barriers through cultural exchange. Learn some of the new developments Shakara has in place to continue their exponential growth and how their journey has given them the opportunity to give back to there local communities.

Today we're speaking with Caullen Hudson, a Chicago-based filmmaker,  activist, and founder/executive producer of SoapBox Productions and  Organizing. In this episode he centers, explores, and amplifies issues  of inequity and how they they have effected the city of Chicago within  the past decade.

Tune in to hear us talk with Crash Barbosa, recording artist, social activist and abolitionist. In this episode we discuss the injustice’s being done today in the prison industrial system and how forced prison labor plays a role in the manufacture of everyday items we use in today's society.

Join us in a captivating interview with Kellie Carter Jackson, the  co-host of the unique podcast “This day in esoteric political history."  In this episode we discuss the fine details that have shaped black  history as a whole and how they have shaped the government and society  we function in today.

It's finally here, we are at the end of Season 2. Tune in now as the OSM team discuss their favorite moments during the season, the process of content creation, and what's to come in Season 3!  

Music Composed by Jaimie Pangan.

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Wrapping up our Season 2 interviews with another guest from Denmark, Paakow Tawiah, a West African musician who mixes variations of Jazz, RnB, and Hip Hop with the trombone. Tune in as we talk with Paakow on what's it like living in Europe during the civil unrest and the peak of the pandemic.

Check out Paakow's music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5ft2jGyvrwnS2ocaxXWZtR

Paakow's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paakowtawiah/

Music Composed by Jaimie Pangan.

Music Provided by Paakow Tawiah and Artifact Collective.

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Boo!... no it's not Halloween yet but tune in now to learn about the Spook Hunters, L.A's first gang/hate group dedicated to stop racial integration across the city by any means necessary.

Edited by Alyssa Deocampo.

Music Composed by Jaimie Pangan.

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Our Danish mini-series is back with no other than Linda Minke, the woman who started it all. Join us as we talk with Linda about what it’s like teaching students behind bars during the pandemic and the pros and cons of Denmark’s open-door prison policy.

This interview was conducted before the 2020 Presidential Election.

Music Composed by Jaimie Pangan.

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Welcoming back interviewee Dr. Kristina Uban from Season one’s episode “The Teratogens of our Nation” and her husband Justin Shepherd, we discuss their upcoming film to spread awareness about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and how the rates of alcohol consumption have nearly doubled for pregnant women since COVID-19.

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Music Composed by Jaimie Pangan.

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I know we were going to talk about gangs in Southern California y’all but this is huge, we are finally seeing some change! Bruce's Beach, a small park originally bought and then stolen from the first Black Beach landowners in Southern California is now worth over 75 million dollars. Tune in now to learn about the rich untold history of this park overlooked by mass media today.

Edited by Alyssa Deocampo. 

Music Composed by Jaimie Pangan.

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I remember how I felt when I became old enough to vote. Nervous, Anxious, Energetic. Standing in line at the polls at my university, it was an exciting moment. I was finally able to fulfill my civic duty.

But in America, to this day, we treat communities of color, especially Black citizens differently at the ballot box. What should be a constitutional right for all to express their voice in the running of our nation is instead hindered by the systematic voter suppression caused by both the legacy of disenfranchisement laws and new discriminatory policies by the GOP.

But today’s episode of Do You Know discusses a moment of physical voter suppression involving the use of violent, physical force to stop Black people from voting. A moment where white terrorists like the KKK clashed against prominent Black community activists in a town called Ocoee.

This is the Ocoee Massacre of 1920.

A special thank you to Michael Ghelfi who’s ambience YouTube channel provided the numerous sound effects that made the story come to life. Please check him out on YouTube for your sound effects needs! In addition, thank you to my amazing editor, Alyssa Deocampo, and composer, Jaimie Pangan. And finally, thank you to the founders of Our Small Majority, Matthew Goriachkovsky and Christian Black.

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On February 19, 1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 after the tragic Pearl Harbor attack. Over 110,000 Japanese-Americans were forced into concentration camps. Today, we had the chance to speak with Yukio Shimomura, one of the survivors from these camps. Our conversation focuses on the recent hate crimes happening around the United States against the Asian community and patriotism in a time of injustice.

Music Composed by Jaimie Pangan.

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2K Video Game Scout, Andre Key, talks about his work and the collision between sports and politics. This interview was taken in the middle of the 2020 presidential election. With the election heating up, we take a look back at the last four years.

Music Composed by Jaimie Pangan.

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A 19-year old Black man, named Dick Rowland strides down Main Street. Once an orphan with his two sisters, Rowland was adopted by his current family and raised by them in Tulsa. He played basketball at the local Booker T. Washington high school, before he dropped out to begin work as a shoe-shiner at a parlor on Main Street.

But right now, Rowland feels the call of nature. He exits the parlor and walks into a multi-story complex called the Drexel Building whose top floor bathroom is the only approved restroom for black workers on Main Street.

Operating the elevator is a 17 year old white teenager named Sarah Page. She watches Rowland enter. Rowland had used this elevator before. And Page had operated this elevator for Rowland in the past. This was a routine interaction. Something they had done before and should have continued doing without incident.

But what happens next, will change both their lives and Tulsa, Oklahoma forever.

This is the Tulsa Massacre of 1921.

Edited by Alyssa Deocampo.

Music Composed by Jaimie Pangan.

A special thank you to Michael Ghelfi who’s ambience YouTube channel provided the numerous sound effects that made the story come to life. Please check him out on YouTube for your sound effects needs!

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Ever wondered what the original google maps were like, or where the phrase “A Barrel of Laughs” comes from? Tune in now to learn how Black leaders formed and navigated their own intelligence networks during global slavery.

Edited by Alyssa Deocampo.

Music Composed by Jaimie Pangan.

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In America, democracy is seen as the bedrock of our nation. It girds the very foundation of our constitution: to have elected leaders, not monarchical kings or queens. We accept the results of fair elections and we uphold the peaceful transition of power. But what if we didn’t? What if we attempted to violently replace leaders we didn’t like? But, of course,  we saw this actually attempted from white supremacists on January 6th, 2021 who stormed the U.S Capitol. Imagine what would have happened if they had succeeded?

Unfortunately, the descendants of those who live in Wilmington, North Carolina don’t have to imagine. Because in 1898, white supremacists did violently attempt a coup to take down their city’s government; simply for electing black politicians to office. And, they succeeded. Do You Know: The Wilmington Coup of 1898.

Edited by Alyssa Deocampo.

Music Composed by Jaimie Pangan.

A special thank you to Michael Ghelfi who’s ambience youtube channel provided the numerous sound effects that made the story come to life. Please check him out on youtube for your sound effects needs!

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Season Two of Our Small Majority is finally here! In this season, we will be covering trailblazing women of color both in today’s society and during the civil rights movement along with two new shows hosted by our new team members. We are so excited to show you all the new content we’ve been working on.

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We've finally arrived at the end of Season One. Thank you all so much for your support! In this episode, Christian and Matthew reminisce about Season One and talk about the future of Our Small Majority. Stay tuned for Season Two!

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On this week's episode of OSM we speak with Malik Rahim, a former Black Panther Party member, about saving New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina, building community, and environmental justice.

Music Composed by Jaimie Pangan.

What's it like being a Chinese international student in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic? This week we spoke with Chinese Center for Disease Control (CDC) researcher Tianen Chen about COVID-19, the Uighur Muslim Concentration Camps, and studying in America as an international student.

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This week we speak with Dr. Keramet Reiter, a criminology professor from the University of California, Irvine, who studies and advocates for prisoners’ rights and the use of long-term solitary confinement. We cover the pros and cons of abolishing solitary confinement and prison in America, inmate rights during the COVID-19 pandemic, and current initiatives being pushed for more equitable opportunities after release.

Music Composed by Jaimie Pangan.

Dr. Kristina Uban, a neuroscientist at the University of California, Irvine, discusses her research in public health and exposes environmental injustices within the United States and South Africa.

Angela Davis once said, "In a racist society, it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.” In this episode, we learn about implementing anti-racism in America's education system, equality vs. equity, and changing the ways we teach in our classrooms. Join us in our conversation with Ahmed H. Ahmed, the Director of Partnerships and Professional Learning at Overcoming Racism, a race and equity training and consulting organization supporting the development of anti-racist schools and businesses.

Follow @overcomingracism on instagram to learn more about anti-racism in education.

Music Composed by Jaimie Pangan.

It's your first semester in college and you have two places you can't be late to: English 101 by 8am, and Cell Block B by 5pm. Meet Kasper, an inmate and college student serving a 14 year sentence in Denmark while earning his B.A. among students at the best university the country has to offer.

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Anne Okkels Birk is a criminology professor in Denmark who spent her childhood on a Danish prison facility. She now teaches American exchange students about Danish prison policy through lectures and experiential learning tours in Danish prisons.

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Thank you for joining us on OSM! In this episode, we meet the creators, explain what Our Small Majority is about, and discuss our plans for the future.

Music Composed by Jaimie Pangan.