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Have you ever noticed people not saying excuse me in public?

Link to article referred to in this episode: Was Dr. Seuss Racist? See The Drawings And Judge For Yourself

https://adayinourshoes.com/was-dr-seuss-a-racist/

Join Dorian while she processes through understanding white saviour and white centering more with Kass' support.

Join us while we talk about some aspects of housing discrimination and the wealth gap for black americans.

Join us while we discuss sundown towns.

Dorian gets to learn all about the care of black hair and what the Natural Hair Movement is all about.

This page has a great hair chart on it to see all the different kinds from 1a to 4c. There's a good chart under the heading, What Are the Different Hair Types?

https://kandiekurls.com/what-hair-type-do-i-have/

Here's an addition to last week's episode on confederate symbols we wanted to share with you! 

Here's a link to a great article about the Colfax Massacre of 1873. 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1873-colfax-massacre-crippled-reconstruction-180958746/

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Kass is BACK!!! On our first recording back together the insurrection of the U.S. Capitol had happened not 5 hours before. SO you will be hearing our initial thoughts and reactions to it.

Today Kass enlightens us to one of the reasons the black community struggles to trust the medical field.

Can pro black and mixed relations go together? We talk about the technical definitions and our thoughts on it in this episode.

In this episode we dig into the racist perception that black people are lazy. 

Here's a link to Victor Luckerson's website that is referred to in the podcast. You can sign up for his email list and get updates on his investigation into the Black Wall Street and the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Ok every two weeks:

http://vicluckerson.com/

Recorded back in August, when the racial tension was still very heighten, Kass and Dor talk about a situation that unfolded in an online FB community Dorian's a part of. They also discuss the differences in how, in general, white women and black women seem to respond to confrontation. 

Today we give you Just A Little Insight into the beginning of our journey creating this podcast. The different thoughts and decisions we went through while looking through the lens of racial sensitivities and how our audience would respond to certain aspects of the show. 

Join us on the journey through the rebirth of the KKK in 1915 to the bloody race riots of 1919 to learn more about a very hate filled, trying time in our nation's history for black Americans.

Did you know Ebonics has an official name and is starting to be recognized for what it is...it's own language? Listen in as we talk about African American Vernacular English also called AAVE. 

Today we dig into some thoughts a couple listeners shared with us and Dorian digs into and clarifies what she meant in an earlier episode. We also discuss the difficulty of closing the racial divide with the feeling of not wanting to engage with the opposite race coming from both sides.

In this episode we process the slightly elevated intensity of our last episode and what we felt about it. As well as what our concerns were around sharing it with you, our listeners. The conversation leads into the topic of code switching and why we are hearing about it more and more in a negative light these days.

In our first two part episode, Kassándra gives an in-depth explanation of cultural appropriation and why it's held in such a negative light for the black community. Dorian spends this episode taking in what Kass is saying, but struggling with the buy in to the negative aspect of this. 

Kass and Dor ended up having a follow up conversation after Dorian looked into some of Kass' points and examples. Keep an eye out for part two coming in the next couple weeks!

Dorian had an experience on an online forum that she wanted to discuss with Kassándra and see if there was anything she could have done better. This eventually led Kassándra to tell Dorian to check her privilege on some of her perspectives.

In this bonus episode Kassándra and Dorian make some corrections as well as elaborate more on some topics from previous episodes.

Have you ever been confused about what terms are offensive when referring to a person of a different race? Well so were we! Tune in to hear us pick each other's brains and get one another’s opinion about what is offensive and what's not. We also dive into the conversation of the term White Privilege and what it's actually referring to.

Listen in this week on another bonus episode, while we deep dive the term "Karen". We discuss its comparison to the "n-word" and whether that is a valid argument against its usage or not.

In another bonus episode, we break down the definition of colorism and clarify exactly what we're referring to when we mention it.

In this bonus episode we talk about the dictionary definition of racism and how it has evolved to clarify what we mean when we're using the term.

Is calling mixed babies cute potentially problematic? Join us on this week's episode while we explore this idea, the history behind it, and why this statement could be offensive to certain groups of people.

Aunt Jemima is America’s favorite happy-go-lucky pancake brand. How can a positive black female icon have a history in racism and why it matters that we know about it?