Highly Visible & A Little Misunderstood

Ep. 21 - Yes, All Men

In this episode, we talk about how we handled 2020 and how we are doing now, the impact all of the unrest of 2020 had on our relationships, what being a good ally looks like as men and why the #notallmen thing is stupid af, and how we are trying to find ways to support ourselves and our partners.
Just a heads up that this episode does contain some mention of shootings and rape. No specific details, but wanted to flag nonetheless.
 
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Sources:
Wakeman, Jessica. “The Real Cost of Pink Tax.” Healthline, Healthline Media, 6 Aug. 2020, www.healthline.com/health/the-real-cost-of-pink-tax. 
Hookway, James. “What Happened to Sarah Everard? The London Woman Whose Death Prompted a Safety Debate in the U.K.” The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones & Company, 8 June 2021, www.wsj.com/articles/sarah-everard-uk-11615823395. 
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Ep. 20 - Building Our Own Tables

In this conversation, I chop it up with Entrepreneur, writer, speaker, and Founder of Empowered In Color. In our conversation where we talked about the difficulties of being an entrepreneur of color, why you can give back and make a profit, what allyship looks like in business and in life, and a whole lot more. There are a bunch of great tidbits in this episode, so you may need to listen back to this one.
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Sources:
Yosso, T.J. (2005). Whose culture has capital? A critical race theory discussion of community cultural wealth. Race Ethnicity and Education, 8 (1), 69 – 91
Read, Bridget. “A Man Died After Police Knelt on His Neck for 5 Minutes.” The Cut, The Cut, 22 Feb. 2021, www.thecut.com/2021/02/what-we-know-about-the-killing-of-angelo-quinto.html. 
Fortin, Jacey. “California Man Died After Police Knelt on Him for 5 Minutes, Family Says.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 25 Feb. 2021, www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/us/angelo-quinto-death-police-kneel.html.
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Ep. 19 - I Don’t Think This is the Right Place For Me

In this conversation, War and I talk about identity, Black spirituality, faith deconstruction, what we miss about the church, and why we have no desire to go back and take some time castin’ a whole lotta shade at Chick-fil-a. I really appreciated this conversation and I know you all will too.
You can find Saint War's music on IG @saintwarmusic & Saint War on Spotify
Here is the podcast episode From White Supremacy: Paternalism w/Carlos A. Rodriguez from the Reclaiming my Theology Podcast
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Ep. 18 - One year and Counting

Yoooo RTWD made it a whole trip around the sun yall! It is RTWD’s pod bday!
In this episode, Linds and I talk about behind-the-scenes production, what keeps me going in very difficult and emotionally laborious work, and what is to come for RTWD. I had fun talkin to Linds and I appreciate her for steppin outside of her comfort zone and interviewing me.
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Ep. 17 - All of Us or None of Us (Part 2)

In the 2nd half of my conversation with my friend THE Reverend Dr. Aizaiah Yong, we continue discussing the intersectionality of religion, race and overcoming white supremacy, but we get into why it is important and necessary to not fall prey to the systems that try to pin us against each other. Rather, what truly disrupts and dismantles these systems of oppression is acknowledging that we are ALL in this together.
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Healing for Black, Indigenous, & People of Color Sources:
https://mrc.ucsf.edu/healing-black-indigenous-and-people-color
Racial Equity & Anti-Black Racism Sources:
Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice & Health
University of California San Francisco Multicultural Center
StopAAPIhate.com
Hateisavirus.org
 
Socials to follow:
@hateisavirus_
@asiarising_
@asianamericancollective
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Ep. 16 - All of Us or None of Us (Part 1)

This week I had the chance to connect with one of my best friends, THE Reverend Dr. Aizaiah Yong. Z and I have been coworkers, conference copresenters, we hooped together, all of it. This is one of my bros. In this episode, we talk about his multicultural and multiracial identity and how that has played a role in the past year, the intersectionality of religion, race, and overcoming white supremacy.
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Healing for Black, Indigenous, & People of Color Sources:
https://mrc.ucsf.edu/healing-black-indigenous-and-people-color
Racial Equity & Anti-Black Racism Sources:
Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice & Health
University of California San Francisco Multicultural Center
StopAAPIhate.com
Hateisavirus.org
Socials to follow:
@hateisavirus_
@asiarising_
@asianamericancollective
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Ep. 15 - I Am Who I Am (Part 2)

In this 2nd part of my convo with B, we talk more about labels and stereotypes and the emotional weight that comes with being someone we are not, along with anti-blackness racism and how we care for our mental health and be authentically Black with a capital B in spaces that are not designed for us.
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Healing for Black, Indigenous, & People of Color Sources:
https://mrc.ucsf.edu/healing-black-indigenous-and-people-color
Racial Equity & Anti-Black Racism Sources:
Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice & Health
University of California San Francisco Multicultural Center
Sources:
“The Essence of Innocence: Consequences of Dehumanizing Black Children,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, published online Feb. 24, 2014; Phillip Atiba Goff, PhD, and Matthew Christian Jackson, PhD; University of California, Los Angeles; Brooke Allison, PhD, and Lewis Di Leone, PhD, National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Boston; Carmen Marie Culotta, PhD, Pennsylvania State University; and Natalie Ann DiTomasso, JD, University of Pennsylvania.
Patton, S. (2014, November 26). In America, black children don't get to be children. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-america-black-children-dont-get-to-be-children/2014/11/26/a9e24756-74ee-11e4-a755-e32227229e7b_story.html
A reflection on anti-Black racism. (2020, August 09). Retrieved from https://www.bread.org/blog/reflection-anti-black-racism
 
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Ep. 14 - I Am Who I Am (Part 1)

This week I talk with my guy, Brannon Andrews. In the first part of this two-part conversation, we talk about labels and stereotypes that are placed on us as Black men, the ones we choose to place on ourselves, and how we are both learning to unburden ourselves with the need to make others comfortable with our Blackness.
 
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Ep. 13 - 2020, What The Hell Was That?

In this episode, I try my best to reflect on the trash ass year that was 2020.⠀⁠⠀A global pandemic 😷.⁠⠀Economic instability 📉.⁠⠀Racial inequity and civil unrest ✊🏾.⁠⠀Our Democratic processes & Presidential election being undermined by an 🍊.⁠⠀The incredible amount of loss 🙏🏾.
I walk through a simple reflection guide I put together on my IG Page that consists of three questions to help process 2020:
What in 2020, can I be grateful for?
What will I leave in 2020?
What will I take into 2021?
I also spend some time talking about some celebrations from last year, because you have to find some joy in the mess.
 
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Ep. 12 - Am I Helping or Hurting?

This week I sat down with one of my best friends, David Beavis. It's actually because of David that we are as good of friends as we are. He is one of those kinds of people that are naturally great friends. The kind that is intentional and remembers most of the little things you tell them, check in on you consistently, support your dreams. It's kind of annoying. It's for these reasons and many more reasons why I chose him to be one of the best men at my wedding. That's why it sucked when David and Luara, his wife, moved up to Portland. 
David and I talk about his dream of being a pastor, what it means for him as a white man in America, and given all that has happened with equity and justice in the year 2020, I ask how his approach to his job as a Pastor has changed and he shares how he hopes the Church engages in this pivotal moment in history.
Resources:
Incarceration Rates & Demographics by Pew Research
Code-Switching Is Not Trying to Fit into White Culture, It’s Surviving It by Ida Harris
The Costs of Code-Switching by Courtney L. McCluney, Kathrina Robotham, Serenity Lee, Richard Smith, and Myles Durkee
May We Be One Pastors Joining together for a one year journey toward racial justice.
Book Recommendation:
White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity by Robert P. Jones
The Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby
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