Highly Visible & A Little Misunderstood
Highly Visible & A Little Misunderstood is about providing space to chill in the nuance of the complex conversations shaping our society and culture. We ain’t about proving anyone wrong or even proving ourselves right, but we are exploring with our guests, and you all, how to do this thing called life. New episodes drop every Thursday everywhere you get your podcasts. Find us on Instagram: @HighlyVisiblePod Support the show on Patreon: Patreon.com/HighlyVisiblePod
Episodes

Thursday Aug 12, 2021
Ep. 23 - This Work Ain’t Linear
Thursday Aug 12, 2021
Thursday Aug 12, 2021
This week, I have the homie, my friend, my neighbor, and sister, Tania Miron-Perez come through on the pod to chop it up. For her job, Tania is the Training & Strategy Coordinator at Be The Bridge a non-profit org that does some great work in the racial equity space. In her spare time she is putting in work for social justice advocacy, but recharges in nature, with friends, or enjoying a great book
In our conversation, we talk about her big move to the West coast a few years back, finding and cultivating a community in the middle of a pandemic, and the passion behind her advocacy work.
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Sources:
Freedom Is A Constant Struggle by Angela Davis
Be The Bridge
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Music: Tony Deras (@tonesterderas)
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Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
Ep. 22 - Say It With Me: Equal Pay
Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
If you didn’t know, the 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympics are jumpin off this week and athletes across the world are set to do their thing. There have already been a ton of storylines that have come about leading up to the Olympic games this year, but one in particular surrounds the women’s national soccer team's ongoing lawsuit for equal pay. The guest this week is perfect to go into the finer points of the lawsuit, so let me introduce y'all to Jackie Gutierrez aka Jackie G. Jackie is a sports journalist and founder of Women Kick Balls, an independent news source that exists to capture women’s soccer in an authentic voice. We chop it up about how she started writing, the support she has had from her family (Shout out uncle Joe), and the importance of equality in professional sports.
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Producer: Jonathan Dumas
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Music: Tony Deras (@tonesterderas)
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Wednesday Jul 07, 2021
Ep. 21 - Yes, All Men
Wednesday Jul 07, 2021
Wednesday Jul 07, 2021
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.
Production & Contact Details:
Producer: Jonathan Dumas
Production help: Lindsay Dumas (@lindsaymariedumas)
Music: Tony Deras (@tonesterderas)
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Thursday Jul 01, 2021
Ep. 20 - Building Our Own Tables
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
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.
Stay in Touch with Kriselle and Empowered in Color:
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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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Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Ep. 19 - I Don’t Think This is the Right Place For Me
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
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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Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Ep. 18 - One year and Counting
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
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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Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
Ep. 17 - All of Us or None of Us (Part 2)
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
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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Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
Ep. 16 - All of Us or None of Us (Part 1)
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
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
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@hateisavirus_
@asiarising_
@asianamericancollective
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Thursday Feb 18, 2021
Ep. 15 - I Am Who I Am (Part 2)
Thursday Feb 18, 2021
Thursday Feb 18, 2021
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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Producer: Jonathan Dumas
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Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Ep. 14 - I Am Who I Am (Part 1)
Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Thursday Feb 11, 2021
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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Producer: Jonathan Dumas
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