Ep.34 - Emmys, Colourism & Supporting Others

In a week where: 

1. More than 30 whistle-blowers give evidence to Equality Watchdog on Labour antisemitism. 
2. One in eight men (12%) say they could win a point in a game of tennis against Serena Williams.
3. In a crazy sporting weekend, Serena loses to Simona Halep, Djokovic beats Federer, England win the Cricket World Cup & Lewis Hamilton the British Grand Prix. The first person to win it six times.
4. The proportion of students getting a first-class degree in England has risen by 80% in the last 8 years. 
5. Scarlett Johansson, the highest-paid actress right now, in a cover story with "As If" magazine - "As an actor, I should be allowed to play any person, or any tree, or any animal because that is my job and the requirements of my job.”

In the 1st of two Music segments: (7:22) Jermaine Dupri was in the news last week for basically de-valuing "Female Rappers". I put that phrase in quotes simply because we need to stop using the phrase. It makes females in Hip-Hop seem like they're an "other" when, in my mind, there are females in the game right now that are top tier. And we also need to quit bringing up this conversation when it's hot. There's talking the talk and then there's going to the artist's shows and buying hard copies of their work.

In Film/TV: (23:37) The Emmy Nominations have dropped. You know the drill by now. I go through the major awards and deciding who *should* win and who *will* win. Put simply. "When They See Us" need to win everything.

In the 2nd Music segment: (38:55) I explore Colourism in Music. Similar to the other Music segment, it takes the people above the social party in question to demand equity amongst themselves. In this case, "light-skinned" women have less of a hurdle to jump through than black women of a darker skin tone. (I don't like using the terms "Light/Dark-Skinned" but I use them for ease of conversation.) Is this systemic favouritism is too ingrained in society to change?

And lastly, in the Life segment: (55:17) I actually talk about my life! This past month has been a challenge in many ways and I wanted to keep it real about how I was feeling about my work, my family and what is going on in the country.

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Intro Music - "Too Much" By Vanilla
Interlude - "Vista" By Poldoore
ChillHop Music

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