Problem #62: Token Black Girl Feat. Nesha

The 'token black girl' is a concept with which we’re depressingly all too familiar, and have been for too long now. We are often the representative woman of colour. With that has often come an underlying expectation to be 'the black one' – to live the sassy, loud, eye-rolling, punchline-delivering, surface level stereotypes afforded to the black women we see in the white TV and film world. We understand that the consequence of messing it up is messing it up for everyone who looks like us in the future and that is a heavy burden to carry. Resources: How to support BLM: https://www.timeout.com/things-to-do/how-to-support-black-lives-matter Therapy Sources: Primary Care Physician, Employee assistance programs and therapyforblackgirls.com Self defense: https://beyonddefense.net OTHER LINKS: https://www.mhanational.org/31-tips-boost-your-mental-health https://blavity.com/black-women-cannot-be-all-things-to-all-people-at-all-times?category1=opinion&category2=news Audible Book: B00LEUADLQ Confessions of a Token black girl token-black-women-tv can-being-the-token-give-women-and-minorities-a-competitive-edge https://www.thoughtworks.com/insights/blog/tokenism-double-sided-coin Socials: Interact with us! Listen & Subscribe: https://wavve.link/igotproblems/episodes Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4vxFpB8ofKwqqjUjtncPVg IG: igotproblemspod Podcast website: https://anchor.fm/igotproblems Production Notes: Produced by Dolapo of the "Terminal 234" podcast Edited by Host: Sandra [IG: coitraveler] Co-Host #1: Annabelle [IG: msjudy_1028] Guest #1 Details: Nesha Taylor About: Owner of TACT Therapy, LLC IG: nesha_taylor SC: nesha_taylor