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An Uncommon Conversation
by Gesah
Two women (one Caucasian and one Afro-Caribbean-American) chat periodically about their observations, opinions and feelings regarding race in America. The good, the bad, the 2020!!!
Episodes
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2021 Episode 02: 6 Silver Linings from 2020
2020 was tough; but we found (at least) 6 reasons to celebrate this yeqr-like-no-other!
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Season 2: Episode 1. January 5, 2021. Optimism and Hope.
We discuss our excitement about the start of the new year, 2021! Surely it will be better than 2020. Surely ...
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Season 2: Episode 2. January 12, 2021. Insurrection and Lamentation.
We discuss and try to understand the thing that cannot be understood. The sitting President of the United States egged-on a group of racist domestic terrorists to insurrection. What can we do?
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Episode 11: Native American “erasure”
Recorded 12/8/20: Reflections on the lack of Native American centering in American history. We are under-informed (for now) but determined to learn more.
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Episode 10: 2020 Thanksgiving, COVID surges, Presidential Transition begins!
Recorded 12/1/2020: Thanksgiving in a COVID pandemic. Finally, the man in the White House "allows" the Presidential transition activities to begin.
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Episode 09: US Presidential Election High Jinx
Recorded 11/17/2020: Our reactions to the events and actions of the sitting US president in the immediate aftermath of his loss in the Electoral College tally.
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Episode 08: Nov 3 2020. Celebrate or lament?
Recorded 11/3/2020: This episode was recorded on the afternoon of November 3, 2020. This is presidential Election Day 2020. We are excited and hopeful!
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Episode 07: Cultural Navigation
Recorded 10/27/2020: Discussion about code-switching, micro aggressions, and being multiracial and “exotic” in America.
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Episode 06: Slavery’s Imprint
Recorded 10/20/2020: Black people have been in American since at least the 1590s (before the 1619 date that is usually mentioned). And, the imprint of colonialism and slavery differs by location.
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Episode 05: American Education: Do we know our own history? - Part 2
Recorded 10/13/2020: We continue the conversation about the gap between the races in their knowledge of African American history. Americans are taught a history that minimizes and sometimes excludes the experience of Black Americans.
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Episode 04: Racism travels easily across generations
Recorded 10/6/2020: A conversation about overt experiences of racism, including racism from those within our families.
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Episode 03: American Education: Do we know our own history? Part 1
Recorded 9/29/2020: A discussion of the gap in knowledge of our shared among all Americans. And, an acknowledgement of the role of politics in creating that gap.
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Episode 02: 2020: A Year Like No Other (Part 2)
Recorded 9/22/2020: A continuation of the conversation about the disorienting nature of the 2020 experience in America.
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Episode 01: 2020: A Year Like No Other (Part 1)
Recorded 9/15/2020: A conversation about the amazing experiences of January to September 2020
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Two women (one Caucasian and one Afro-Caribbean-American) chat periodically about their observations, opinions and feelings regarding race in America. The good, the bad, the 2020!!!
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An Uncommon Conversation is created and hosted by Gesah.
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