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Black Mama, White Mama
by Black Mama, White Mama
Jennifer (black mama) and Monika (white mama) tackle some tough conversations about race and parenting.
Episodes
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None Of This Is OK
So much has transpired in the last year, but has anything really changed? We reflect on a year of tragic anniversaries, check in on how schools are discussing (or not) what's happening around us, and are left wondering -- aren't we right back where we began?
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Your Search Results Are Racist
The search engines and apps we use every day are not neutral - they have encoded biases that can reinforce racist stereotypes. In this episode, we talk with Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble, who wrote the book (literally) on search engine bias. We discuss how search engines can perpetuate racism, what we…
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What Took So Long?
We try to make sense of why white people are seemingly just "waking" up to racism. And how we move forward from here. What we're reading: When Black People are in Pain, White People Just Join Book Clubs What is an Anti-Racist Reading List For? 10 Steps to Non-Optical Allyship Why White Parents…
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What We Got Right... and Wrong
It's been a year since we launched our first episode. We reflect on our parenting wins, where we've fallen short, and what happens when your school ups the ante on anti-racist discourse. Reading List: Black Lives Matter at School Zora: 100 Best Books by Black Female Authors Poetry Foundation:...
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What Are You?
Have you ever asked this question? Have you ever been asked this question? The multiracial population is the fastest growing demographic in the U.S. Monika and Jennifer talk about our cultural fascination with -- and stereotypes about -- multiracial people. In what ways do we "other" them? Where…
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'White Silence is Deadly'
Many white parents have no idea how to talk with their kids about race, so they avoid the topic entirely. But as author and professor Jennifer Harvey, PhD., points out, "White silence is deadly." This week, we speak with Dr. Harvey about her brilliant book Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children...
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Coded Language
Diversity, tolerance, politically correct... Jennifer and Monika decode some common and seemingly innocuous words and phrases that, in reality, send racist messages. Coded words = What they really mean Diverse/Diversity = People who don't look like me/People of color Political Correctness = Stop...
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Befriend Discomfort
When Jennifer attempted to talk to her kids about Martin Luther King, Jr., she tripped over her words. How do we talk to children about tough topics in a meaningful way? And how should we discuss historical events without repeating racist narratives? She and Monika "befriend discomfort" to try to...
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Motherhood and Race
Welcome to Black Mama, White Mama. Two friends -- Jennifer (black mama) and Monika (white mama) --talk about how they met, why they decided to make a podcast about race and parenting, and how they're talking to their own kids about race.
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Jennifer (black mama) and Monika (white mama) tackle some tough conversations about race and parenting.
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