#34: 'Radical Mundane Blackness'

This week, Cher and James discuss the blended lines of race and gender online, including Tumblr mentality, POCs using racial slurs, and the lack of mediocrity allowed online. In Open Call, Cher talks about a recent addition to the Apple Music library, and James talks about a certain presidential campaign. We are sponsored this week by: Cards Against Humanity: They asked us not to read an ad. Enjoy the show! If you'd like to sponsor a future episode, visit openended.fm/sponsor. We also have announcements like: LIVE EVENT! If you are in the Chicagoland area, we are having our first live show at the Cards Against Humanity Theater, 1917 N Elston, Chicago, IL. 8-9PM. It's FREE, so come through! Help us reach our new fundraising goal for 2015-2016! We have our eyes on a portable recorder so we can start doing more on-site interviews, continue to pay our guests, and make this podcast sustainable. Give us a hand with a one-time donation at openended.fm/donate, and becoming a member starting at $1 a month, at patreon.com/openended. Rate us on iTunes Recommend us on Overcast! References made during our conversation Tamir Rice, a child, was murdered, and the killer got away with it Over the Christmas weekend in Chicago, two more lives were lost by the hands of the police Voldermort is the most confident Racial "Passing" Online, should there be a word for it? You don't need to say racial slurs in songs at karaoke. You know we couldn't forget about Open Call Cher: Beatles on Streaming Services James: Black Twitter on #NewHillaryLogo Thanks for listening to episode 34. It couldn't have been made without the help of the following folks: The Chicago Podcast Cooperative. Like this show? You might like Alcohollywood. Alcohollywood is Clint, Jared and a guest talk about one movie each week - old or new, good or bad - and create a custom cocktail and drinking game for it. Our Patreon supporters: Caty, Amy, Stewart, Classy, Jennifer, Joelle, Will, "Michael", and Revision Path podcast. If you have any recommendations for show topics, contact us! Script written by Cher and James. Music by U+1F60C. Until next time, keep things Open Ended.