Your Neighbor's Hood Podcast

Ep 19: Literacy, Race and Constitutional Rights

Is access to literacy a constitutional right? What is the color of the rights? black? white? brown or green? In this episode, we discuss a recent case where Detriot students are suing the state of Michigan for a very unusual reason.

Ep 18: Activism, Racism and Voting

In this episode, we explore the relationship between racism and voting, and how activism changed it all.

 

Intro credit to Dices. 

Ep 17: Jae: Uh Racism? We are all just guessing

We talk to Jae of the Just Say Words podcast. He opens up about living in spaces as a "big black man" and fathering in today's world.  Brace yourself for Jae's comedy and candor.

Ep 16: Honey Buns & Potato Salad

Sugar and spice makes food taste nice. Well... for some cultures, this is a very simple truth and for others, not so much. Join us as we chat about and taste food. 

Ep 15: Megan Hall: Breaking out of racism

How do you unlearn biases that have been passed down from generation to generation? We sat down with Inspired Women's podcast host, Megan Hall. She opened up about the racial biases she learned at home and took us down her journey toward breaking the cycle of racism. 

Ep 14: Trained to Hate

Our interview with a former neo-Nazi, Jason Downard. We dive into his story of hate, humility and humanity.

Ep 13: You, Me & A former neo-Nazi?

We interviewed a former neo-Nazi. This is us processing why we reached out, what were we thinking, and what's next.

Ep 12: As Clear as Con·fed·er·a·cy

What is the real story behind the Confederate flag? What was the civil war really about? How did women turn the Confederate "lost cause" into a beloved culture? Who's idea was it to weaponized textbooks and children for the Confederacy? Well, we did some homework and talked about it.

From the pod

Books:

"The War That Forged A Nation" by James McPherson

"Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery In the United States, 1861-1865" by James Oakes

"In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History" by Mitch Landrieu

YouTube:

"The Complicated History Of The Confederate Flag" by Time Capsule (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1VnD-PRVh8)

"How Southern socialites rewrote Civil War history" by Vox (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOkFXPblLpU)

"Facts You Didn't Know About General Robert E. Lee" by photonfeast (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYxV4VtwMIM)

 

 

Ep 11: Mental Gymastics

Often times, we find ourselves consumed by past pain, current events, and future struggles. As we dive into our journey of uncomfortable culture conversations specifically about race, we are forced to address the elephant in our hearts and minds. This work is very heavy. Check out this long, open and honest conversation about our mental health.

From the podcast:

Vox Article: "How to combat people's racial bias"

Nia Wilson Story and Video

Between The World and Me- by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Ep 10: Real Thoughts Fake Conversation

In this episode, we were forced to match our thoughts with our words.  Join us to learn how a casual conversation over coffee transformed into a serious conversation about authenticity and what that all has to do with mindset.

From the show:

Fixed vs. Growth Mindset video by John Spencer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1CHPnZfFmU 

Ep 09: White Intent in Black History

Why do white people assume they are helping non-white people? Why do non-white people assume the worst of white people? This simple answer is history. The complicated answer is institutional racism. Join us as we talk about the deep-rooted distrust between cultures in society.

From the show:

From Nothing (African History): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe8ECDU2IldN_rAAAXUvyUQ 

13th on Netflix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V66F3WU2CKk

White Right: Meeting the Enemy: https://www.netflix.com/title/80994804 

Ep 08: White Confessional

"Forgive me, Woke Stranger Friend, I may have done something racist, but I have a friend who did something worst." - White Person

The act of confessing white privilege and racism is not uncommon among white anti-racists or white folks that what to prove that they are not racist. They want people of color to give them pass or lift the weight off their shoulders. In this episode, we explore white confessional and should not just be for relief, but help white folks examine their bias before they speak. 

Ep 07: The Essence of Glamour

Box braids, black girl magic, dry shampoo and many other things we each never knew! In this episode, Christina reads her first Ebony and Essence magazines, and Jackie reads Glamour and Cosmopolitan for the first time.

BS: Men, Women and Racism

Here's a bonus short for ya!

Ep 06: White Fragility meets Black Hostility

"Racism doesn't exist," said white fragility. "Well, all white people are racist," exclaimed black hostility. In this episode, we dive into the anger and sensitivity we've faced when trying to have conversations about race relations. 

 

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

By Robin DiAngelo

Ep 05: Implicit Bias

We are biased. Yup! We prefer certain people or groups of people. We use “implicit bias” to describe when we have attitudes towards people or associate stereotypes with them without our conscious knowledge. Listen in as we talk about our own implicit bias, and how we are moving forward. 

Do you have an implicit bias towards white or black people? Hmm? Take the Implicit Association Test: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html 

Ep 04:Juneteenth

Juneteenth, Juneteenth Independence Day, Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, what does it all mean? Should white people be celebrating it? Can they celebrate it? Why don't more people know about this important day in history? Tune in as we talk about Juneteenth.

Ep 03:To appreciate or appropriate

What is white culture? Is there even such a thing? This episode explores how differently we see culture in America, and explores the line between cultural appropriation and appreciation.

White Awake: An Honest Look at What It Means to Be White Paperback 
by Daniel Hill

Ep 02: Some kinda allodoxaphobia

Sometimes it's not easy to talk about race, and the more we learn the harder it gets. In this episode, we get raw and share our own fears about discussing race in a real way. We are trying to overcome some kinda allodoxaphobia, which simply put means a fear of others opinions. 

Ep 01: This is us

Welcome to Your Neighbor's Hood! A culturecast about uncomfortable culture conversations that don't happen in public or with friends of different races. This episode we are going give you, in less than ten minutes, the who, how and why we started Your Neighbor's Hood.