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Olivia and Raven are black, blind women, passionate about shedding light on issues regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion. Get political and personal with them as they share their perspectives on living at the intersection of disabled, black, and women in the US.
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Thursday Apr 21, 2022
Thursday Apr 21, 2022
This conversation navigates the difficult subject of how disability is defined, which health conditions qualify as disabilities versus impairments, and criticisms of these broad definitions.
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Discussion Summary:
01:10: Taking issue with labeling numerous health conditions as disabilities, and exploring the difference between a disability and an impairment.
09:27: Dissecting the medical definition of disability.
19:13: Criticizing the legal definition of disability.
25:46: Drawbacks to defining disability broadly.
41:50: Outro.
Episodes Referenced:
Black Disability History Series
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-disability-history-series-day-1-keah-brown/
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-disability-history-series-day-2-eliza-suggs/Day 3: Imani Barbarin
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-disability-history-series-day-3-imani-barbarin/
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-disability-history-series-day-4-barbara-jordan/
Day 5: Black American Sign Language and Nakia Smith
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-disability-history-series-day-6-claudia-gordon/
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Impairments, Activity Limitations, and Participation Restrictions
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/disability.html
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Raven shares the accomplishments of this Lawyer and educator, known as “The Man Who Killed Jim Crow” because of his involvement in nearly every supreme court civil rights case from 1930-1950, and for exposing the “separate but equal” doctrine for the lie it was.
Learn More!
https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/civil-rights-leaders/charles-hamilton-houston
Charles Hamilton Houston American lawyer and educator
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Hamilton-Houston
Charles Hamilton Houston Biography
http://law.howard.edu/brownat50/BrownBios/BioCharlesHHouston.html
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Thursday Apr 14, 2022
Thursday Apr 14, 2022
Olivia and Raven share their thoughts on the perspective that terms used to refer to marginalized communities dehumanize people, and identifies them with oppression, powerlessness, and victimhood.
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Discussion Summary:
01:11: Topic intro, definitions and usages of minoritize and marginalize.
09:33: Controversy using terms for referring to marginalized communities.
24:37: Attitudes toward changing the ways we talk about oppressed groups.
40:31: The belief that terms like marginalize and minoritize express powerlessness and victimhood.
44:53: Outro.
Episodes referenced:
Black Feminism Part 2: What Puts The Black In Black Feminism?
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-feminism-part-2-what-puts-the-black-in-black-feminism/
Person-First Or Identity-First Language: Which Is Right?
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/person-first-or-identity-first-language-which-is-right/
Being An Afterthought: Why Are Folks With Disabilities Excluded from Discussions About Diversity?
https://isquared.podbean.com/?s=Being+An+Afterthought
Insight On the Side: Learning To Have Pride In Being Disabled
https://isquared.podbean.com/?s=Pride+In+Being+Disabled
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A Call for a Language Shift: From Covert Oppression to Overt Empowerment
https://www.igi-global.com/dictionary/grassroots-organization-and-justice-through-social-media/82051
Monday Apr 11, 2022
Monday Apr 11, 2022
Olivia talks about this viral immunologist and vaccine awareness advocate, who became well-known for helping create the MRNA technology for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine.
Learn More!
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/kizzmekia-shanta-corbett-1986/
https://asm.org/Biographies/Kizzmekia-S-Corbett,-Ph-D
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Friday Apr 08, 2022
Friday Apr 08, 2022
Olivia and Raven talk more misconceptions surrounding consent and sex assault, using manipulation to access intimacy, and criticisms of sex assault survivors for speaking up.
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Discussion Summary:
00:00: Topic intro, Olivia’s experience with sex education, and more talk on including consent in sex ed.
05:02: Misconceptions surrounding consent, how society teaches us to freeze and silence ourselves when we face assault, and Olivia recounts a time she was assaulted.
12:51: Using manipulation to access intimacy, and how this begins with family interactions.
20:50: Criticizing and penalizing people who speak up about being mistreated, and protecting people who commit sex assault.
26:24: The focus on false allegations when people speak up about experiencing sex assault, and depicting survivors as lacking credibility.
33:00: The misconception that sex assault can only happen to attractive people, and abusing power imbalances.
37:25: Outro.
Learn More!
20 Alarming Domestic Violence Statistics
https://www.socialsolutions.com/blog/domestic-violence-statistics/
Victims of Sexual Violence: Statistics
https://www.rainn.org/statistics/victims-sexual-violence
Intro Music: "Leopard Print Elevator" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Raven highlights this educator and civil rights advocate, who fought for equity for Black educators, and was dedicated to politically empowering Black people.
Learn More!
https://www.biography.com/activist/septima-poinsette-clark
https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/clark-septima-poinsette
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Septima-Poinsette-Clark
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Saturday Apr 02, 2022
Saturday Apr 02, 2022
Olivia and Raven discuss myths and misconceptions regarding sex assault and consent, the various ways society teaches people to tolerate abuse and be abusive, and the lack of education about how to have healthy communication with intimate partners.
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Discussion Summary
00:00: Topic intro, content warnings, and the myth that women in the US don’t face oppression.
05:45: Facts and statistics surrounding sex assault and domestic violence.
11:53: How society teaches people to tolerate abuse from, and be abusive toward intimate partners.
25:10: Victim-blaming.
32:59: Crossing boundaries, and misconceptions about consent.
36:37: The failure of sex education to teach people about consent and healthy ways to communicate with intimate partners.
44:33: Outro.
Episodes Referenced:
James Weldon Johnson and the Black National Anthem
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/james-weldon-johnson-and-the-black-national-anthem/
Black Disability History Series
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-disability-history-series-day-1-keah-brown/
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-disability-history-series-day-2-eliza-suggs/
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-disability-history-series-day-3-imani-barbarin/
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-disability-history-series-day-4-barbara-jordan/
Day 5: Black American Sign Language and Nakia Smith
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-disability-history-series-day-6-claudia-gordon/
Learn More!
20 Alarming Domestic Violence Statistics
https://www.socialsolutions.com/blog/domestic-violence-statistics/
Victims of Sexual Violence: Statistics
https://www.rainn.org/statistics/victims-sexual-violence
Intro Music: "Leopard Print Elevator" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Monday Mar 28, 2022
Monday Mar 28, 2022
Olivia talks about the life and leadership of Pine Leaf, a woman chief and Crow Nation warrior, and educates us about two-spirit identities among Native American tribes.
Learn More!
Pine Leaf was a Woman Chief and warrior of the Crow people
https://www.ihs.gov/lgbt/health/twospirit/
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Friday Mar 25, 2022
Friday Mar 25, 2022
Olivia and Raven get vulnerable in this discussion about working while receiving social security benefits, frustrations with interacting with the Social Security Administration, the struggles to discontinue receiving benefits, and dealing with the aftermath.
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Discussion Summary:
01:06: Topic intro, and common misconceptions about government assistance and recipients.
04:16: Statistics about SSI recipients.
07:24: Personal experiences with the struggles of working while receiving social security benefits, parttime vs fulltime earnings, reporting wages, saving money, and having to pay back social security overpayments.
44:12: Outro.
Episodes referenced:
Black Feminism Part 2: What Puts The Black In Black Feminism?
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-feminism-part-2-what-puts-the-black-in-black-feminism/
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
Raven honors bad ass Cherokee mathematician, Mary Golda Ross, the first known Native American woman aerospace engineer, who researched interplanetary space travel and early orbiting satellites.
Learn More!
Mary Golda Ross: Aerospace Engineer, Educator, and Advocate
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/mary-g-ross-aerospace-engineer
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/mary-ross-a-hidden-figure
Mary Golda Ross: Mathematician, engineer and inspiration
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