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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 Mar 17, 2022
Thursday Mar 17, 2022
Olivia and Raven share their frustrations with the lack of disability inclusion in the stories of prominent disabled people, and problems with overlooking disability history.
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Discussion Summary:
01:06: The lack of disability inclusion in content covering the life stories of disabled people.
05:51: The importance of representing disability history.
13:56: The impression that disabled people haven’t contributed to society, and leaving disability out of famous people’s stories because they didn’t let disability define them.
19:12: Excluding disabled audiences and their loved ones, and seeking encouragement in history as a disabled person.
22:31: The need for a happy medium of disability inclusion.
30:17: Discrimination and accountability.
38:20: Outro.
Episodes referenced:
Black Disability History Series Day 4: Barbara Jordan
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-disability-history-series-day-4-barbara-jordan/
Native Women’s History Highlight: Wilma Mankiller
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/native-women-s-history-highlight-wilma-mankiller/
Black Disability History Series Day 6: Claudia Gordon
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-disability-history-series-day-6-claudia-gordon/
Insight On the Side: Disability Pride, and Struggles For Acceptance
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/insight-on-the-side-disability-pride-and-struggles-for-acceptance/
Black Disability History Series Day 2: Eliza Suggs
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-disability-history-series-day-2-eliza-suggs/
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Olivia talks about the life, successes, and service of Wilma Mankiller, who is thought to have been the first female chief of the Cherokee people, known for her efforts in improving access to housing, health care, and education for her community, among numerous other contributions.
Learn more!
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/wilma-mankiller
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Friday Mar 11, 2022
Friday Mar 11, 2022
Olivia and Raven dive into key aspects of Black feminist ideology, some core concepts of Black feminism, including intersectionality and misogynoir, and dismantle common misconceptions.
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Discussion Summary:
01:01: Topic intro.
02:57: Explaining key concepts of Black feminist thought: respectability politics, controlling images, and misogynoir.
14:13: Continuing with core concepts: intersectionality, multiple jeopardy, womanism, and homeplace.
33:39: Two organizations that apply intersectionality in their activism.
39:32: Misconceptions about Black feminism.
55:34: Outro.
Episodes Referenced:
Black Feminism Part 1: Discrimination In Women’s Liberation, and Black Liberation
Television, Movies, and Black Representation
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/television-movies-and-black-representation/
Why Is Submission Equated With Femininity?
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/why-is-submission-equated-with-femininity/
Learn More!
7 Black Feminist Concepts You Need to Know
https://blackfeminisms.com/black-feminist-concepts/
A Brief History of Black Feminism in the United States
https://blackfeminisms.com/black-feminism/
(1977) THE COMBAHEE RIVER COLLECTIVE STATEMENT
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/combahee-river-collective-statement-1977/
Monday Mar 07, 2022
Monday Mar 07, 2022
Raven shares the herstory of this Navajo Nation councilwoman, remembered for her health care advocacy, leading her tribe’s fight against tuberculosis, and saving lives by educating her community about modern medicine through various media.
Learn More!
https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/annie-dodge-wauneka/
Annie Dodge Wauneka, Navajo Leader
https://ncwhs.org/landmarks/annie-dodge-wauneka-navajo-leader/
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Music credit: "Chill Wave" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Friday Mar 04, 2022
Friday Mar 04, 2022
In this first of two episodes on Black feminism, Olivia and Raven explore the beginnings of women’s rights advocacy in the US, anti-Black attitudes in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, and the herstories and activism of three mothers of Black feminism.
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Discussion Summary:
01:01: Topic INTRO.
02:58: The differences between feminism and Black feminism.
04:55: The beginnings of women’s rights advocacy in the US, and its ties to fighting for Black liberation.
08:17: Herstory of activist and Black feminist Sojourner Truth.
11:04: Anti-Black sentiments in the women’s suffrage Movement after Black men WERE granted voting rights.
24:20: Herstory and activism of Black feminist Anna Julia Cooper.
29:55: Ida B. Wells’ herstory and activism.
43:05: Using the right to vote to illustrate how Black women are excluded in steps toward women’s liberation and Black liberation.
46:18: Outro.
Episodes referenced:
Black Disability History Series Day 2: Eliza Suggs
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-disability-history-series-day-2-eliza-suggs/
Learn More!
https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/not-for-ourselves-alone/abolition-suffrage/
The Root: How Racism Tainted Women's Suffrage
https://www.npr.org/2011/03/25/134849480/the-root-how-racism-tainted-womens-suffrage
How Early Suffragists Left Black Women Out of Their Fight
https://www.history.com/news/suffragists-vote-black-women
Celebrate Women’s Suffrage, but Don't Whitewash the Movement's Racism
https://www.aclu.org/blog/womens-rights/celebrate-womens-suffrage-dont-whitewash-movements-racism
THEN AND NOW: GOALS OF THE WOMEN'S RIGHTS MOVEMENTS
https://info.populationmedia.org/blog/then-and-now-goals-of-the-womens-rights-movements
The Original Activists: Black Feminism and the Black Feminist Movement
https://now.org/blog/the-original-activists-black-feminism-and-the-black-feminist-movement/
Monday Feb 28, 2022
Monday Feb 28, 2022
BOlivia and Raven discuss controversial views on the Black National Anthem, the belief that acknowledging Black culture is divisive, and why talking about oppression in the United States is received as an attack on American identity.
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Discussion Summary:
01:05: Topic intro, responding to the sentiment that honoring the Black National Anthem is divisive.
04:56: Acknowledging Blackness or including Black people sparks rage in many non-Black Americans.
06:23: Reminders about the sentiments and inclusivity of the Black National Anthem, and the difference in sentiments of the “Star-Spangled Banner.”
09:28: Blaming racial disunity in the US on Black people, and viewing safe spaces for marginalized communities as discriminatory.
16:55: Challenging American identity by talking about oppression in the US, or participating in your own culture when it isn’t the dominant culture.
35:13: Why there is a greater need for safe spaces for marginalized groups alongside integration.
42:15: What’s problematic about criticizing acknowledgements of Black culture, instead of criticizing systemic racism.
44:50: Outro.
Episodes Referenced:
James Weldon Johnson and the Black National Anthem
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/james-weldon-johnson-and-the-black-national-anthem/
Criticizing Our Country, American Identity, and American Propaganda
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/criticizing-our-country-american-identity-and-american-propaganda/
Rosa Parks: Beyond The Bus and The Montgomery Bus Boycott
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/rosa-parks-beyond-the-bus-and-the-montgomery-bus-boycott/
The Resistance In Our Blood: Challenging Segregated Buses Didn’t Start With Rosa Parks
The National Anthem, Commentary, and Controversy
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/the-national-anthem-commentary-and-controversy/
The One-Dimensional View of Racism, and Misconceptions About Critical Race Theory
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/the-one-dimensional-view-of-racism-and-misconceptions-about-critical-race-theory/
Thursday Feb 24, 2022
Thursday Feb 24, 2022
Olivia and Raven share details of Rosa Parks' personal life, her extensive activism, and realities of her arrest and The Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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Discussion Summary:
01:05: Topic intro, Rosa Parks’ story didn’t start on a Montgomery bus.
02:34: Rosa Parks’ childhood, personal life, and activism outside of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
19:49: The Montgomery bus incident and her arrest.
24:03: Beginnings and aftermath of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
33:58: Thoughts on how discussions about racial violence against Black people is a necessity in the Black community, but a choice for white people.
39:58: Commemorations of Rosa Parks.
48:39: Outro.
Episodes Referenced:
How Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Is Weaponized and Sanitized
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/how-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-is-weaponized-and-sanitized/
The Resistance In Our Blood: Challenging Segregated Buses Didn’t Start With Rosa Parks
James Weldon Johnson and the Black National Anthem
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/james-weldon-johnson-and-the-black-national-anthem/
Learn More!
"Beyond the Bus: Rosa Parks’ Lifelong Struggle for Justice"
https://www.loc.gov/collections/rosa-parks-papers/articles-and-essays/beyond-the-bus/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rosa-Parks
https://www.rosaparks.org/biography/
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/montgomery-bus-boycott
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Olivia and Raven share the story of Claudette Colvin, who also has a story of refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus, details of the Browder v. Gayle court case, and rarely-mentioned facts about the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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Discussion Summary:
01:05: Topic intro.
03:22: Claudette Colvin’s story of refusing to give up her bus seat, and being arrested for defying segregation laws.
10:22: Browder V. Gayle, the most important Civil Rights court case you never heard of, and details of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
19:53: The need for more coverage of young people involved in the Civil Rights Movement, and why Claudette’s case wasn’t taken on by the NAACP.
28:17: Using Rosa Parks’ story to bury those of other civil rights activists, and the benefit of learning about the diversity of people who’ve made Black history.
38:05: Outro.
Episodes Referenced:
How Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Is Weaponized and Sanitized
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/how-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-is-weaponized-and-sanitized/
JWJ and the Black National Anthem
Colorism
Learn More!
Before Rosa Parks, There Was Claudette Colvin
https://www.npr.org/2009/03/15/101719889/before-rosa-parks-there-was-claudette-colvin
https://www.biography.com/activist/claudette-colvin
https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/summer-2016/browder-v-gayle
Friday Feb 11, 2022
Friday Feb 11, 2022
Olivia and Raven talk about activist and educator, James Weldon Johnson, the details and significance of the Silent Protest Parade, and their views on “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” also called the Black National Anthem.
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Discussion Summary:
01:05: Topic intro, and the failure to adequately cover the contributions of Black people in curriculum.
03:57: James Weldon Johnson’s life, career, writings, and beginnings in the NAACP.
17:20: Details and significance of the Silent Protest Parade, organized by James Weldon Johnson.
24:35: Johnson’s subsequent activism.
27:46: How “Lift Every Voice and Sing” became the Black National Anthem, and thoughts on the choice to commemorate Abraham Lincoln’s birthday.
35:46: Differences between The Black National Anthem and “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
44:49: Commemorations of James Weldon Johnson.
52:24: Outro.
Episodes Referenced:
How Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Is Weaponized and Sanitized
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/how-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-is-weaponized-and-sanitized/
Why Is Pro-Black Anti-American?
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/why-is-pro-black-anti-american/
Police Brutality In the US: History, Stats and Studies
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/police-brutality-in-the-us-history-stats-and-studies/
Augusta Savage Black Beauty Highlight
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-beauty-highlight-an-artist-and-activist-of-the-harlem-renaissance/
Zora Neale Hurston Black Beauty Highlight
https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-beauty-highlight-a-writer-and-anthropologist/
Learn More!
https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/civil-rights-leaders/james-weldon-johnson
James Weldon Johnson Biography
https://www.biography.com/writer/james-weldon-johnson
James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection
https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/collections/curatorial-areas/james-weldon-johnson-memorial-collection
JAMES WELDON JOHNSON (1871-1938)
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/johnson-james-weldon-1871-1938/
Till Victory Is Won: The Staying Power Of 'Lift Every Voice And Sing'
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/16/638324920/american-anthem-lift-every-voice-and-sing-black-national-anthem
Behind the Song: “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”
https://etmonline.org/stories/bhm2020lifteveryvoice/#newsletter
Sunday Feb 06, 2022
Sunday Feb 06, 2022
Raven highlights attorney, Claudia Gordon, the first deaf Black woman lawyer in the U.S., who fights ableism through her work in the federal government, and leadership in the Black deaf community, and broader deaf community.
This episode concludes our Black Disability History Series.
Learn More!
Owning Otherness | Claudia Gordon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lMtaZ3uoNg
Claudia Gordon: An Advocate for the Deaf and Disabled
https://theweco.com/claudia-gordon-an-advocate-for-the-deaf-and-disabled-2/
Meet the Women of the Administration: Claudia Gordon
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2010/08/30/meet-women-administration-claudia-gordon
First Female Deaf Black Lawyer Claudia Gordon, Anti-Discrimination Advocate
https://www.respectability.org/2018/02/first-deaf-african-american-lawyer-claudia-gordon-anti-discrimination-advocate/
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Music Credit: Thanks to PurplePlanet.com for the intro music!