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Friday Feb 04, 2022

Black Disability History Series Day 4: Barbara Jordan

Friday Feb 04, 2022

Raven discusses the numerous accomplishments of legislator and educator, Barbara Jordan, civil rights advocate, the first Black congresswoman from the deep south, and first Black woman elected to the Texas Senate.

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Barbara Jordan Biography

https://www.biography.com/law-figure/barbara-jordan

JORDAN, Barbara Charline

https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/16031

About Barbara Jordan

https://www.kff.org/about-barbara-jordan/

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'Representation matters': How these 4 Black women with disabilities are changing the narrative

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Thursday Feb 03, 2022

Black Disability History Series Day 3: Imani Barbarin

Thursday Feb 03, 2022

Olivia shouts out civil rights advocate, Imani Barbarin, creator of the Crutches & Spice blog about disability rights, life as a Black disabled woman, and connections between racism and ableism.

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CRUTCHES AND SPICE

https://crutchesandspice.com/

https://www.today.com/health/representation-matters-how-these-4-black-women-disabilities-are-changing-t212451

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ELIZA SUGGS: DESPITE PHYSICAL DISABILITIES BECAME AN AMERICAN AUTHOR OF “SHADOWS AND SUNSHINE”

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Wednesday Feb 02, 2022

Black Disability History Series Day 2: Eliza Suggs

Wednesday Feb 02, 2022

Raven talks about author and public speaker, Eliza Suggs, who suffered from osteogenesis imperfecta, also called brittle bone disease.

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https://blackthen.com/eliza-suggs-despite-physical-disabilities-became-an-american-author-of-shadows-and-sunshine/

Disabled Black History: Shining A Light on Disabled Black Authors & Their Work

http://www.rampyourvoice.com/disabled-black-history-shining-a-light-on-disabled-black-authors-their-work/

temperance movement

https://www.britannica.com/topic/temperance-movement

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'Representation matters': How these 4 Black women with disabilities are changing the narrative

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Tuesday Feb 01, 2022

Black Disability History Series Day 1: Keah Brown

Tuesday Feb 01, 2022

Happy Black History Month! Follow our six-part series celebrating Black disabled women who are making, and have made history.

Today, Olivia honors Keah Brown, a prolific writer, Actress, and advocate, author of the essay collection “The Pretty One,” and creator of the hashtag #disabledandcute to celebrate beauty in disabled people.

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Keah Brown’s Website

https://keahbrown.com/

https://www.today.com/health/representation-matters-how-these-4-black-women-disabilities-are-changing-t212451

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Thursday Jan 27, 2022

Stereotypes: Live Them OR Leave Them?

Thursday Jan 27, 2022

Olivia and Raven talk about negative and “positive” stereotypes, perceiving marginalized communities in the context of misconceptions, and the conflict of being yourself and avoiding stereotypical tendencies.

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Are The Helpless Disabled People Ruining It For All of Us?

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Discussion Summary:

01:05: Topic intro.

02:48: Defining stereotype, and explaining negative and positive stereotypes.

05:46: Consequences of positive stereotypes.

12:27: The internal conflict regarding stereotypes and being yourself, and misconceptions influencing people’s perceptions.

27:16: Feeling responsible for influencing misconceptions, and the greatest problem with stereotypes.

30:10: Outro.

Episode Referenced:

https://isquared.podbean.com/e/are-the-helpless-disabled-people-ruining-it-for-all-of-us/

Thursday Jan 20, 2022

How Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Is Weaponized and Sanitized

Thursday Jan 20, 2022

Olivia and Raven share the history behind Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and discuss misconceptions about MLK’s impact, how he’s been misremembered, and why quoting him is usually offensive.

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How the Martin Luther King Jr. birthday became a holiday

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Discussion Summary:

01:05: Topic intro, and frustrations with people weaponizing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his quotes.

04:13: How MLK Jr. Day became a federal holiday.

08:58: Misconceptions about race relations after Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered.

14:18: Believing everything MLK touched turned to gold.

19:30: How Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has been misremembered, and the assumption that civil rights legislation ended racial discrimination.

38:05: How MLK quotes are weaponized against Black people.

57:37: Outro.

Learn More!

https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/how-martin-luther-king-jr-s-birthday-became-a-holiday-3

10 Historians on What People Still Don't Know About Martin Luther King Jr.

https://time.com/5197679/10-historians-martin-luther-king-jr/

Martin Luther King, Jr.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Martin-Luther-King-Jr/Legacy

By the end of his life, Martin Luther King realized the validity of violence

https://timeline.com/by-the-end-of-his-life-martin-luther-king-realized-the-validity-of-violence-4de177a8c87b

7 inconvenient truths white people must understand about Martin Luther King Jr.

https://thegrio.com/2021/01/18/martin-luther-king-inconvenient-truths-white-people/

The 15 best quotes from Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech

https://www.deseret.com/2013/8/28/20524757/martin-luther-king-jr-day-quotes-i-have-a-dream-speech

Episodes Referenced:

Criticizing Our Country, American Identity, and American Propaganda

https://isquared.podbean.com/e/criticizing-our-country-american-identity-and-american-propaganda/

Black Beauty Highlight on Diane Nash

https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-beauty-highlight-an-unsung-heroine-of-the-civil-rights-movement/

Black Beauty Highlight on Bayard Rustin

https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-beauty-highlight-a-mastermind-of-the-civil-rights-movement/

Insight On the Side: Can Genuine Friendships Form Across Racial Lines?

https://isquared.podbean.com/e/insight-on-the-side-can-genuine-friendships-form-across-racial-lines/

Are The Helpless Disabled People Ruining It For All of Us?

https://isquared.podbean.com/e/are-the-helpless-disabled-people-ruining-it-for-all-of-us/

Thursday Jan 13, 2022

Playing The Disabled Card, and Disability Privilege

Thursday Jan 13, 2022

Olivia and Raven talk about the occasional privileges granted to disabled people, struggles alongside disability privilege, playing the “disabled card,” and the view that we should be above receiving handouts.

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Insight On The Side: Understanding and Recognizing Privilege

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Discussion Summary:

01:05: Topic intro, different ways disability privilege manifests, and being offered lessened responsibilities as disabled people.

07:03: The advantage to having a visible disability vs the disadvantage of having an invisible disability.

13:30: Personal experiences with disability privilege.

21:33: Difficulties alongside disability privilege.

24:19: Confusing accommodations with privileges.

47:09: Playing the “disabled card.”

55:47: Disabled folks who pride themselves on refusing handouts.

1:03:38: Outro.

Episodes Referenced:

https://isquared.podbean.com/e/insight-on-the-side-understanding-and-recognizing-privilege/

Entitled to Exclude: When Privilege Is Weaponized

https://isquared.podbean.com/e/entitled-to-exclude-when-privilege-is-weaponized/

Friday Jan 07, 2022

Criticizing Our Country, American Identity, and American Propaganda

Friday Jan 07, 2022

Olivia and Raven share their thoughts on what they find beautiful and disappointing about American identity, and living in this country as members of marginalized communities.

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Discussion Summary

01:07: Episode begins, addressing the conflation of criticizing the US with hating the US, and American identity propaganda.

05:15: How fractured American society is, despite claims of being united, and hiding from the horrors in American history.

12:15: Thinking the US is the best country in the world.

21:06: Frustration with having to fight for freedoms that are already supposedly granted to us.

22:43: Failure of our political system to represent all Americans.

31:58: The belief that changing laws for certain Americans is “anti-American,” and appreciation for living in an individualistic society.

36:50: Response to “If you don’t like it here, you can leave,” AND advocating for a dominant culture.

49:00: Outro.

Thursday Dec 30, 2021

Black Hope, Luck, and Celebration: Honoring The New Year

Thursday Dec 30, 2021

To close out the year, Raven performs poetry by two Black writers, and Olivia describes a Black American New Year’s Day tradition.

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