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All Over the Place explores the intersection where race, culture and politics meet. Dara Starr Tucker provides weekly commentary on the topics that impact us all and provides a fresh perspective on how to interrogate these issues through her unique lens as a noted social commentator with over 1,000,000 followers across all social media platforms.
Dara is a singer/songwriter and occasional satirist who uses each of these forms of expression to communicate her passion for deeper human connection and social change. Find her music on all digital outlets and find her on all social media platforms at @darastarrtucker, except on Instagram where she’s @daratuckerB.
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Bonus Episode! Colors of the Wind
By now, most people know that the version of the Pocahontas story that was presented in the 1995 Disney film is mostly fiction. But the story behind the composition of the film’s most famous song is not as well known. It was important to lyricist Stephen Schwartz to pay homage to the history and legacy of the Powhatan people on which the film is based, but in true American fashion, the source material he drew from as the inspiration for the song’s brilliant lyrics paints a through line to Ame...
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EP 40 | Affirmative Action with Qasim Rashid
For the month of May, we’re delving into some deep-dive discussions with a couple of my favorite mutual creators — first up is human rights lawyer, Qasim Rashid. In this episode, we’re talking over the recent decision by the conservative Supreme Court to do away with race-based affirmative action. Since anti-affirmative action activist Edward Blum used a group of Asian students as his battering ram to take down affirmative action, Qasim and I speak to the issue of alleged anti-Asian discrimin...
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EP 39 | Mental Health and the Black Community
I’ve taken some time to look at disparities in health outcomes in the Black community vs. every other racial grouping in the U.S. The numbers are pretty grim. And unfortunately, when we take a look at the mental health profile for Black people as a whole in the U.S., it’s no different. Black people are statistically more likely to suffer from depression, anxiety, PTSD, and they’re more likely to grapple with suicidal ideations. Yet we’re the group that is least likely to seek out help, a...
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EP 38 | Must We Root for "Everybody Black?"
“I’m Rooting for Everybody Black” has become a bit of a rallying cry to indicate our unwavering support for Black creatives, entrepreneurs, techies — anybody that’s repping Black excellence. But the expectation that “Everybody Black” deserves our support can also be an errant one. The death of OJ Simpson brings this topic into greater focus, and it’s worth taking another look at this age-old question in light of what his ascent and downfall meant to the Black community. Are we requi...
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EP 37 | Medical Racism
Medical racism is one of the most under-addressed topics in discussions around healthcare. Maybe that’s because most people don’t really know what it is, or how deeply it impacts communities of color — particularly Black people. Many don’t know it exists at all. But as you’ll hear in this week’s episode, medical racism can kill. In this week’s podcast, I’m bringing you two Breakdowns on racism within the medical community that highlight the dire state of healthcare within the Black commu...
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EP 36 | The Politics of White Grievance
White Grievance is big business. And it's increasingly becoming a more reliable winning strategy on the right. As more and more "Trumpists" are elected to political office, we're beginning to see conspiracies like "The Great Replacement Theory" and "white erasure' be mainstreamed by heroes of the right like Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk and Trump himself.These are no longer the fringe rantings of unhinged political extremists -- these are widely accepted conservative beliefs that are picking up s...