The White Supremacy Playbook with KL Collins

KL Collins is a Cornell University graduate who has worked for several large studios, including Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., and DreamWorks. After years of writing as hobby, he took a draft of his screenplay, Talk Show, and used it to gain entrance into the Guy Hanks and Marvin Miller Screenwriting Fellowship Program at the University of Southern California.  Kevin has written a number of books but more recently, he has completed his third book—his first non-fiction work—The White Supremacy Playbook: Decoded about the inner workings of white supremacy and its impact on Blacks and other people of color.  We are so excited to discuss his latest endeavor and to catch up Kevin today on CTN w/JD Fuller

What You Will Hear:

• The motivation behind Kevin’s new book, The White Supremacy Playbook: Decoded
• Tone, anger, sadness and the message
• White supremacy indoctrination
• The manifestations of racism
• The unfortunate marriage of racism and misogyny
• Collateral damage
• Hollywood’s racism and desensitizing
• Rebranding:  What does it look like to rebrand the US and the world. 
• What Kevin has learned throughout the years and throughout the process.

Quotes:

“People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.”

“When I worked in corporate, I didn't try to sit at the table. If I went into a conference room with a bunch of people, a lot of times I would go sit on the wall and you don't realize all the different ways in which you're subliminally saying, I don't see myself as being valid sitting there.”

“We've been living in this narrative as if it's reality, and now we're starting to deconstruct it and realize that it's narrative. It's not reality.”

“There's a discomfort of seeing black people congregating, even if they're just having fun, that makes some people uncomfortable.”

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