197 episodes
Colors: A Dialogue on Race in America The Colors Podcast
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- Society & Culture
Colors is a frank discussion about race. Join JJ Green, who is black and guests of different racial backgrounds as they discuss the challenges the nation faces as it struggles to heal and make meaningful changes for racial equality. It's a safe, non-judgmental, apolitical space to discuss race. Join us.
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194 | Sasa Akil returns with a new book
Sasa first joined us four years ago when she was 17 years old. She's now 21, a college graduate, a former "Poet Laureate" and now a new author of a fascinating chapbook about her life, love of music, and her "blackness and all o' that". Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
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193 | Jewish and Palestinian students stand together as campus clashes erupt
ATIDNA International Founder and President Elijah Kahlenberg, who is Jewish, and Vice President Jadd Hashem, who is Palestinian talk about their group and its effort to find and promote common ground on Jewish and Palestinian issues. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
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192 | Natasha Ghoneim | International Journalist
In a very powerful episode, Natasha talks about growing up as a little "brown girl" in Iowa City, Iowa and the moment she realized she was being "othered". She also talks about her career, her observations regarding race in America today, and her deep commitment to diversity in newsrooms across America. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.co...
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191 | Take Off Your Hoop Earrings Before You Put on Your Gas Mask
Author Traci Scott, a former journalist, staffer on Capitol Hill and a civilian who spent time in Iraq during the height of the Iraq war, talks about her crazy, amazing story in this book. It's called..."Take Off Your Hoop Earrings Before You Put on Your Gas Mask: A Civilian Chick's Guide to Surviving a War Zone Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.
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190 | A conversation with the author of "Where River's Part"
Kao Kalia Yang, an award-winning Hmong author, tells the emotional story of her family's immigration to the U.S, "A mesmerizing and hauntingly beautiful memoir about a Hmong family’s epic journey to safety told from the perspective of the author’s incredible mother who survived, and helped her family escape, against all odds." Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colo...
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189 | No Box to Check: When the Census Doesn’t Reflect You
New York Times writer Karen Zraick, discusses some really interesting research about what we can expect to see in the next census and why it matters to everyone right now. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs Global with JJ Green on YouTube. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.