133 episodes

Welcome to the Carefree and Black Diaries podcast, where we discuss everything from culture, politics, music, and education. Every other Tuesday, join Shaakira White, an HBCU grad and life enthusiast, as she discusses new topics. If you want to listen to life altering lessons, laughs with friends, and more, this is the podcast for you.

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Welcome to the Carefree and Black Diaries podcast, where we discuss everything from culture, politics, music, and education. Every other Tuesday, join Shaakira White, an HBCU grad and life enthusiast, as she discusses new topics. If you want to listen to life altering lessons, laughs with friends, and more, this is the podcast for you.

Support this podcast on Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/shaakirawhite

    Let's talk about New Year's Resolutions

    Let's talk about New Year's Resolutions

    Is February too late to talk about resolutions? I mean, January felt like a trial month anyway, so let's get into it.

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    • 22 min
    Waiting on Inspiration is Futile

    Waiting on Inspiration is Futile

    How many times have you waited to be inspired in order to do something you've wanted to do for some time now? Yeah, let's get into it. 

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    • 33 min
    BLACKTOBER: The Problem with Black Excellence

    BLACKTOBER: The Problem with Black Excellence

    Black Excellence is nice and all but I can't get down with how the concept uses a Black person's accomplishments to measure their worth as a person. Nah. 

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    • 27 min
    BLACKTOBER: What is Environmental Racism?

    BLACKTOBER: What is Environmental Racism?

    What's happening in Flint and Jackson are both results of a thing called, Environmental Racism. Let's get informed on what that means and how it impacts Black communities across the country. 

    Article Links: http://news.unm.edu/news/the-complicated-history-of-environmental-racism ,

    https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/the-trump-administration-finds-that-environmental-racism-is-real/554315/ ,

    https://www.britannica.com/event/Flint-water-crisis ,

    https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2021/04/22/environmental-racism-examples ,

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62783900

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    • 22 min
    BLACKTOBER: You got a Picasso in your house!

    BLACKTOBER: You got a Picasso in your house!

    Have you ever thought about our obsession with struggle and "getting it out the mud"? Well, I have. Let's talk about it. 

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    • 23 min
    BLACKTOBER: The Other Side of the Tracks

    BLACKTOBER: The Other Side of the Tracks

    Let's talk about how railroads and highways uprooted and segregated Black communities. In the 19th century, the railroad system was used as a means to keep Black communities away from White ones with the highway systems following that model shortly after. 

    Article links: 

    Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/07/16/how-railroads-highways-and-other-man-made-lines-racially-divide-americas-cities/

    NPR: https://www.npr.org/2021/04/07/984784455/a-brief-history-of-how-racism-shaped-interstate-highways

    Deborah Archer: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3539889

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    • 25 min