The IDE Impolite Conversation Podcast The Iconoclast Dinner Experience (IDE)

Dr. Lezli kicks off Season 2 of IDE Impolite Conversation exploring race as social construct with leading anti-caste expert, journalist, and award-winning author, Yashica Dutt. Yashica is the author of “Coming Out As Dalit: A Memoir”. The two explore Yashica’s journey hiding her lower, “formerly untouchable” Dalit caste, why "nobody cares about caste anymore" is laughable, passing as an upper caste Indian, and why ALL Indian cultural exports from movies to food have to be viewed through the lens of caste.
Relevant and Recommended Reads: 
Rare Caste Bias Case Advances, Raising Calls for Federal Action All Cal State universities add caste to anti-discrimination policy Lagaan to Dhadak: Bollywood has a Dalit problem and it refuses to fix it  
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Pod Team = Lezli Levene Harvell (Host & Executive Producer) / Duresny “Rez” Nemorin (Producer) / Justin Bates (Sound Engineer) 
 
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Continuing the first theme of Season 2, IDE Impolite Conversation is exploring race as a social construct. The first three episodes of the season explore how the “race” or social stratification can be changed with the stroke of a pen or even purchased. In this episode Dr. Lezli is joined by the founding director of the Wits Centre for Diversity Studies (WiCDS) in Johannnesburg, Dr. Melissa Steyn. Since 2014, Dr. Steyn has held the South African National Chair (SARChI) Chair in Critical Diversity Studies and is an expert on Whiteness Studies. Dr. Steyn is the author of “Whiteness just isn't what it used to be: White identity in a changing South Africa.” The two converse about what it means to be a White person in South Africa 25+ years post-apartheid.  
 
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Relevant and Recommended Reads: 
Umqombothi The Traditional South African Beer Of The Xhosa Tribe - Travel Noire ​Rise of the shebeen queens - The Mail & Guardian A Guide to South Africa’s Historic Shebeen Speakeasies | Vogue  
IDE Impolite Conversation is available on all major platforms. 🎧 Listen 🎧 on our YouTube Channel or wherever you get your podcasts. 
 
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Pod Team = Lezli Levene Harvell (Host & Executive Producer) / Duresny “Rez” Nemorin (Producer) / Justin Bates (Sound Engineer) 
 
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According to the US Census, the Native American population has grown by 1600% from 1960 to 2020. We’re closing out our theme of race as a social construct by exploring the phenomenon of White men purchasing Native American identity prevalent in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Dr. Lezli is joined by Dr. Gregory Smithers, a professor of American history at Virginia Commonwealth University and author of Reclaiming Two-Spirits. His book is a sweeping history of indigenous traditions of gender, sexuality, and resistance. The two converse about what set the train of $5 Indians in motion, why it was so easy and lucrative for White men to purchase Indigenous identity, and why present-day Indigenous tribal leaders are grappling with what to do with the descendants of those who purchased Indigenous identity and are currently on tribal rolls.
 
Relevant and Recommended Reads: 
Dawes Act (1887) | National Archives Paying to Play Indian: The Dawes Rolls and the Legacy of $5 Indians The race-shifting of 'Pretendians' : NPR IDE Impolite Conversation is available on all major platforms. 🎧 Listen 🎧 on our YouTube Channel or wherever you get your podcasts. 
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Pod Team = Dr. Lezli Levene Harvell (Host & Executive Producer) / Justin Bates (Sound Engineer) 

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In the premiere episode, Creator of The Iconoclast Dinner Experience (IDE), Executive Producer and host of The IDE Impolite Conversation Podcast, Lezli Levene Harvell begins her first episode introducing the podcast and episode one of a five part series of conversations beginning at the height of the coronavirus, reflecting a timely perspective on the global pandemic how it shines a lights on our food supply chain, its impact on culture, Black businesses and potentially the Black middle class.
The first episode under the theme “Climate Change + COVID-19 + Communities of Color, Lezli is joined by Jim Robbins, Montana based free-lance journalist for the New York Times, covering climate change and the environment, as well as Mary I. Williams, assistant director of community and student engagement at the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice in New Orleans, LA . The conversation between the three examines how climate change influenced an environmental shift where the coronavirus could not only survive, but thrive. Lezli also examines the cross section of environmental, economic, and social-cultural factors that contribute to how communities of color have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, and how Black and Brown communities have been historically impacted by climate change over time and unequally protected during recovery efforts.
Jim Robbins @jimrobbins19
Deep South Center for Environmental Justice @dscej
EPISODE TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE FOR OUR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING FAMILY
Relevant and Recommended Reads: 
The Ecology of Disease - By Jim Robbins  Air pollution may be ‘key contributor’ to Covid-19 deaths – study   People of Color Are on the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis  CALL TO ACTION
Breonna Taylor Was Killed In Her Home on March 13, 2020 by Louisville Police Officers Sgt. Jon Mattingly, Myles Cosgrove, and Brett Hankison. The Officers Have Yet To Be Arrested. Here are some of the ways you can help.
Sign the official petition calling for justice in Breonna Taylor's case. It only takes a minute Donate directly to Breonna’s Family using the GoFundMe Link Flood social media with the hashtag #JusticeforBre  Donate to the Louisville Community Bail Fund to support protestors on the ground 🎧 Listen 🎧 on #applepodcasts , #spotify , or wherever you get podcasts
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Podcast Team = Lezli Levene Harvell (Host & Executive Producer) / Hayley Vaughn (Producer) / Justin Bates (Sound Engineer) 
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In the first ON THE YARD edition, Creator of The Iconoclast Dinner Experience (IDE), Executive Producer and host of The IDE Impolite Conversation Podcast, Lezli Levene Harvell begins the second episode introducing one of ON THE YARD’s co-host, her eldest daughter and Spelman College student, Zuri Levene Harvell. Episode two of a five part series of conversations beginning at the height of the coronavirus, reflecting a timely perspective on the global pandemic how it shines a light on our food supply chain, its impact on culture, Black businesses and potentially the Black middle class. ON THE YARD explores topics through the lens of HBCU students and recent grads.
 
Lezli and Zuri are joined by two Environmental Studies Majors at Howard University; Autumn McNeill '20 and Danurius "Danny Williams '21. The conversation between the four examines some of the HBCU specific ways in which Autumn’s senior year was impacted, how Autumn and Danny’s family experiences with asthma and Hurricane Katrina respectively inspired them to double-major in environmental studies, how communities of color are impacted by climate change, and what their peers’ call to action should be this election season. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE FOR OUR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING FAMILY
 
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Autumn McNeill @environmentalbae
Danny Williams @Danurius_Leviy
Howard University @howard1867 @howardenvironmental
Spelman College @spelman_college
 
Relevant and Recommended Reads
Climate Change, Health, and Environmental Justice Climate Change Threatens the World’s Food Supply, United Nations Warns From Apples to Popcorn, Climate Change Is Altering the Foods America Grows  
CALL TO ACTION
Breonna Taylor Was Killed In Her Home on March 13, 2020 by Louisville Police Officers Sgt. Jon Mattingly, Myles Cosgrove, and Brett Hankison. The Officers Have Yet To Be Arrested. Here are some of the ways you can help.
Sign the official petition calling for justice in Breonna Taylor's case. It only takes a minute Donate directly to Breonna’s Family using the GoFundMe Link Flood social media with the hashtag #JusticeforBre  Donate to the Louisville Community Bail Fund to support protestors on the ground  
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Have thoughts on this episode? Share them on social media using the hashtag #IDEimpoliteconversation Also follow the podcast on Instagram and Twitter @icondinner and email press@iconoclastdinner.com with feedback or questions! You can support by rating and reviewing us.
 
Podcast Team = Lezli Levene Harvell (Host & Executive Producer) / Zuri Levene Harvell (Co-Host) / Danielle Pearman (Producer) / Justin Bates (Sound Engineer) 
 
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The third episode under the theme “Climate Change + COVID-19 + Communities of Color” Lezli is joined by, a Metropolitan Policy Fellow at the Brookings Institution and two business owners/restaurateurs; James Beard Award winning chef; Nina Compton and award-winning marketer turned restaurant owner Karl Franz Williams. Karl and Nina share their battles with financial hardship during the global crisis. Perry is the author of the recently published book, Know Your Price Valuing Black Lives and Property in America's Black Cities; Nina, is owner of Compère Lapin and Bywater American Bistro in New Orleans; and Karl Franz Williams is owner of 67 Orange Street, in Harlem as well as the Anchor Spa in New Haven, Connecticut. The conversation between these four tackles how the legacy of systemic racism (eg red lining, discriminatory lending practices) has made Black businesses more susceptible to failure in comparison to their White counterparts both prior to the crisis and amidst the crisis. Lezli and her guests discuss data about the uneven distribution of funding from government recovery efforts (eg CARES Act) and why the legacy of discriminatory lending practices contributes to the uneven distribution of recovery dollars. Andre shares solutions and they wrestle with the troubling question of what America’s cultural landscape may look like if Black owned restaurants do not prevail. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE FOR OUR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING FAMILY
Relevant and Recommended Reads: 
Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America’s Black Cities - By Andre M. Perry New Report Reveals Gaps in Access to Credit for Minority-Owned Small Businesses Harlem Bar Navigates COVID-19 Changing Rules - NPR News MBDA and CARES Act Funding  Without more help, black-owned businesses might not survive the pandemic by Eugene Cornelius Jr. for CNN Business Perspectives Nina Compton @ninacompton
Karl Franz Williams @mrkarlfranz
Andre M. Perry @andreperryedu
CALL TO ACTION
Write a letter to your senators and local congressperson to request the recovery and stimulus funds are being pushed down to the US Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency In your letter ask that businesses in zipcodes in low socio-economic communities are prioritized in funding Breonna Taylor Was Killed In Her Home on March 13, 2020 by Louisville Police Officers Sgt. Jon Mattingly, Myles Cosgrove, and Brett Hankison. The Officers Have Yet To Be Arrested. Here are some of the ways you can help.
Sign the official petition calling for justice in Breonna Taylor's case. It only takes a minute Donate directly to Breonna’s Family using the GoFundMe Link Flood social media with the hashtag #JusticeforBre  Donate to the Louisville Community Bail Fund to support protestors on the ground  
🎧 Listen 🎧 on #applepodcasts , #spotify , or wherever you get podcasts
Have thoughts on this episode? Share them on social media using the hashtag #IDEimpoliteconversation Also follow the podcast on Instagram and Twitter and email press@iconoclastdinner.com with feedback or questions! You can support by rating and reviewing us.
Podcast Team = Lezli Levene Harvell (Host & Executive Producer) / Rez Nemorin (Producer) / Justin Bates (Sound Engineer) 
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