Episode 56—The Antidote to White Supremacy Culture is Black JOY

Sisters Audrey and Melannie unite on the microphone after several weeks away. They catch listeners up on what’s been happening with them which leads to their emotional discussion about the “toll” Black people pay existing in White Supremacist Culture. Their conversation is raw and unapologetic. They conclude with the declaration that the antidote to white supremacist culture is Black JOY!

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The Cycle of Socialization (.pdf)

The Cycle of Liberation (.pdf)

White Supremacist Culture

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Episode 54—What White Women Said & A New Way to Learn

The Sisters chat with Christine Harrison, Melannie’s White Woman friend who recently completed her doctoral research on White Women Teaching in majority-Black and Brown Classrooms. Christie shares the concept of her study and findings. In the second half-hour, the Sisters and Dr. Harrison are joined by Cherry Steinwender, Executive Director of the Center for the Healing of Racism out of Houston, TX. They explore an exciting evolution to teach DEI and leadership through the metaphor of golf. Also, announcing – The People’s Golf Gathering!

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Episode 53—Desperate Racists: The Tide Is Shifting

As more and more “everyday people” choose to opt-out of the racist system this country was built upon, the die-hard racists are showing their desperate ways. Join the sisters as they discuss examples of what that desperation looks like, both nationally and locally.

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Episode 38 (encore): Caucasity

This encore episode discusses the concept of Caucasity: the audacity of white people. Meaning, the willingness to take bold risks only white people feel safe doing. Join the Sisters as they provide recent examples of their lived experiences with caucasity in the workplace and their strategies to combat it.

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Episode 50—”Firsts” with Ben Kweku-ldun

In this episode of What say U? the sisters talk “firsts” with Ben Kweku-ldun, owner of the Elmina Bay Resort in Ghana, West Africa; Melanie on location in Ghana and sister Audrey from her home in Tacoma. Ben blazed a trail of “firsts” as an executive and board member of prestigious organizations in the UK and Europe before returning to Ghana in his later years to found the resort, where Melanie spent some time during her latest trip to the continent.

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Episode 4 (Encore): Living While Black

In this special “encore,” we revisit Episode 4, Living While Black, where the sisters discuss situations where white people call the police on black people and offer recommendations on how the situation can be avoided.

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