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Indeegnance. A word that beautifully captures all that we talk about in today's episode, including genetic-based racism vs assimilationist racism, language and perception, code switching, Beyonce's "Black is King," the burden of representation, and action verses emotion.
1:00 Bobby's sloppy set up: Genetic-based Racism vs Assimilationist Racism
4:30 Both kinds are present in the Swing dance scene
6:30 The wrong end of many conversations
11:00 Language and perception -- the code switch flip
14:00 A Zambian-American in Zambia
20:30 How it relates to Beyonce's Black is King: Artistic privileges vs artistic responsibility
28:00 Burden of representation on minoritized perspectives
32:00 Black women and aggression
33:00 Anger and indignance, action vs emotion
38:00 A white guy claps back?
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