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Episode #35: Is R&B The Jim Crow Section?

Release Date: 12/07/2020

Your Great-Grandmother Wasn’t a Cherokee Princess // $5 Indians

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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 , a professor of American history at Virginia Commonwealth University and author of . 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...

Being White Ain't What It Used to Be: 25+ Yrs Post-Apartheid

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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...

“Formerly Untouchable” Castes // Passing While Indian

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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 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: IDE Impolite Conversation is...

Episode #42: “On The Yard” Season Finale Part 2: COVID-19 Updates From Previous Guests

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Episode #41: Gilded Africans, Napoleon, and January 1st

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Lezli has her final deep dive of Season One with Dr. Régine Jean-Charles, associate professor of French and African and African Diaspora Studies at Boston College. During this penultimate episode of the season, the two discuss Haiti's significance as the first Black republic, the global significance of Haiti’s defeat of France, as well as the Haitian sacrament that takes place around the world on January 1st.

Episode #40: “On The Yard” Season Finale Part 1: COVID-19 Updates From Previous Guests

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Season 1 closes out with the first of a two part conversation. They get an update from Zuri’s classmate, Chantia Murphy ‘21 who joined for Episode #4 . Earlier in the season Chantia shared the financial impact of COVID-19 on her family meant she might not be able to return to Spelman for her senior year. nWith first semester complete Chantia provides an update.

Episode #39: The Meticulous Architecture of the Country Music Myth: Vol. 2

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Lezli finishes up her two-part conversation with Dr. Charles L. Hughes, author of Country Soul: Making Music and Making Race in the American South, which was named by Rolling Stone, as one of the Best Music Books of 2015. The two explore prominent Black R&B and Soul artists such as Ray Charles that also made Country albums, how Charley Pride navigated the homogeneity of the Country Music genre, the dynamic that created the Lil Nas X controversy, and what his hopes are for the future of Country Music.

Episode #38: “On The Yard” HBCU Students on Venture Capital

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Lezli and her ON THE YARD co-host Zuri;Spelman College ‘21 have a conversation with two HBCU VC Fellows Kendall Camp; Morehouse College ‘22 Host of Privileged Black Kids Podcast and Trea'jure Dahl Spelman College ‘22. The four explore the minuscule percentage of VC dollars going to Black-owned startups, how they became interested in VC, what makes VC internships uniquely difficult to obtain, and how students should leverage their campus community whether they're interested in VC or not.

Episode #37: The Meticulous Architecture of the Country Music Myth: Vol. 1

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Lezli continues her exploration of American music with a two-part conversation with Dr. Charles L. Hughes, author of Country Soul: Making Music and Making Race in the American South, which was named by Rolling Stone, as one of the Best Music Books of 2015. They explore folk traditions associated with Country Music, how people of color get written out of America’s folksy roots, the impetus for the creation of the “Hillbilly Music” genre, and why this music became central to American white identity.

Episode #36: “On The Yard” HBCU Students on Veganism Vol. 2

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Lezli and her ON THE YARD co-host Nava; Spelman College ‘23 finish up their two-part episode conversation with Alston Bowman; Spelman College ‘21 and Zula Oliveira; Clark Atlanta University ‘23 about what veganism elucidated for them regarding how Americans consume meat, the misconception that a vegan diet HAS to be more expensive than an omnivore diet, being policed by meat-eaters, their favorite vegan brands, and vegan cooks and content to follow and subscribe to on the gram and YouTube.

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Lezli chats with Dr. Jack Hamilton, cultural historian, Associate Professor of American Studies and Media Studies at The University of Virginia, Pop Culture Critic for Slate Magazine, and author of the award-winning book, Just around Midnight: Rock and Roll and the Racial Imagination. The two explore the intersection of Race Records and the birth of contemporary pop music, why Adele gets placed in a different genre than Jazmine Sullivan, and what the movie TROLLS WORLD TOUR was talking about; beyond appropriation.

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