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'Performing Black Harmlessness' Isn't Worth It
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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Aug 13, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
Educator and writer Rodney Fierce thought that performing a type of muted Blackness would shield him from the usual pitfall and roadblocks of discrimination, microaggressions and racism.
He was wrong.
Fierce joins us this week to discuss his essay "The Price of Being Pleasing," and explains why performing Black harmlessness isn't worth the cost.
He was wrong.
Fierce joins us this week to discuss his essay "The Price of Being Pleasing," and explains why performing Black harmlessness isn't worth the cost.
Released:
Aug 13, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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