Juneteenth Celebration and America’s Piñata
Tracie McMillan – I’m White
Exactly how much money do you get for being white in America? Because being white comes with tangible benefits. Author Tracie McMillan calculated that whiteness has given her over $350,000. In her new book The White Bonus, McMillan explores her finances and those of other white people to see exactly how beneficial racism is for white people.
America's Piñata
On today's episode Danielle and Wajahat spin the news wheel and discuss a range of topics including immigration. Immigration as they both say has been an issue that has been discussed their entire lives with absolutely no robust change whatsoever.
Is Gypsy Rose Blanchard the Newest Bicon? with Scaachi Koul
Last time we checked, you don’t even have a man. Looks like you’re the one who’s panini pressed! This week, Matty Healy is engaged to the girl Peyton always wanted to be, Gypsy Rose Blanchard is living her best, millennial post-prison life, and Glen Powell is taking it for white boy of the week. Nay, should we say white boy of the summer?
Is the Miss USA Pageant Finally Ready for a Transgender Winner?
Throwback Spotlight
Isiah Thomas – I’m A Champion
As we move through the NBA Finals it’s a good time to throwback to my epic convo with Isiah Thomas the two time NBA champ and one of the greatest point guards in NBA history. We talk about mental toughness, on-court trash talking, what it was like to battle Jordan, Kareem, Magic, and Bird, as well as how to be a winner.
Navigating the White Rainbow
Let's talk about really understainding the 'W' in PWI. Dr. Melvin Whitehead greets us with a few headnods as he attended 3 PWI'S. He went from band student in Baltimore, to a Doc whose research explores the legacies of racism in U.S. higher education, with a focus on whiteness and anti-blackness and how they are reproduced on college campuses. sheesh!
What We Are Loving
Heather
I'm a little late to the game, but I'm loving, Normal People. Can't wait read the book now.
Fun Fact
Story From History
This week in history: On June 19, 1865, the last enslaved Black people in Galveston Bay, Texas were finally notified of their freedom. This came to be known as Juneteenth.