We need to talk about whiteness podcast

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Hosted by Dr Myriam Francois, the "We Need To Talk About Whiteness Podcast" aims to explore the meaning of 'whiteness' in conversations around race and racism - what is whiteness? and does it matter? Each week, I'm joined by a new guest offering up their insights on whiteness, from comedy to film, sex and science. Join us!

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Episodes

We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Prof David Gillborn

Episode 14: Whiteness and Critical Race Theory - He has been described as one of Britain's most influential race theorists, David Gillborn is Professor of Critical Race Studies and Founding Director of the Centre for Research in Race & Education (CRRE) at the University of Birmingham. Author of multiple award winning books, he is best known for championing the growth of Critical Race Theory internationally. In this episode, he joins Dr Myriam Francois to explore whiteness and Critical Race T...

Dec 17, 2020•1 hr 1 min

We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Nazir Afzal OBE

Episode 13: Whiteness and the law - Nazir Afzal OBE, is the former Chief Crown Prosecutor for NW England and formerly Chief Executive of the country’s Police & Crime Commissioners. During a 24 year career, has prosecuted some of the most high profile cases in the UK. In this episode, he joins Dr Myriam Francois to explore whiteness and the law - how does whiteness manifest in the British legal system? How relevant was race in the Rochdale grooming gang cases? Was Mark Duggan's killing racist...

Nov 06, 2020•55 min

We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Habeeb Akande

Episode 12: Whiteness and sex - Habeeb Akande is a writer, sex educator, and author of 'Kunyaza: The Secret to Female Pleasure.' In this episode, he joins Dr Myriam Francois to explore whiteness and sex - how has white normativity affected how we think about sex and pleasure? And what has it shielded many if us from understanding, about other cultures and belief systems approach intimacy and sensuality?

Oct 16, 2020•1 hr

We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Amma Asante

Episode 11 - The Whiteness of Film - BAFTA award winning writer and director Amma Asante hasn't shied away from talking about race - from her recent contributions to the "My White Best Friend (and Other Letters Left Unsaid" festival, to her films which feature mixed race abolitionist aristocrat "Belle", to the story of afro-germans under the Nazis - but are mainstream films always produced for the 'white gaze' and are there some stories we simply shouldn't subject to it? In this episode, Amma As...

Oct 02, 2020•1 hr 7 min

We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Suketu Mehta

Episode 10 - The whiteness of immigration - "I think of immigration as reperations" - Multi award winning New York-based writer Suketu Mehta is the author of the best selling “This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto" (2019) and "Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found" (2004), among others. In this episode, he joins Dr Myriam Francois to discuss the whiteness of our conversations about immigration.

Aug 14, 2020•58 min

We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Nels Abbey

Episode 9 - The whiteness of the corporate world - Nels Abbey is is the author of 'Think Like a White Man: A Satirical Guide to Conquering the World . . . While Black', a former BBC executive, and the co-founder of the Black British Writers' Guild . In this episode, he joins Dr Myriam Francois to discuss whiteness in the corporate world - including at the BBC...

Aug 10, 2020•1 hr 8 min

We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Minna Salami

Episode 8 - The whiteness of philosophy - Minna Salami is is the author of 'Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone', and the founder of award-winning blog 'Ms Afropolitan'. In this episode, she joins Dr Myriam Francois to discuss whiteness in philosophy.

Aug 06, 2020•1 hr 1 min

We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Dane Baptiste

Episode 7 - The whiteness of comedy - Dane Baptiste is a British stand-up comedian, writer and presenter. In this episode, he joins Dr Myriam Francois to discuss the whiteness of the comedy world and his thoughts on the BLM movement.

Jul 13, 2020•49 min

We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Medina Tenour Whiteman

Episode 6 - White and Muslim - Dr Myriam Francois is joined by poet and writer Medina Tenour Whiteman, author of "The Invisible Muslim" to discuss race, whiteness and Islam. How do race and religion intersect and what does a Muslim subjectivity contribute to the conversation on whiteness?

Jul 02, 2020•1 hr 7 min

We Need to Talk About whiteness - with Ayishat Akanbi

Episode 5 - Should we talk about whiteness? - Ayishat Akanbi is a fashion stylist, writer, cultural commentator and artist based in London, UK. Aside from being a trend-setter who dresses the artist Koffee - amazing - Ayishat has amassed a different type of following through her always insightful, often provocative online presence, where she challenges many of the assumptions and dogmas of modern 'woke' culture. In this episode, Ayishat shares some of her reservations about current conversations...

Dec 10, 2019•45 min

We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Prof Kehinde Andrews

Episode 4 - White psychosis - British academic Prof Kehinde Andrews is professor of Black Studies at Birmingham City University, the director of the Centre for Critical Social Research, founder of the Organisation of Black Unity, and co-chair of the Black Studies Association. In this episode we discuss his recent narration of the film "The Psychosis of Whiteness", a study of society's perceptions of race and racism, directed by Eugene Nulman, as well as whiteness as a protective mechanism, globa...

Dec 10, 2019•43 min

We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Dr Priyamvada Gopal

Episode 3 - The Whiteness of History - You may know her from her legendary tweets and her powerful anti-racism stance - Dr Priyamvada Gopal is 'Reader in Anglophone and Related Literature' at the University of Cambridge - an academic and contributor to public debates over racial inequality and the legacy of empire, her latest book "Insurgent Empire" (Verso, 2019) presents how Britain’s enslaved and colonial subjects were - contrary to enduring depictions - active agents in their own liberation. ...

Nov 15, 2019•38 min

We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Angela Saini

Episode 2 - The whiteness of science - In this episode, I'm joined by science journalist and author Angela Saini, to discuss the cultural pillars of whiteness, off the back of her most recent book "Superior: The Return of Race Science" in which she tells the disturbing story of the persistent thread of belief in biological racial differences in the world of science. Many of the myths around the biological differences between humans along racial lines continue to inform people's world views today...

Nov 01, 2019•40 min

We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Robin DiAngelo

Episode 1 - White fragility - She's an American academic, lecturer, and author working in the fields of critical discourse analysis and whiteness studies - her book "White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism" has been a US bestseller and provoked an uncomfortable conversation in the USA on what it means to be white. And for Episode No1 of the "We need to talk about Whiteness Podcast", Dr Robin DiAngelo joins me for a conversation about how the term is slowly gaining...

Oct 14, 2019•40 min

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