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A Southern white man takes himself and his listeners on a guided tour of “whiteness”. Each episode re-tells events from the host’s childhood, adolescence, and adulthood as he attempts to understand how white people are socialized to passively (and actively) support systemic white supremacy in the U.S.
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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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Eyes On Whiteness

Maureen Benson, Diedra Barber, Aaron Rand Freeman (producer)

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Eyes On Whiteness is a podcast that illuminates the insidious and ignorant ways of whiteness, regardless of intent. Our guests are invited to talk about the ways white supremacy and patriarchy are pervasive and ever-present. Our conversations are rooted in a commitment to normalizing the "how, not if" lens for looking at the ways it's present for all of us.
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Ep 73: What's in a name? Journalist, academic and ex-TV producer Sheela Banerjee's discusses names and what they signify to society - in her new book, she takes us from the fight against racism in Britain, from Jamaica in the 60s to pre-Revolutionary Russia, each time exploring how a name contains centuries of history and acts as a portal to other …
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Ep72: Whiteness and its making - Dr. Carmen Thompson is a historian and author, and a highly sought out expert on Race and Whiteness in America whose scholarship has been quoted in historic court judgements in the US. She joins me to discuss her new book "The Making of American Whiteness: The Formation of Race in Seventeenth- Century Virginia".…
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Ep 71: Whiteness and the whitelash - Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, and author of a new book “American Whitelash”, Wesley Lowery joins Myriam Francois to talk the whitelash, covering racist politics and what the history of white supremacy tells us about our current juncture.Kirjoittanut Dr Myriam Francois
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Ep70: Whiteness and culture - author, broadcaster and educator Jeffrey Boakye spent 15y in the education sector. He now provides training for schools, universities and businesses on race, identity, masculinity and education. He joins me to talk about re-telling the story of Britain through musical history, how to talk about race better and the impa…
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Ep69: Whiteness and art curation - Samenua Sesher is the Founder and Director of the Museum of Colour, the UK’s foremost arts and heritage digital enterprise.The Museum is focused on the creative journeys of British people of colour and has as its mission to present a continually evolving online repository of once-forgotten wisdom. She joins to tal…
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EP68: Whiteness and 'racial reckoning' - Eve Fairbanks is an award winning writer and the author of a new book “The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa's Racial Reckoning” which explores what happened when a white supremacist state is overturned by the previously dispossessed. She joins me to discuss whiteness in post-apartheid South A…
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Ep67: Whiteness and power - Suzanne Alleyne is a self coined 'cultural thinker' and founder of consultancy Alleyne&. Her groundbreaking research project 'Neurology of PowerTM', asks where power resides in the brain and body. She joins me to talk about empathy and privilege, power and the body, and the importance of recognising the physical as well …
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Ep66: The Stories of Whiteness - A third-generation Japanese-American essayist, poet and fiction writer, David Mura has written intimately about his life and the connections between race, culture and history. In this episode, he joins me to about his latest book, 'The Stories Whiteness tells itself', as we examine the embeddedness of white supremac…
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Bari Schwartz is a 37 years old Cisgender white Jewish woman who has been rumbling with and doing courageous work around understanding & dismantling systems and impacts of racism for decades. After graduating from Johns Hopkins with a master's degree in school counseling and spending 12 years working in and with Baltimore City Schools as well as lo…
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Dohee Lee (She/Her) is an artist, Ritualist and Educator. She was born on Jeju Island in South Korea, now, living in Huichin unceded Ohlone territory Oakland, CA as a 1st generation immigrant. Her creative vision comes from traditional Korean music, singing, drumming and dance which is rooted in Korean indigenous ritual. Since her arrival in the US…
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ANDDDDDD, WE'RE BACK! We're so grateful to kick off part 2 of season 2 with the brilliant and hilarious Sonya Renee Taylor! We have an incredible conversation tracking where in the world is Sonya, how opening up to just listening and being has created space for her ancestors to offer quite an addition to her journey and a deep dig into her take on …
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Ep 65: Whiteness and maculinity - Yomi Sode is an award-winning Nigerian British writer. He was shortlisted for The Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2021 and his acclaimed one-man show COAT, recently toured nationally to sold-out audiences. His latest book "Manorism" explores the lives of Black British men and boys through poetry. He joins…
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ep 64: Whiteness and the racial code - Nichola Rollock is Professor of Social Policy and Race at King’s College London, a government adviser and a widely read contributor to publications including Guardian, the FT and Vogue. She is now also the author of a new book “The Racial Code: tales of resistance and survival.” She joins me to educational att…
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Ep 63: Whiteness and white antiracism - In this episode, I'm joined by the authors of a new book which “invites White people to talk about race with one another in ways that are generative, sustaining, and lead to real change.” Starting from the words of James Baldwin and Toni Morrison that ‘racism is a White person problem’ the authors say it’s ti…
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Ep 62: Whiteness and the patriarchy - Award-winning columnist, international public speaker on Arab and Muslim issues and global feminism based in Cairo and New York - feminist icon Mona Eltahawy joins me for this LIVE recording at the Bradford Literary Festival to talk whiteness and feminist resistance, how racism fuelled the US abortion ban and h…
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Ep 61: Whiteness and Africa - Astrid and Chinny were sick of reductive depictions of Africa, where they both have roots - so they decided create ‘It’s a Continent’, a podcast, published as a book in July 2022, which takes each African nation and retells a key moment in the country’s history. In this episode, we explore whiteness and the African con…
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We're coming soon with Part 2 of Season 2! In the meantime, a quick share over here: Diedra and Maureen are going to start a weekly (most of the time) series called Transmuting Tuesdays which will be on our Youtube and Instagram pages. You can expect this series to be a little more impromptu and shorter than the podcast has been. This first one is …
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Ep 60: Whiteness and words - multiple award winning writer and author of the bestselling book 'Sprache und Sein' ('Speaking and Being' Kübra Gümüşay is founder of several award winning campaigns and organisations - she joins me to talk about how language shapes our world - and its limits, the cages created by words and how to break out of those box…
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Ep59: Whiteness and terminology - The language we use and the unease many of us feel in finding the right words speaks, at least in part, to the difficulties in using the categories of meaning we intend to subvert for the act of subversion. To discuss this linguistic minefield, I’m joined by two women who’ve been working on the first ever “Blacktio…
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We want to take a moment to send love, acknowledgment, and presence to you as you process and potentially transmute your experience, understanding, and impact of the racial and political violence of the murders in Buffalo, NY, and Orange County, CA. After the mass murders sitting so heavy on our hearts and in our spirits, Diedra asks Maureen to hav…
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Ep58: Whiteness in TV - Zarqa Nawaz is a canadian creator and producer for film and television, published author, public speaker, journalist, and former broadcaster. You might know her from her hit sit com “Little Mosque in the Prairie” which premiered to the highest ratings CBC had in over 20 years, and won multiple awards, or her most recent publ…
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In this episode Josh, Josie, and Thomn continue their discussion about critical race theory by focusing on intersectionality and an amazing analogy about sour cream, whiteness, and cultural appropriation. In addition, we talk about the failure of DEI work and offer some suggestions on changing the approach. #CRT #whitenesspodcast #intersectionality…
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Ep 57: Whiteness and the Royals - Prof Trevor Burnard is Wilberforce Professor of Slavery and Emancipation at the University of Hull and Director of the Wilberforce Institute. The author of several books including 'Jamaica in the Age of Revolution' and The Atlantic World, 1492-1830, he recently curated a special forum in the journal, Slavery and Ab…
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Ep 56: The history of white people - New York Times bestselling author of “The history of white people” Prof Nell Irvin Painter is a leading American historian and visual artist. She is the author of several books including 'Sojourner Truth, A Life, A Symbol and American Whiteness Since Trump', 2020. She joins me to talk about 'The history of white…
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Ep 55: Whiteness and identity - British Egyptian writer Sabrina Mahfouz is an author, editor, fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and TV writer (Netflix and Amazon Studios). Her debut non-fiction book, 'These Bodies of Water: Notes on the British Empire, the Middle East and Where We Meet' (May 2022)explores questions of identity and belonging…
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In this episode Josie, Josh, and Thomn begin to explore, as part of the first installment of a multipart series on CRT, the importance of Critical Race Theory. We talk about our experiences using CRT and what it means to us, as well as exploring three of the tenets. #CRT, #antiracism, #podcast, #counterstory, #love, #socialchange…
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Ep54: Whiteness and equality - Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics, and former Director of the Gender Institute, Prof Anne Phillips' latest book, Unconditional Equals, challenges the very philosophical foundations of Western notions of equality - she joins me to talk about how our framework of equality can undermine the…
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Ep 53: Whiteness and healing - Amartey Golding is a multifaceted contemporary artist whose work centers on themes of humanity, healing and identity. His new touring Solo Show at the V&A 'Bring Me To Heal' looks to the restorative work undertaken by Rasta (and many other) communities dealing with intergenerational trauma and in a radical shift, appl…
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The whiteness in America podcast is BACK!!! In today's episode Dra. Josefina Carmona officially joins the host team. Josie, Josh, and Thomn talk about the late activist scholar bell hooks and reflect on her influence. In addition we talk about the concept of taking space, and discuss he epic Super Bowl half time show.…
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Ep 52: Whiteness and Black Consciousness - Lewis R. Gordon is an Afro-Jewish philosopher, political thinker, educator, and musician, & Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy at UCONN-Storrs in the United States. Author of several books, he joins me to talk about Black consciousness, whiteness as narcissism, radical love, and his latest …
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Ep51: Whiteness and the curriculum - Ben Mearhart is a former joint- headteacher and the senior lead for Education Standards at The Black Curriculum, a social enterprise that aims to deliver black British history across the UK by providing a curriculum and free resources for schools to teach students about Black history. He joins me to talk about g…
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Ep50 - Whiteness and air pollution: Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah is a BreatheLife Ambassador and founder of the Ella Roberta Family Foundation, based in London. Rosamund became a clean air advocate after her 9-year-old daughter, Ella, died in 2013 from a rare and severe form of asthma. Rosamund spent several years campaigning for a second coroner's i…
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"Vulnerability is the core of any self-inward journey....it's been decades of chipping away to get to that vulnerability and to be able to live there. " - Derek Canty Derek Canty is a father of 7, a dedicated partner, a fairy godfather mentor to many and the CEO and founder of Winning Edge, a leadership development company based in Las Vegas. Today…
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"Love and healing, real healing, happens at the rupture." - Dr. Adam Falkner, who shall get a t-shirt with this brilliance on it! Join us to listen to this powerful conversation about Adam's takes on Intersectional Integrity! Dr. Adam Falkner is a writer, educator, and race & equity strategist. He identifies as a White Queer Cis Man. He is the auth…
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Ep49: Whiteness and colourism - Dr Dionne Taylor is a Senior lecturer at Birmingham City University where she teaches Sociology and Black studies and is the MA Black Studies Course leader. Dionne’s research looks at the lived experiences of young Black British women’s interpretation and engagement with representations of Black womanhood and she was…
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"We are in the apocalypse, give thanks!"- amara tabor-smith in reflecting on the truth being revealed in these times. Join us as amara shares her brilliant perspectives on what Intersectional Integrity is to her. amara tabor-smith (she/her/they/we) is a black, queer woman born and raised on unceded Ramaytush (Rah-MAH-Tush) Ohlone land currently kno…
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Ep 48: Whiteness in Art - Adelaide Damoah is a British-Ghanaian multidisciplinary artist, who uses investigative practices spanning painting, performance, collage, image transfer and photographic processes, to interrogate colonialism, spirituality and intersectional feminism. Since her debut exhibition ‘Black Brits’ in 2006, she has exhibited in sh…
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In our kick-off for season 2, Diedra and Maureen start with our excitement for the incredible season ahead. We share the theme of this season "What does Intersectional Integrity mean to you?" This episode is the two of us in conversation about what Intersectional Integrity means to us, as we practice the work of Transmuting white supremacy and patr…
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Ep 47: Whiteness and refugees - Hameed Amiri fled Aghfanistan as a child, seeking refuge in the UK. As an adult, he has dedicated much of his work to raising awareness around the plight of refugees. He is the author of the recently published autobiographical book “The Boy With Two Hearts”, which is partly a homage to his brother Hussein, but also t…
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Ep 47: Whiteness and Brick Lane - Dr. Fatima Rajina is a Legacy in Action Research Fellow at the Stephen Lawrence Research Centre at De Montfort University. She is a former Research Assistant at the Institute of Criminology, at the University of Cambridge looking at police and counter-terrorism and has taught at SOAS and Kingston University, London…
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Ep 46: Whiteness and the 'Orient' - An award-winning broadcaster and journalist who anchors the UK's Channel 4 News, Fatima Manji is best known for breaking stories with a global impact. She's also recognised as one of the first UK news anchors to wear a headscarf. She’s the author of the recently released “Hidden Heritage: Rediscovering Britain’s …
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Ep 45: Whiteness and hip hop – Prof Tricia Rose is often referred to as the world’s foremost academic on Hip hop. Her ground-breaking book on the emergence of hip hop culture, Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America went on to define what is now an entire field of study.She joins me to discuss how whiteness reduces hip hop …
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ep 44: Whiteness is a dangerous idea - Robert P. Baird is a freelance writer and editor, who has held editorial positions at The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Esquire, and Harper’s Magazine, and has a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. His recent Guardian Long Read titled: “The invention of whiteness: the long history of a dangerous idea” delves…
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*TRIGGER WARNING: Some of the language in this episode may be upsetting to some listeners.Ep 43: Whiteness and the police – Paul Wilson was one of the UK’s longest serving and most senior black police officers. From helping establish the Black Police Association, heavily influencing the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry, discussing critical issues with a Ho…
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Ep 42: Whiteness and schools - Do our schools teach whiteness? What exactly should be taught in "Black History Month"? And does our educational system have a white supremacy problem...? To discuss this and more is a man who bridges the academic and activist world. Dr Ornette D. Clennon is a Professor at the Federal University of Amazon (UFAM) whose…
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Ep 41: Whiteness and fashion - What's the relationship between fast fashion and colonialism? What happens to my old clothes? And who is really paying the price for my fashion fix? Aja Barber is an American writer, personal stylist and style consultant whose recently published first book “Consumed: colonialism, climate change and consumerism” is an …
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ep40: Whiteness and belonging - Born in Nairobi, raised in London and Norway, writer and presenter Nazneen Khan joins me to explore identity, belonging and why she decided to tell a new, different version of the history of London - the subject of her recent book - to pay homage to the many who despite making up the capital's life and soul, are so o…
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Ep 39: Whiteness and healthcare – What is the colonial legacy in healthcare? How does modern medicine replicate historically forged patterns of domination? And why are we all so “inflamed”? Rupa Marya is an Associate Professor of Medicine at UCSF and faculty director of the Do No Harm Coalition, an organization of over 450 health workers committed …
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Ep 38: Whiteness and mental health - Guilaine Kinouani is a French critical psychologist, feminist, therapist, equality consultant and award-nominated writer of the blog, RaceReflections.co.uk Her recent book “Living while black – The essential guide to overcoming racial trauma” draws on her over 15y of experience in psychotherapy and as an anti-ra…
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Ep 37: A terrible secret - Alison Croggon is an award-winning novelist, poet, theatre writer, critic and editor living in Melbourne, Australia. Her latest book "Monsters" is a memoir exploring the impact of whiteness within a family when the uncovering of a colonialist heritage evokes anger and denial within an already fraught relationship. It's be…
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