This podcast examines, questions, and challenges the perceived and real dispositions of the ‘Black’ community, to offer a new hypothesis and conception of a contemporary Black identity. We are not an authority, we are an opinion, a platform, a medium, and an opportunity FOR BLACK PEOPLE. In community, we laugh, we question, and we critique. Join us to hear an appeal to our collective Black potential, value, and diversity with intention and love.

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Rihanna has been added to the billionaire&#39;s list due to the success of her makeup and lingerie companies that have branded themselves on inclusivity. Yet, is it possible to commodify authenticity? What happens when culturally empowered entities offer access and co-option of culture to those outside of it? What are the levels or scales of criticism of companies ran by intersecting, marginalized identities?

savage x fenty: what is the authenticity of representation?

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lil nas x has emerged a bold, influential, and decisive artist in popular music and culture, namely, hip-hop. as both a black and queer man, his music is breaking ground. while, his is not the first, he has emerged the most popular. will his pioneering work create room for other queer artists?

lil nas opened up a new space for queer artists. as the first, he is the most popular. but, will other artists following him.

lil nas x has emerged a bold, influential, and decisive artist in popular, namely, hip-hop. as both a black and queer man, his music is breaking ground. while, his is not the first, he has emerged the most popular. will his pioneering work create room for other queer artists?

is lil nas x the lil kim of hip hop or nicki minaj?

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This podcast analyzes and highlights the HBO’s The Sweet life that shows black millennials in a new light with added representations. The pitfalls within the show and what we are look forward to seeing represented next season

Normalization of Black people in Reality Tv

This podcast analyzes and highlights the HBO’s The Sweet life that shows black millennials in a new light with added representations. The pitfalls within the show and what we are look forward to seeing represented next season

issa rae’s sweetlife: everyday luxury?

We are not an authority, we are an opinion, a platform, a medium, and an opportunity FOR BLACK PEOPLE.

This podcast examines, questions, and challenges the perceived and real dispositions of the ‘Black’ community, to offer a new hypothesis and conception of a contemporary Black identity. We are not an authority, we are an opinion, a platform, a medium, and an opportunity FOR BLACK PEOPLE. In community, we laugh, we question, and we critique. Join us to hear an appeal to our collective Black potential, value, and diversity with intention and love.