Race & identity, remixed | codeswitch@npr.org
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You may have noticed that we've been quiet on here. But we definitely haven't been chilling. Here's where you can find our latest work:
💌Newsletter: n.pr/csnewsletter
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🎧And of course, the Code Switch podcast feed: open.spotify.com/show/3bExJ9…
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26 Jul 2023
There are race books, and there are beach reads, and on this ep, we strove to find the overlap in that Venn diagram (with varying degrees of success 😂)
Listen, and in the replies let us know what your favorite identity beach reads are this summer 👇🏾
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28 Jun 2023
This week, in the second of two episodes, Parker (@aparkusfarce) and her mom decide to go back to the plantation where their family began.
And Parker gets locked in the home of the plantation owner. npr.org/2023/06/06/118049439…
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21 Jun 2023
This week, in part one of two episodes, Code Switch co-host B.A. Parker (@aparkusfarce) takes us on an existential journey as she tries to figure out how best to honor her enslaved ancestors.
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Parker meets other descendants who’ve connected with their ancestors by tending to their burial grounds and even sleeping where they slept in cabins for the enslaved.
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15 Jun 2023
Listen to @aparkusfarce and @rebeccanagle get into why ICWA matters for Native identity and sovereignty: npr.org/2023/05/09/117504167…
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14 Jun 2023
Going to a white church in a Black body. That's what our play-cousin J.C. Howard (@TheJCHoward) gets into on this week's episode. And J.C. digs into the spiritual journey of Dante Stewart (@stewartdantec), who started and ended in a very similar place.
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5 Jun 2023
🚨WE'RE HIRING🚨 If you've got 4 years of audio producing experience, are obsessed with how race and ethnicity and other identities shape the way life works, and want to work with us, apply here: boards.greenhouse.io/nationa…
Get your apps in by June 19!
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19 May 2023
🔊“Native kids have been the tip of the spear in attacks on Tribal sovereignty for years,” journalist and activist Rebecca Nagle (Cherokee) explains on this week’s episode of @NPRCodeSwitch. #ProtectICWA
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17 May 2023
The Supreme Court is about to decide on a case arguing that the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) discriminates against white people. This week, Rebecca Nagle (@rebeccanagle) explains how the implications of that decision could gut Native sovereignty
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10 May 2023
This Mental Health Awareness Month began with the killing of Jordan Neely, a mentally ill man in crisis. His death, and so many others like it, made us want to explore what it looks like to navigate the world with a mental health disorder when you’re Black
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On the latest episode of Code Switch, Naomi Jackson reads from an essay she wrote about her experience with bipolar disorder, including how she has had to decipher which of her fears stem from her illness and which are backed by the history of racism
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10 May 2023
Listened to this @NPRCodeSwitch episode this morning and still thinking about it. Much respect to Naomi Jackson, @aparkusfarce and everyone involved in making this.
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🚨NEW EP ALERT🚨 You're gonna wanna *talk* about this one: 6 years after "The Problem With Apu" @harikondabolu and @HankAzaria finally talk publicly for the first time: they talk race, representation, and “cancel culture.” LISTEN - npr.org/sections/codeswitch/…
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20 Apr 2023
Two wise Latinas @PatiJinich & @NPRCodeSwitch host @LoriLizarraga talking about #LaFronteraPBS, identity, culture, intersectionality & so much more! A truly extraordinary conversation hosted by @SmithsonianSA
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#SFState / #SFSU scholars.
Can you self-care your way out of in-your-face racism, sexism, transphobia, etc…?
This episode of @NPRCodeSwitch explores how minoritized people can take care of self when facing ongoing marginalization. Download & listen 🎧
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19 Apr 2023
This week on the pod: What is REAL self-care? Because, as Dr. Pooja Lakshmin sadly informed us, you can’t meditate (or bubble bath 🛀🏿 or yoga-retreat🧘🏿♀️) yourself out of a full-time job with no childcare or sick days 🥲
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If you're looking for some extra background reading, check out this piece from our colleague @craftingmystyle who wrote about the radical history of self-care, from Audre Lorde to healthcare workers to the Black Panthers slate.com/articles/arts/cult…
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AND! We want to hear from you! Reply to this tweet or email us at codeswitch@npr.org and let us know how you all practice self-care — or, think you do 😘
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