Colors: A Dialogue on Race in America

Gary Wordlaw, News Director at WNDU in South Bend, Indiana talks about his disbelief watching George Floyd's death on video. He also discusses the current state of race in America. Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.  

Pam Ortega, from Oklahoma City, and dozens of others joined me in late September 2023, at the place where George Floyd died in 2020. Ortega's insightful comments provoke deep thoughts about how America is handling race.  Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast...

Civil rights activist, Thedford Collins remembers the day when four young Black girls were killed by members of the KKK and discusses the impact it still has on today's society. Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.  

Zach Levitt and Yuliya Parshina-Kottas from the New York Times discuss their reporting on the heartbreaking story of how "the Native American boarding school system — a decades-long effort to assimilate Indigenous people before they ever reached adulthood — robbed children of their culture, family bonds and sometimes their lives". Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner progr...

Alexis Taylor, Managing Editor of the  AFRO discusses what's changed and what needs to be done. Fantastic conversation! Must Listen. Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.  

Jewru Bandeh, the Director of the Montgomery County Eastern Regional Office, an immigrant from The Gambia, shares his view of the successes made, the challenges that may lay ahead and what's happening today. Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.  

Jorhena Thomas, a black woman trained in intelligence analysis and security,  joins us with her view. Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.  

Giannis Triantafyllidis, is a young photographer, communications and multimedia specialist from Stavroupoli, Central Macedonia, Greece. He speaks candidly about the serious rise in far-right hate and other forms of racism in Greece and beyond.  Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please subscribe. Email us at color...

From the Pacific side of Nicaragua, now living in Germany, Stephanie tells us the backstory of her ethnicity, her racial challenges and how she's overcoming them.  Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.  

Leonardo Delfanti, is a journalist from Verona and he explains how racism work in Italy and their view of racism in America. Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.  

Author Rob Eschmann joins us using his "rigorous research and engaging personal narrative to examine the effects of online racism on communities of color and society, and the unexpected ways that digital technologies enable innovative everyday tools of antiracist resistance." Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Sub...

Sasa Aakil, started a very influential post card protest campaign in 2020 after George Floyd's death. What's happening with her now? Check out "A Man Was Lynched Yesterday" and much more of her work at https://www.sasaaakil.com/ Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please subscribe. Email us at c...

Bruk Belete, a 21 year old college student talks, about growing up in the U.S., preserving her culture, and race in America.  Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.  

Chil Kong, Artistic Director, Producer, Storyteller and Community Builder joins us to talk about his life, his work, race and the surprise fact that we have a really interesting commonality.  Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.  

Terry Ao Minnis, Vice President of Census and Voting Programs, at the Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC, talks about the 5-4 decision that said the Alabama legislature drew congressional districts that unlawfully diluted the political power of its Black residents.  Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please...

Dr. William Darity, Co-Editor says it would take $14 Trillion to do it right. He lays out the reparations blueprint he and his co-editors, A. Kirsten Mullen and Lucas Hubbard came up with. Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.  

We look back at the origin of Colors. Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.  

Sunni Khalid, a well known and respected journalist, moved from the east coast to San Francisco. He was surprised by some of the race-related behavior he experienced. Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.  

Ryan Vazquez, a multiethnic, media executive in Florida discusses the problems that are attacking the DEIB progress. A, truly profound conversation. Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.  

John Echohawk, Founder and Executive Director of the Native American Rights Fund, says people have become a lot more "aware" of causes and concerns impacting Native Americans since George Floyd's death.  Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.  

A  former UCLA All-American and NFL player,  Walker discusses the status of the racial dialogue in the U.S.  Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.  

Philip Bump, National Columnist with the Washington Post discusses, "America's new, old racial moment". Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.  

Seargent Major Grinston, who is bi-racial, appeared on Episode 9. He said in 2020 "Sometimes you're not Black enough for the Black people and not white enough for the white people." We asked if anything has changed since then.  Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@...

Dr. Elizabeth Nguyen, author of Aloha Vietnam, discusses "a  rich journey across the Pacific Ocean to find one's true home and identity amidst loss, grief, and mental illness." https://aloha-vietnam.com/aloha-vietnam/ Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colors...

Timothy Jones, Program Manager, at the Chadwick Boseman College of Fine Arts at Howard University discusses the history, study, and meaning of Hip Hop Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please subscribe. Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com.