Colors: A Dialogue on Race in America

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. and a Black woman, talks about the challenges of the Ukraine war, and more topics 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.  

Ahnna Smith, Executive Director for the DC Workforce Investment Council, talks about growing up, her successes, challenges, and the 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.  

Maurice "Mo" Creek, is a Black, professional basketball player from Oxon Hill, Maryland. The day the war started, he was packed and ready to leave, but something "came up". He talks about his difficult escape and other people of color who had trouble getting out. Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substa...

An up-and-coming reporter at NBC 4 in Washington, D.C. talks about the need for diversity in journalism and her contribution... 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 Yang, president and executive director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice talks about how his group and others got DOJ to dump the controversial program that was widely viewed as an initiative that unfairly targeted Asians 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@t...

Florida State Senator Shevrin Jones says don't waste your time trying to "trying to legislate gay people away". He says we should spend our time on more productive exploits. 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.  

Montgomery County Maryland Police Chief Marcus Jones says it's not ok to record video of a crime, post it online and avoid calling the police. 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.  

Emmanuel Felton, race and ethnicity reporter at the Washington Post explains what's happening 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.  

Filmmaker Leola Calzolai-Stewart joins us to discuss the important work and how her personal experience has shaped her life and her drive to do this work. 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.  

Thomas Warren, a Sr. Podcast Producer for NFL Media, says it's been a tough time lately to be Black in the NFL organization. But they're "not guilting" people. They're letting them know they're part of the solution to its racial issues. Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please subscr...

Amanda Weinstein, Rachel Vindman, and Jasmine Clark of The Suburban Women Problem Podcast join us to talk about privilege, exceptionalism, and of course 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.com.  

Gisela Perez Kusakawa, a staff attorney at Asian-Americans Advancing Justice, says it's exhausting to be Asian in the US, where they have for decades been unfairly labeled as national security threats. 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.  

Dr. Michael Krenn, History Professor at Appalachian State University, says America has some big challenges, especially when it comes to who represents the U.S. abroad. But it has some great opportunities as well. The time is now to deal with it all. Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please subscribe. Email us at...

Jalina Porter, Principal Deputy Spokesperson at the State Department says it's very much alive and driving her. 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.  

Payne Hiraldo, Associate Director for Residential Education at the University of Vermont, and a Critical Race Theory scholar explains what it is and why some people are up in arms about something that's been around for 40 years. 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 color...

Rachel Vindman, co-host of the Suburban Women Problem Podcast, says they live in and embrace their diverse neighborhoods, and politicians should stop trying to use diversity and race to scare them. Follow us on Twitter. We're @podcastcolors. Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please subscribe. Email us at col...

Lara Capuano, speaks about her family and her personal concerns regarding transracial adoption. 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.  

Dr. Wendeline Hume, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of North Dakota, was that little girl. Now she's working to make sure that Indigenous women and girls who go missing, get the same attention as white women and girls. Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please subscribe. Email us at...

Tharaha Thavakumar of Pittsford, NY spoke out after a white high school student posted a video, showing a gun that he said he carried to kill (the N-word plural). After raising concerns, she was ignored, told to keep quiet, even body-shamed. The surprising thing is, this treatment allegedly came from some of the town's leaders. Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on in...

The Oprah Winfrey Network and the National Research Group have released a survey looking at how Black women see themselves reflected in the media. Cindi Smith, VP of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at the National Research Group says, "They want to know they matter, get rid of the one-dimensional portrayals", and pay attention to their buying power. Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check...

Ambassador Gina Ambercrombie-Winstanley, a decorated diplomat, says the new Office of Diversity and Inclusion is going to disrupt the old ways of State Department, recruiting, hiring, and retention. 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.  

Shonda talks about backlash, the Census, her next book, and why we should never stop looking for our ancestors. 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.  

Buchanan, the author of five books, talks about being raised as "a Black woman, who grew up hearing cherished stories of her multi-racial heritage, while simultaneously suffering from everything she (and the rest of her family) didn't know". Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please subscribe. Email...

Former Skinhead, Tony McAleer, now a crusader against white supremacy joins us to talk about his immersion into racial hatred, the moment when he left it behind, and his book and documentary "A Cure for Hate". It's a very stimulating and thought-provoking conversation. Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Subst...

Darren Brown, Senior Producer at Cheyenne and Arapaho Television in Concho, Oklahoma is a Native American. He was adopted when he was a baby and raised by a white family. Later he searched for his birth parents. He found them and an amazingly rich story of tradition, suffering, hope, and optimism. He talks about it all. Tweet us at @podcastcolors .  Check out our partner program on international a...