Do The Kids Know?

This is episode 50 of DTKK and the finale of Season 2! Celebrate with us as we reflect on the trials and tribulations of the past year. We'll see you soon! ----- Do The Kids Know? is a weekly series of discussions between community workers, Prakash and Kristen, that unpack race, media, popular culture, and politics in KKKanada (That’s Canada spelled with three K’s) from an anti-colonial persp...

We're joined this week by another friend of the pod, Chuck, who talks to us about growing up as a radicalized person in the Canadian prairies–specifically Alberta–and it gets wild.  ----- Do The Kids Know? is a weekly series of discussions between community workers, Prakash and Kristen, that unpack race, media, popular culture, and politics in KKKanada (That’s Canada spelled with three K’s) f...

This week's episode is a conversation we had almost a year ago with friend of the pod, Patricia, who talked to us about self-care, what is it, how we practice it, and how it has been stolen by the whites and capitalism. Transcript coming soon. ----- Do The Kids Know? is a weekly series of discussions between community workers, Prakash and Kristen, that unpack race, media, popular culture, and...

We're continuing the conversation about the nonsense taking place in Ontario with a look at the province's mining and forestry industries' impacts of local First Nations communities.  ----- Resources & References Ontario Mining Map De Beers and the Victor Diamond Mine Musselwhite Mine Future of Mining First Nations Moratorium on Ring of Fire Development Ginoogaming Injunction Cl...

We're so over people in our community telling us the ways we need to look or act or say in order to be perceived as "respectable". This week we're discussing why this exists, the idea of being proximate to whiteness, and the scammery of it all. Transcript (PDF) coming soon. ----- Do The Kids Know? is a weekly series of discussions between community workers, Prakash and Kristen,...

There are nearly 90 water advisories currently ongoing in Ontario right now. We talk about how the state refuses to provide adequate care to First Nations communities in the province especially during these COVID times. Transcript (PDF) available here . ---- References & Resources Ontario First Nations Map Ontario Treaties Map Canadian Water Boil Advisories Life Cycle of a First Nations Commun...

Transcript (PDF) available soon. This is part two of our conversation around Asian representation off-screen and certain workplace Asian stereotypes and prejudices. We discuss the barriers to promotions Asians face due to the "Asian glass ceiling",  why DEI that doesn't include Asians is a scam, and how people can do better. ---- References and Resources NYT - "The Cost of Bein...

Transcript (PDF) available here. This is part one of a two-part conversation around Asian representation off-screen and certain workplace Asian stereotypes and prejudices. We discuss the trope of the "interchangeable asian", the "perpetual foreigner", and #SorryWrongAsian. Come back next week for part two. ----- Resources & References NYT - "The Cost of Being an Interc...

Transcript (PDF) available here. We're continuing where we left off last week to talk about the history of so-called "residential schools" in KKKanada and the remains of #215Children that were recently discovered at the former Kamloops Residential School. This episode was recorded before the recent discovery of an additional 104 graves at the former residential school in Brandon, Ma...

Transcript (PDF) available here . This episode of our mini series comes a week early so we can talk about some recent developments in land defence efforts taking place right now in British Columbia that the kids need to know about. We provide some updates on Wet'suwet'en, Secwépemc, Fairy Creek and then discuss the recent tragic discovery at the former Kamloops Residential School. #215Ch...

Transcript (PDF) available here. This episode, we talk about the term "harm reduction". We discuss its origins and goals in drug rehabilitation and how to bring a harm reducing approach in your life and community work. ------ References & Resources Harm Reduction, Come as You Are Principles of Harm Reduction Racism in Canadian Drug Policy ------ Do The Kids Know? is a weekly series o...

Transcript (PDF) available here . *Correction: at 7:31 we say 1917 instead of 2017. Whoops. Our mini series on Indigenous issues in KKKanada continues this week with a regional focus on the Eastern coast covered by the Peace and Friendship treaties. We discuss once again why settlers are mad Indigenous people have rights. ----- References and Resources Peace and Friendship Treaties 1999 Marshall D...

Transcript (PDF) available here. We're joined by friend of the pod, Maka (IG: @ennuiennuiennui.foldpaper) to talk about a term she introduced to us: "Boba Liberalism". We discuss how neoliberal logics pervade certain communities of colour and the limitations of activism rooted in representation. ----- References What is Boba Liberalism? Neoliberalism - The ideology at the root of al...

Transcript (PDF) available here. Welcome to our first instalment of a new, recurring segment "Stay In Your Lane" where we rant about people, groups, places, things or what have you that won't mind their business. This week we're talking to our fellow people of colour and asking ourselves what happens when good intentions are taken too far and cause disturbances in our solidarit...

Transcript (PDF) available here. Welcome back to episode 3 of our mini-series on Indigenous issues in KKKanada. This episode in which we unpack and dispel some commonly-held myths surrounding Indigeneity wraps up our discussion on Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis & Inuit Issues in Canada. References and Resources: Chelsea Vowel’s blog: https://apihtawikosisan.com Whose territ...

Transcript (PDF) available here. In season one, we talked about the body positivity movement and body acceptance. Now, we're tackling fatphobia: what it is,  how Black women are some of the most affected by it and how we can do better to unlearn fatphobia.  ------ Resources & References Fatphobia in a Time of Pandemic (Article) Shortwave: Fat Phobia And Its Racist Past And Present Fearing...

Transcript available here. It's Taurus season! And what better way to acknowledge it then travel coast-to-coast across KKKanada and rant about how badly the pandemic has been handled. Indulge us in our vent session and find out once again, why we hate it here. ------ Do The Kids Know? is a weekly series of discussions between community workers, Prakash and Kristen, that unpack race, media, po...

Transcript available here . We're back with Part 2 of our on-going mini series on Indigenous issues in KKKanada. Today we're breaking down how colonialism has f*cked with our understanding of Indigenous cultures and identities including wtf "status" means, how reserves work, the difference between big 'M' Métis and the French work métisse, and more. ------ Resources &...

Transcript available here. We are so tired of working and the capitalist working conditions that keep us so closely tethered to our labour. This week we break down the scams of labour including the classifying of different kinds of labour, wages and white supremacy, and what we consider "essential".  ------ Resources & References: I’m a fast food worker (article) - Assad Abderemane Y...

Transcript available here. Being people of colour is literally killing us and the medical industrial complex plays a big role in this. We break down medical biases, prejudices, and why some BIPOC might be hesitant to get a COVID-19 vaccine. ------ Resources & References: Book: Black and Blue: The Origins and Consequences of Medical Racism by John Hoberman Book:  Medical Apartheid: The Dark His...

Transcript available here. This episode sets off our mini season within a season in which we unpack issues facing Indigenous communities in Canada. In this first episode, we're breaking down the first chapter of Chelsea Vowel's formative book, Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis & Inuit Issues in Canada , "The Terminology of Relationships". We discuss issues...

Transcript available here. Did you know that KKKanada hates poor people? PK and Kristen break down wages vs. wealth, as well as intergenerational poverty and how immigration got our finances f***ed up among other heated money and rants. WTF is an economy???? ---  References: DTKK episode: economic colonialism Indigneous Writes - Chelsea Vowel DTKK episode: discrimination in academia --- Do The Kid...

Transcript (PDF)  available here. Your fave blabbermouths are backs! To kick off season 2, we're talking all things imposter syndrome and how these feelings are very much rooted in all the things we hate, plus how we are working on unlearning this ourselves. Resources (click to open) Imposter Syndrome TED-Ed (video)  Clance Imposter Syndrome test How to Deal with Imposter Syndrome (article) T...

Transcript available here. Friends, foes, and folks in between, Prakash and Kristen are back with Season 2 of Do The Kids Know? Make sure to subscribe, rate, and review the show to help the algorithm work in our favour so that other kids can stay in the know. New episodes of Season 2 will air on Wednesday each week (Monday on Patreon). Stay in the know! ------ Do The Kids Know? is a weekly series...

Transcript available here . We’ve come to the end of the first season of DTKK! In our 2020 finale, we reflect on this experience, the ups and the downs, what we learned and what we would have done differently. We ask (and answer) Do the kids know what’s next (for us)? See you babes in 2021!  ------ Keep in touch: Newsletter: tinyletter.com/dothekidsknow Tiktok: tiktok.com/@dothekidsknow Prakash: i...