White Homework

Tori is joined by hip hop artist Propaganda to talk about power dynamics, rejecting force and violence, and choosing collaborative problem solving within a white supremacist framework.  Executive Producers Jeffrey Martin Nate Frazier Producer Jillian Cohan Martin Audio Producer and Editor Nash Propst Artwork Slade Sundar www.sladesundar.com Music by K.Solis

This episode Tori talks to Steve Zakauni about Black generosity, anti-Black tropes, and all of the white assumptions that come up during national Black grief.  Executive Producers Jeffrey Martin Nate Frazier Producer Jillian Cohan Martin Audio Producer and Editor Nash Propst Artwork Slade Sundar www.sladesundar.com Music by K.Solis

Tori is joined by Alice Hamilton to discuss the moving goal posts for Black and brown humanity. We break down the impossible tasks of achieving full humanity within the construct of whiteness through behavior modification and all the ways that whiteness tells on itself by killing Black and brown people regardless of how respectable we are.  Executive Producers Jeffrey Martin Nate Frazier Prod...

Tori is joined by Alice Hamilton to discuss Black lives, the need for protest, and the different standards for white protesters compared to everyone else. 

In episode three, Alice Hamilton is back with Tori Williams Douglass to talk about how No, You Don't Actually Have A Black Friend. You have a Black colleague. Or a Black neighbor. Or a Black barista.  "If I can't talk to you about every part of my life, we're not actually friends." - Alice. Renee Bach kills 100 Ugandan children Half of Medical Students Believe Black People's Nerve Endings Are...

"The solution to harm caused is not causing more harm. It's restoration."  Let's get this one out of the way. You can't say the N-word. You can't wear a headdress. You can't have a spirit animal. In this episode Tori Williams Douglass and Alice Hamilton talk about WHY these actions cause so much harm, regardless of intent. The Clark Doll Test Executive Producers Jeffrey Martin Nate Frazier Pr...

Jeff and Nate asked me to start the this relaunch by covering the super basics. So here we go. Let's start at the very beginning.  Why are we even talking about this? Isn't this issue over except for people who want to keep complaining?  On this episode, I'm joined by comedian and screenwriter Alice Hamilton , to discuss why we even need to have a conversation about race. We are laying a...

Tori talks to Melissa Urban, co-founder and CEO of Whole30, about her commitment to inclusion and justice in her personal life and business. You can find Melissa on Instagram at @melissau, and be sure to check out her podcast Do The Thing.

Within colonized spaces, members of a community are generally taught to expect punishment if they don’t comply with society’s demands. As people striving for antiracist policies and actions, this tool simply does not suffice. It also doesn’t work. We know from decades of research that punishment is one of the least effective terms for improving behavior in the long term. So what else do we have? (...

We live in a society (and, frankly, a world) where black anger is policed, silenced, and shut down. Black people are praised for forgiveness but are frequently told that anger has no place as a response to harm caused by white supremacy. Andre Henry and Tori tackle this pervasive attempt to dehumanize black lives by limiting which emotions we are allowed to experience and express, and dig into the...

Andre Henry joins me to talk about the importance of seeing whiteness as an integral part of antiracism. We discuss black joy, freedom, white abolitionists, and all the ways whiteness tries to avoid being seen.