Episode 17: Racism in China + The Kanye Breakdown

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05/22/18 • 68 min

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Hey Shifters -- we're back! Our apologies for the schedule lately, but we've got another great episode in which we share our thoughts on the Kanye West breakdown from the previous weeks. Joe thinks Kanye's always been this way and that he's entered a Britney Spears-level meltdown; Jordan thinks it may actually be worse. Somewhere down the line we manage to connect it to the issue of racism in China.

After the break, we catch up with AJ, one of Jordan's grad school colleagues from China, who opens up about the country's history with race, why discrimination is not at the top of the government's priority list and why the recent examples, like the racist detergent ad, the attitude towards Black Panther and the appalling Lunar New Year performance, may actually help bring this much needed conversation to the forefront.

Special thanks to Maurice for sharing his unfiltered thoughts about Yeezy!

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Goooood Morning!

Special thanks to Maurice for sharing his unfiltered thoughts about Yeezy!

Thoughts/Comments: [email protected]

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Episode 16: The Ballad of Joey Blades

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Sorry for missing you all last week. This week we're back with an incredible interview with filmmaker Joseph Lingad who raised money via Kickstarter to fund his documentary, Don't Look Away: A Film About Adults with Facial Differences. Joseph shares in great detail what inspired him to pursue this project, where he's currently at in the filming process and challenges that come along with it.

Earlier in the episode we, Joe and Jordan, ramble on about what we're watching and what we have watched recently. This includes...

Our appreciation for the FX series Atlanta
The Death of Superman
A little bit about Infinity War
Running Man (yes, the 80's move starring Arnold Schwarzenegger)

Also since it is Mother's Day weekend, we encourage all those listening to check out our Watch Black Panther + Our Mother's Love West Side Story episode, which served as tribute to our respective mother's favorite movie. If you love your mom and she loves West Side Story, it's an episode worth checking out.

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Episode 18: This Is America (Chinese-American/Puerto Rican and Italian-American Version)

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We review the media cycle from the previous 2 weeks, pre-Memorial Day weekend, and discuss the second season of the hit FX series Atlanta, the Black content creator era which we currently live in, Jordan’s recent trip to New Orleans, and his subsequent binge-watch of HBO’s The Pacific.

After the break we speak with comedian Tim Barnes who embellished us to watch the feminist version of the “This Is America” music video. He also touches upon the Black content creator movement and the somewhat unfair criticism that some folks have had of Childish Gambino’s “wokeness” (insert vomit emoji).