18. Watermelon - Why African-Americans Rarely Eat it in Public

05/31/19 • 30 min

We examine the history and current day impact of the stereotype that African-Americans have an obsession with watermelon. We get insight from a roundtable discussion and learn a way to address the watermelon stereotype from the late DC media legend, Petey Greene.

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Watermelons, Nooses and Straight Razors - Dr. David Pilgrim - https://www.amazon.com/Watermelons-Nooses-Straight-Razors-Stories/dp/1629634379

“Talk to Me” - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796368/

For a visual companion to this episode, visit CreativeTension.org. Follow us on Instagram, FB and Pinterest: @creativetensionpodcast and Twitter @createtension

Until next time, #createtension.

Creative Tension can be found wherever you find your favorite podcasts:

Julian Reid & The JuJu Exchange: http://bit.ly/JRJuJuExch

Watermelons, Nooses and Straight Razors - Dr. David Pilgrim - https://www.amazon.com/Watermelons-Nooses-Straight-Razors-Stories/dp/1629634379

“Talk to Me” - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796368/

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17. The Coon Caricature: From Stepin' Fetchit' to Modern Urban Radio

We sit down with Dr. Pellom McDaniels to discuss the history of the “Coon” caricature, from slavery to Stepin Fetchit to JJ from Good Times to modern urban radio. We examine how the Coon continues to shape the way African American men are viewed in the workplace, school and in society.

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Donald Bogle - “Toms, Coon, Mulattos, Mammies and Bucks” - https://www.amazon.com/Toms-Coons-Mulattoes-Mammies-Bucks/dp/082642953X
Steamboat Round the Bend (Lincoln Perry - Stepin Fetchit) — https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027042
Thank You Jeeves (Willie Best - Sleep n/ Eat) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028353
You’re Out of Luck (Mantan Moreland) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034410

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Thanks to the Emory University Center for Digital Scholarship for their cooperation in the recording and production of the Creative Tension podcast

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19. Reclaiming Rest in a Grind Culture - A Conversation w/ The Nap Bishop, Tricia Hersey

We sit down w/ Tricia Hersey (“The Nap Bishop”), Founder of The Nap Ministry, to discuss: the origins of The Nap Ministry; rest as a means of resistance to capitalism, white supremacy and the “grind culture;” and, resting as a form of reparations.

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The John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture at Duke University and their Behind the Veil Oral History Project. - https://repository.duke.edu/dc/behindtheveil

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