Black Women Authors You Need to Know
02/18/22 • 29 min
In this Episode
· A brief introduction to Black Market Reads, a podcast created and hosted by Lissa that amplifies the voices of Black authors and storytellers and allows them to share their experiences and show up as the most authentic forms of themselves
· How Lissa uses the works of bell hooks to help Black women unpack the harmful archetypes about them, including the “strong Black woman” trope, helps examine the tropes and the way that they are implanted into cultural DNA, and why these tropes cause extreme psychological harm to Black women, mainly in the workplace
· The way that the works of Toni Morrison encourage Lissa and other Black female readers and listeners to contextualize themselves in the world based upon their own experiences and to refuse to be forced into the archetypes that the world has created of them
· The level of inclusivity in Audre Lorde’s works of Black and LGBTQ+ women, and how she encouraged these groups of women be assertive and call for equal treatment throughout all of society, including in the workplace in the wake of George Floyd’s death and the subsequent protests and racial reckoning in the United States
· How to encourage and support Black women in sharing their own stories and experiences from their own perspective, while rejecting the expectations of non-Black people for Black women to dilute their stories or experiences to make them more palatable
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In this Episode
· A brief introduction to Black Market Reads, a podcast created and hosted by Lissa that amplifies the voices of Black authors and storytellers and allows them to share their experiences and show up as the most authentic forms of themselves
· How Lissa uses the works of bell hooks to help Black women unpack the harmful archetypes about them, including the “strong Black woman” trope, helps examine the tropes and the way that they are implanted into cultural DNA, and why these tropes cause extreme psychological harm to Black women, mainly in the workplace
· The way that the works of Toni Morrison encourage Lissa and other Black female readers and listeners to contextualize themselves in the world based upon their own experiences and to refuse to be forced into the archetypes that the world has created of them
· The level of inclusivity in Audre Lorde’s works of Black and LGBTQ+ women, and how she encouraged these groups of women be assertive and call for equal treatment throughout all of society, including in the workplace in the wake of George Floyd’s death and the subsequent protests and racial reckoning in the United States
· How to encourage and support Black women in sharing their own stories and experiences from their own perspective, while rejecting the expectations of non-Black people for Black women to dilute their stories or experiences to make them more palatable
Resources
Follow Us on Social Media
Workin’ It Out
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Previous Episode
Chuck West: How I Found Success in the Film & TV Industry
Chuck West, Chief Executive officer of OCTET Productions Inc., joins Dr. Vanessa Weaver to speak about overcoming racial discrimination and other forms of adversity in the entertainment industry, and how his experiences have shaped who he is today. He also speaks about how he has helped college students and professionals of color in the industry be able to conquer those same obstacles to succeed.
In this Episode
· How Chuck’s background knowledge in finance and accounting helped him launch his career in film and television production
· His experiences as one of the few African American men in the financial and management sector of film and television, and how he managed to overcome the obstacles on his journey to success
· The ways that Chuck has been able to use his platform to give people of color and other marginalized groups opportunities in the industry, such as on-the-job training, internships, and in-school partnerships with professionals in the entertainment industry
· How OCTET Productions works with different entertainment companies such as BET, Lifetime, ALLBLK, and UMC to produce projects and content that showcase African Americans in a positive light, thus helping change how Black people are shown on-screen
· How to help the next generation of professionals of color follow their career path and be able to challenge adversity in the entertainment industry head on while on their road to success
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· Procter & Gamble: Widen The Screen
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Success Through Dignity
Theo Peoples, the lead vocalist of The Temptations and The Four Tops, joins Dr. Vanessa Weaver to speak about his experiences with overcoming adversity and discrimination in the music industry to become of the most well-known soul singers and songwriters of all time.
In this Episode
· Theo’s humble beginnings as a member of his father’s church choir, and how his father helped him build up the confidence needed to have the ability to sing and produce music for thousands of people
· How his expulsion from his home church for playing secular music ultimately led him to meet The Temptations and become a full-fledged member of the musical group, along with his loss of spirituality and reclamation of it in music
· The exploration of instances of discrimination that Theo has faced in his musical career, and how dismissing experiences of personal and structural racism as a coping mechanism only does harm to people of color, especially in the corporate world
· The importance of acknowledging instances of racism and confronting them as a mechanism to help people of color and their allies be able to make their lives and careers easier and more navigable
· How to maintain a level of dignity in one’s career and be empowered to show up as their most authentic self
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Transcript
[Narrator] "Workin' It Out", a podcast show about diversity, equity and inclusion in our workplaces, our communities, and our lives. A show where we put diversity and inclusion to work. ♪ Got problems on the job ♪ ♪ We're working it out ♪ ♪ Workplace got you stressing ♪ ♪ We're working it out ♪ ♪ Yeah we're working it out ♪ ♪ Working it out working it out ♪ ♪ With Doctor V ♪
- Hi, I'm Dr. Vanessa Weaver, your host of "Workin' It Out". On this episode of "Workin'
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