Episode 10: Season Finale: “How to Citizen” with Baratunde Thurston, and Recognizing TV/ Movies that have Centered Race

On the season finale, writer, comedian, podcaster, activist, and Emmy Award-nominated host Baratunde Thurston brings us to the home stretch while providing all the laughs!

Baratunde joins Chevon and Dennis to talk about his early career having worked at the intersections of standup, tech, and activism as a Black man, and how those experiences have shaped his current work on the topics of race, technology, democracy, and climate. He also shares his insights on being a multifaceted creator, the balance of “bringing your whole self to the workplace” as a person of color, and his take on “weaponing discomfort” and “defining white supremacy” to expose the underlying layers of how it's been maintained. Check out the Resources below for information on how to keep up with Baratunde and his upcoming projects, including his podcast “How To Citizen with Baratunde” and the new six-part PBS series, “America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston”.

Chevon and Dennis talk about shows that have centered race over the past year and give praise to the writers, producers, and organizations working to move the needle on representation. Among the many shows they mention are The Watchmen, Lovecraft Country, and Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

Finally, two big announcements: Dennis has taken on a new position at Race Forward as our Vice President of Narrative, Arts, and Culture, and also we’ve opened registration for our #RaceAnd: Our Present, Our Future youth oriented event taking place on September 25th!

Thank you for listening to Season 2 of Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast, and stay tuned as we’re looking forward to even bigger things for Season 3 premiering this fall!

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Resources (by order of mention)

'Lovecraft Country' Creator Aims To Reclaim The Horror Genre For People Of Color (via NPR)

https://n.pr/3tld8S8

‘Minari’ Star Yuh-Jung Youn Makes Oscar History

https://bit.ly/3eTKGSc

‘Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ Reckons with an American Burden (via The Hollywood Reporter)

https://bit.ly/3vXVzJF

Grey's Anatomy recap: Police brutality and racial profiling take center stage (via Entertainment Weekly)

https://bit.ly/3utedsk

Color of Change

https://hollywood.colorofchange.org

Center For Cultural Power

https://www.culturalpower.org

BUILD

https://build.org/about

Baratunde Thurston

Podcast: How To Citizen

www.baratunde.com/howtocitizen

Website

www.baratunde.com

PBS and Twin Cities PBS Announce New Series, America Outdoors With Baratunde Thurston

to.pbs.org/3f0hNn4

Ted Talk: How to deconstruct racism, one headline at a time

https://bit.ly/2QW0vjb

Facebook

www.facebook.com/baratunde

Instagram

www.instagram.com/baratunde

Twitter

www.twitter.com/baratunde

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