11: Indeegnance

Integrated Rhythm

Indeegnance. A word that beautifully captures all that we talk about in today's episode, including genetic-based racism vs assimilationist racism, language and perception, code switching, Beyonce's "Black is King," the burden of representation, and action verses emotion.

1:00 Bobby's sloppy set up: Genetic-based Racism vs Assimilationist Racism

4:30 Both kinds are present in the Swing dance scene

6:30 The wrong end of many conversations

11:00 Language and perception -- the code switch flip

14:00 A Zambian-American in Zambia

20:30 How it relates to Beyonce's Black is King: Artistic privileges vs artistic responsibility

28:00 Burden of representation on minoritized perspectives

32:00 Black women and aggression

33:00 Anger and indignance, action vs emotion

38:00 A white guy claps back?

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Welcome to Integrated Rhythm! Two Swing Dancing besties (Chisomo Selemani & Bobby White) navigate race and the Black Experience in the world of Jazz Dance and other Afro-centric social dancing. Our goal is comfortable conversations about uncomfortable things. In this episode...

Our music is by Laurel Ryan & Michelle Stokes, our "We're back! song" was an improvisation by Steffanie AK Schilling, and the background drumming is by Bobby White

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