Colorism – Drinking With Blerds

In this week’s episode we provide our review of Nicki Minaj’s fourth studio album Queen and unpack who she dissed and our favorite songs. Shannon lists her critiques about singing Nicki and the monopoly of the fake-Jamaican accent artists of Caribbean descent use. Khemani then describes his recent work trip to Philly where he had the best cheesesteak in his whole life. Our main topic is then focused on looking at how colorism and representation in the media play a role in our lives and the formation of our identities..

Twitter: @DrinkingWBlerds
Facebook: Drinking With Blerds
Blog: drinkingwithblerds.com
Shannon Sorhaindo: @PrettiiRandom
Khemani Gibson: @JamaicanScholar

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Music used in this episode:
Intro music “Imagination” and outro music “Hendrix” provided by WorldHipHopBeats.com

“Jazz Brunch ” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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This week was a slow news week but we delve into how Zay Jones was treated when he was experiencing an mental health episode versus the white terrorist that was sending bombs to black and brown people in Austin. We then discuss our weekly topic focusing on the nature of call out culture by examining a recent controversy involving 18 year old actress Yara Shahidi who is the star of Freeform’s Grownish.

Twitter: @DrinkingWBlerds
Facebook: Drinking With Blerds
Blog: drinkingwithblerds.com
Shannon Sorhaindo: @PrettiiRandom
Khemani Gibson: @JamaicanScholar

Use #DrinkingWithBlerds to join the conversation on Twitter!

Music used in this episode:
Intro music “Imagination” and outro music “Hendrix” provided by WorldHipHopBeats.com

“Jazz Brunch ” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Tag: Colorism

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