#34:'Radical Mundane Blackness' - a podcast by Cher Vincent and James T. Green

This week, Cher and James discuss the blended lines of race and gender online, including Tumblr mentality, POCs using racial slurs, and the lack of mediocrity allowed online. In Open Call, Cher talks about a recent addition to the Apple Music library, and James talks about a certain presidential campaign.

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References made during our conversation

Tamir Rice, a child, was murdered, and the killer got away with it

Over the Christmas weekend in Chicago, two more lives were lost by the hands of the police

Voldermort is the most confident

Racial "Passing" Online, should there be a word for it?

You don't need to say racial slurs in songs at karaoke.

You know we couldn't forget about Open Call

Cher: Beatles on Streaming Services

James: Black Twitter on #NewHillaryLogo

Thanks for listening to episode 34. It couldn't have been made without the help of the following folks:

The Chicago Podcast Cooperative.

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Script written by Cher and James.

Music by U+1F60C.

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