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Marie Kennedy's avatar

People I’d love to hear you talk with who are not quite Meghan Markle level:

The New Liberals podcast, Angel Eduardo

Free Black Thought, Erec Smith, Michael DC Bowen

Roderick Graham (would disagree on a lot)

Some stretch goals?: Chloe Valdary, Coleman Hughes, Kmele Foster, Thomas Chatterton Williams

I’d also just like to hear more about you as a person beyond your perspectives on racial justice issues. I don’t know much about you other than you are British (I think!) and Black and male.

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Steve QJ's avatar

This is a fantastic list. Thank you. I'll keep you in suspense, but I've already been talking to one of the people here. The stretch goal list is like you've read my mind. I'd only add John McWhorter. Baby steps...😄

Yes, now that I'm devoting more time to writing, I'll absolutely be broadening the range of topics I write about. I'm not somebody who talks about themselves a lot in general (I'm not especially protective of my privacy, I just find writing about myself to be less interesting than writing about pretty much anything else), but I'm sure there'll be a few more anecdotes along the way.

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Marie Kennedy's avatar

John McWhorter would be great too! Maybe you can crash the Glenn show and call him out a little :)

One more I forgot is Ayishat Akanbi- I believe she is working on a book about wokeness? And if I’m correct in remembering you’re from the UK, she is your countrywoman and it would be extremely interesting to hear how much of the discourse on race is influenced by American history and how the UK perspective is/can be/should be unique.

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Steve QJ's avatar

"John McWhorter would be great too! Maybe you can crash the Glenn show and call him out a little :)" 😁

Ayishat is a great suggestion! I hadn't thought of her. Yes, she's a fellow Brit. I'm not living in the UK at the moment, but especially if she has a book coming out soon maybe we could figure something out.🤔

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Erica Etelson's avatar

I second all of the above and would add Africa Brooke, Brittany King, Briahna Joy Gray, Sheena Mason, Barbara and/or Karen Fields (of 'Racecraft' fame), Adolph Reed, Jr. (see his 'The Trouble with Disparity' article). And above all, I would LOVE if you would interview TEma Okun about her "White Supremacy Culture" tract that has become absolutely ubiquitous and that I suspect you will have a few problems with to say the least. Along the same lines, how about a respectful yet challenging interview with Robin DiAngelo?

For nuanced takes on issues around transgenderism, check out Blocked & Reported podcast and Unspeakable with Meghan DAum --she has interviewed a bunch of very knowledgeable transgender health professionals lately.

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Steve QJ's avatar

Hi Erica! Sorry for the delay, and thanks very much for the list! As much as I'd love to talk to her, I think people like Robin DiAngelo are a little unrealistic for now (not to mention I don't think she's ever agreed to all to anybody who might challenge her ideas), but there are some great suggestions here who I hadn't thought/heard of.

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Erica Etelson's avatar

Re: DiAngelo, well that speaks volumes doesn't it.

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Steve QJ's avatar

Haha, yup.

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