When you think about Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben, what comes to mind? Beloved American food mascots or the caricatures of racist stereotypes for African Americans? In this episode of systemic, our host Dan Kimbrough sits down with Dr. David Pilgrim, founder and director of the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Imagery. We discuss the …
In this episode of Systemic, our host, Dan Kimbrough, sits with Romain Muhammad, the founder of Diversify World. Diversify World an agency dedicated to bridging diversity, equity, and inclusion gaps between the corporate world and marginalized communities. Today we discuss the power and resilience of the African diaspora. Romain has conducted extensive research on the …
Headlines scream the “decline” of DEI, but here’s the truth: most efforts have been performative. We’re talking black squares on social media, not dismantling systemic bias.
On this episode of Systemic, our host Dan Kimbrough talks with Farah Bala, a…
hen we think of prison, we often focus on the criminal aspect of the institution. These individuals broke the law and are being punished for doing so. But the punishment, as intended, was to be removed from society for a predefined amount of time, an…
In this episode of Systemic, we hear from food activist Clancy Harrison and discuss the issues of food insecurity and The Food Dignity® Movement.
Clancy shares stories from her 14 years of experience from a nutritionist to fighting hunger, and expla…
In this episode of Systemic our host Dan Kimbrough sits down with Cleveland Way of the Poise Foundation and the Black Equity Coalition.
We discuss how the Black Equity Coalition is working to address health disparities and inequities facing Black com…
Hollywood’s representation of underserved and marginalized populations has been under scrutiny since the first film flickered. Authentic storytelling that fully embraces the complexity and vibrancy of any people must be rooted in, and informed by, th…
On the episode of Systemic our host, Dan Kimbrough, sits down with Dr. Angela Odoms-Young, and Associate Professor, and Director of the Food and Nutrition Education in Communities Program, in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell Universit…
On this episode of Systemic, our host Dan Kimbrough sits down with Dr. Melissa Anyiwo. Dr. Anyiwo is an Associate Professor of History and Coordinator of Black Studies at the University of Scranton, Pennsylvania. She is also the Co-Chair of the Vampi…
When looking at American media, images and portrayals of Middle Easterners and Muslims have always had a negative and terroristic focus. Given that the media we consume plays a large part in how we interpret and understand the world around us, the im…