Intersectionality in the American South
Intersectionality in the American South is a podcast for anyone whose ready to take a long, hard, look at the ways oppressive systems land in people’s lives. We bring together academics and everyday people in conversations about the intersectional forms of oppression that marginalized people experience. You will hear thought provoking conversations about hard topics that center the often-silenced voices of Women of color, queer, trans and non binary folks and immigrants.
Episodes
21 episodes
Hope is a Practice: Bearing Witness to Palestinian Humanity
In this episode, We speak with Sig Giordano who offers a first hand account of their time in the West Bank picking olives alongside Palestinians during the annual olive harvest. Giordano candidly takes the listener through their learning ...
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Living History: Students Uncover An Ancestral Past
In this episode of Intersectionality in the American South, host Dr. Katie Acosta highlights reflections on the Gullah Geechee Immersive Field School taken by students from Georgia State University and the College of Charleston. Students share ...
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"We Be Gullah": A Conversation with Dr. Jessica Berry
On this episode of Intersectionality in the American South, guest Dr. Jessica Berry shares a bit on the significance of the Gullah Geechee language for her personally and professionally. She shares experiences about her upbringing, the unspoken...
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Visiting the McLeod Plantation
In July 2024, the Intersectionality in the American South Collective had the privilege of visiting the McLeod Plantation in Charleston, South Carolina. In this episode, Dr. Katie Acosta speaks with one of the site's preservationists, Reverend T...
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When Migrants who are Undocumented are Detained
Did you know that there are 6 Detention facilities in the state of Georgia used to house undocumented migrants and asylees? On this episode of Intersectionality in the American South, we hear from Mr. Amilcar Valencia Executive Dire...
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Accessibility Crisis: Advocating for the Disabled
After a life threatening crash left a family member disabled, Dr. Raeda Anderson—Research Scientist and the Lead Statistician for the Crawford Research Institute at the Shepherd Center—devoted her life work to seeking change for the disabled co...
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We see you, We stand with you: Advocating for the disabled
The systems we have built don’t always work for the people they were built for. The problem is that we too often have systems being built by people, not for people. In this episode, Stephanie Diaz and Dana Lloyd speak on the failure of so...
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Rethinking Healing & Community through Hip Hop Culture (Part 2)
Emile YX? is a Hip Hop activist who reclaims the power of Hip Hop to help the next generation rethink their identity, purpose, and place in their respective communities. A pioneer of beat breaking in his South African cultural context, an educa...
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Rethinking Healing & Community through Hip Hop Culture
Emile YX? is a Hip Hop activist who reclaims the power of Hip Hop to help the next generation rethink their identity, purpose, and place in their respective communities. A pioneer of beat breaking in his South African cultural context, an educa...
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Black Feminism: Dear Hip Hop ... We're Here
Akua Naru's love for the African diaspora drives her to disrupt and intervene for good through the channel of her Hip Hop music and archival work of The Keeper’s Project. More specifically, the pantheon of black women writers like Toni Morrison...
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The Gullah-Geechee People: Restoring Historical Memory
The Gullah-Geechee people are the descendants of enslaved West and Central Africans brought in the seventeenth and eighteenth-century to the United States to work on the rice plantations of the Low Country regions on the Southern Atlantic coast...
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Episode 8: Reproductive Justice for Black Individuals
On this episode of Intersectionality in the American South, Dr. Katie Acosta interviews Dr. Ashlyn Strozier about the challenges faced by Black folks who are trying to conceive, birthing, or experiencing unwanted pregnancy. Listen as we u...
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Episode 7: Advocating for those incarcerated in the state of Georgia
Imagine being incarcerated during the height of the pandemic and having limited access to information about the virus. Imagine being unable to socially isolated or visit with your loved ones. On this episode, Dr. Katie Acosta interv...
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Episode 6 - Exploring educational opportunities for the formerly incarcerated in Georgia
Poor choices led Patrick Rodriguez—Executive Director of a prison education program at Georgia State University—to extensive time in prison. However, his time in prison demythologized conceptions of the incarcerated as hopelessly depraved indiv...
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Episode 5: Making Space for Abolitionist Educators in Georgia's K-12 Education
Anthony Downer is an Equity Coordinator for the City Schools of Decatur. In his work, Downer advocates for a curriculum beyond the standards that encourages antiracist, culturally responsive, courageous teaching in the school system that can up...
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Ep. 4 What's New with the Beacon Hill Black Alliance for Human Rights
Beacon Hill Black Alliance is an organization of committed Decatur residents challenging the racist structures in Decatur, Ga. As Black history is American history, the white-washed monuments and symbols in Decatur say otherwise as Black and in...
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Ep. 3 The Healing Work of Reproductive Justice
Charity Woods Barnes—founder of the Reproductive Justice Resilience Project—re-centers women of color as fundamental in building a movement for reproductive justice that champions abortion rights yet goes beyond the abortion legality framework ...
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Ep. 2 A Conversation with Joan Morgan
When Chickenheads Come Home To Roost was published in 1999, Joan Morgan used the vehicle of Hip Hop to birth a vision for Black feminism that would render her a “pioneer.” After 23 years, Morgan celebrates Hip-Hop’s formative role yet ...
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Ep. 1 Unpacking Intersectionality with Scholars - Part 2
Welcome to Intersectionality in the American South, where educators, students, activists, and community members come together and unpack current realities for black and indigenous people of color. In each episode, we will discuss the impact of ...
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Ep. 1 Unpacking Intersectionality with Scholars - Part 1
Welcome to Intersectionality in the American South, where educators, students, activists, and community members come together and unpack current realities for black and indigenous people of color. Each episode, we will discuss the impact of rac...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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