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S4 Ep. 103: What Do We Do Now?: Leaning Into White Allyship Pt. 1 Jul 07, 2020

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Dr. Alex Gee has a live, virtual conversation with those seeking to learn and take action amidst the racial unrest sparked by recent acts of police violence. In the first part of the conversation, Dan Beltran asks Dr. Gee questions to give perspective on the experience of a Black man in America who has been speaking out on systemic racism for years.

Special thank you to Gener8tor for their generous assistance in hosting this virtual event.

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Relevant Re-Drop: The Progressive Lie: Dr. Tony Chambers Discusses The Repercussions of Speaking Up In Academia Jul 02, 2020

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Because of recent events that are bringing greater attention to issues that impact African Americans, Black Like Me is highlighting past episodes that are relevant to the current national conversation.

Dr. Alex Gee has a revealing conversation with Dr. Tony Chambers about his racist cultural experiences in a local Madison college. Both Dr. Gee and Dr. Chambers share how they have had to navigate the undercurrent of racism in a progressive city and the pushback of speaking out. Hear the full story here.

The Cap Times Article - Culture Shock: Former Edgewood College Students and Staff Complain Of Racist Campus Culture

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Relevant Re-Drop: When People Think My White Assistant is Dr. Alex Gee... Jul 02, 2020

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On this episode, Dr. Alex Gee and his assistant, Tyler Nylen, relate his experiences being wrongly identified in various settings. The crew of Black Like Me join Dr. Gee to discuss why these situations happen to African Americans.

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S4 Ep. 102: Black Faces In White Places: Black Excellence Despite Exhausting White Environments With Season 4 Apprentice Champion Dr. Randal Pinkett And Dr. Jeffrey Robinson Jun 30, 2020

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If the name Randal Pinkett sounds familiar, it may be because Pinkett was the first African-American winner on The Apprentice. When he won, this black man also became the only contestant to be asked to share his victory-with a white woman. The request (and Pinkett's subsequent refusal) set off a firestorm of controversy that inevitably focused on the issue of race in the American workplace and in society. Dr. Gee discusses the book "Black Faces In White Places" with the authors, Dr. Randal Pinkett And Dr. Jeffrey Robinson.

Randal D. Pinkett is a Rhodes Scholar and Walter Byers Scholar, and is the founder and managing partner of the consulting firm BCT Partners. Jeffrey A. Robinson, Ph.D. is an award-winning business school professor, international speaker, and entrepreneur.

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Relevant Re-Drop: US Black History With Professor Christy Clark-Pujara Jun 25, 2020

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On this episode, Dr. Alex Gee has an eye-opening conversation with the University of Wisconsin Professor of History and one of the most celebrated lecturers in the Justified Anger African American History Class, Christy Clark-Pujara. Christy Clark-Pujara is a historian whose research focuses on the experiences of black people in French and British North America in the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries.

Books: Dark Work: The Business of Slavery in Rhode Island (New York: New York University Press, 2016).

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Relevant Re-Drop: White Women's Tears and White Fragility with Dr. Robin DiAngelo Jun 25, 2020

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Dr. Alex Gee brings you an important figure in the White Allyship conversation, Dr. Robin DiAngelo. Their conversation is insightful, truthful, and challenging to the system of racism. Dr. Gee and Dr. DiAngelo share the ability to speak from life experience, both personally and professionally, in an episode that is not to be missed.

Dr. Robin DiAngelo is the Affiliate Associate Professor of Education at the University of Washington. Her area of research is in Whiteness Studies and Critical Discourse Analysis, explicating how whiteness is reproduced in everyday narratives. Dr. DiAngelo has numerous publications and books, including Is Everybody Really Equal?: An Introduction to Key Concepts in Critical Social Justice Education, co-written with Özlem Sensoy, and which received both the American Educational Studies Association Critics Choice Book Award (2012) and the Society of Professors of Education Book Award (2018). In 2011 she coined the term White Fragility in an academic article which influenced the national dialogue on race. Dr. DiAngelo's book, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism was released in June of 2018 and debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List.

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S4 Ep. 101: 7 Observations For White People During This Historic Moment Jun 23, 2020

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Dr. Alex Gee shares a series of observations into what he is seeing with our current state of racism and national upheaval. You don't want to miss his rants and wisdom on the topics on everyone's mind right now.

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S4 Ep. 99: A Former Black Cop's Perspective on Police Reform: A Conversation With Corey Saffold Jun 09, 2020

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Dr. Alex Gee keeps his Black Like Me podcast going with another perspective on the vital issues of our time. Interim Director of Safety and Security of the Verona Area School District, Corey Saffold, returns to the show to discuss his experience as a Black man in law enforcement and his inside view on police reform.

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S4 Ep. 98: Inviting White Cops Into The Struggle: A Conversation With Former Cop Chad Melton Jun 02, 2020

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Dr. Alex Gee brings his Black Like Me Live conversation to the podcast as he talks with a former white police officer. Chad Melton is now a pastor but brings his law enforcement experience to the conversations. Dr. Gee also connects with Anthony Ward, a former African-American police officer, to add a new perspective to recent events.

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S4 Ep. 97: A Rant: Why Do White Women Call The Police On Black Men? May 28, 2020

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Dr. Alex Gee shares his Facebook Live rant from a week that saw Amy Cooper's reaction to a Black man in the park and George Floyd's death from police violence. Dr. Gee gives an emotional response to these racially motivated incidents.

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