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Are You "Black" or "African American?"

Season 1 Episode 2 | 10m 37s

Throughout American history people of the African Diaspora have been called so many things...all the things...but what does it truly mean, and how does it impact or affect the way we see ourselves. Evelyn from The Internets and Azie Dungey discuss on this week's episode of Say It Loud.

Aired: 02/13/19
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Exploring the new and inventive ways our generation is honoring and preserving Soul Food.
Hallease and Evelyn look at how comedy has changed throughout modern history.
How migration has impacted Black culture in the United States.
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
What Missy Elliott did for Afrofuturism
The Evolution of (Black) Beauty
"Black sounding" names and their surprising history
Black Twitter continues to be a source of debate, research, and of course endless cackles.
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