BeyondColorBlind Podcast

In this episode, I chat with Jared Karol, author of, "A White Guy Confronting Racism." Jared and I talk about the importance of White people engaging in conversations to eliminate racism in the United States and we talk about his "Why."

In this episode, I sit down with Robert Egleston and Drew Hancock; two men that I have gotten to know a deeper level during our Civil Rights Pilgrimage to Alabama. We chat about our personal reflections on seeing the historic sites where epic battles for Civil Rights took place throughout the state of Alabama. 

In this episode, I sit down with Claire Tuttle, a great friend and a solider in the fight for justice. Claire and I chat about our reflections regarding our visit to the International Civil Rights Center and Museum located in Greensboro, North Carolina. 

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Carlos Medina, former Systems Vice Chancellor for Diversity ,Equity, and Inclusion for the State University of New York (SUNY) and current higher education talent acquisition consultant.  Carlos and I discuss tips and strategies that every aspiring Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) needs to know about searching for a CDO job.

In this episode, I chat with Dr. Russell Smith, Professor of Geography and Faculty Lead for the Spatial Justice Studio at Winston Salem State University. Dr. Smith and I discuss the impacts of the discriminatory practice of "redlining" on the African American community. 

In this session, I talk with Dr. William (Will) Harris, Professor, University of Pennsylvania and Principal Scholar, International Civil Rights Center & Museum Greensboro, N.C.  We discuss the purpose of Civil Rights Museums across the nation and specifically, we discuss the impact of the International Civil Rights Center & Museum in Greensboro, N.C. 

In this session, I chat with Dr. Carol E. Henderson Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion/Chief Diversity Officer and Adviser to the President at Emory University.  We discuss the skills Chief Diversity Officers need in order to be effective in the COVID-19 and George Floyd era. 

In this interview, I chat with Dr. Becky DesRoches, Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Regis College of School of Health Sciences, about why she wrote her song "We Are!"    

In this interview, I chat with Dr. Chi-Cheng-Huang, Executive Medical Director of General Medicine and Hospital Medicine Shared Services, Wake Forest Baptist Health System, about the Color of COVID-19. We discuss the Fear of Blacks and African Americans getting the vaccine and the Blame that Asian Americans and AAPI folks experience because of COVID-19.

In this episode, I chat with Pastor Chris Leab, Executive Director of the Dream Center of Forsyth County. Using Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail as the backdrop, Pastor Chris and I discuss the complicated relationship between Christianity and Race. 

In today's episode of the Beyond Color Blind Podcast, I chat with my LatinX brother, Jorge Zellabos, a fellow diversity and inclusion thought leader and expert. We chat it up about being men of color working in the DEI and anti-racism space. 

In today's episode of the Beyond Color Blind Podcast, I chat with Dr. Russell Smith, Professor of Geography and Faculty Lead for the Spatial Justice Studio at Winston Salem State University Dr. Smith shares the definition of Spatial Justice and its intersection with racial bias and social economic status. Among other things we discuss why highways are built through Black communities. 

In this interview, I sit down with Assistant Police Chief William Penn, of the Winston Salem Police Department, NC.  Assistant Police Chief Penn and I discuss bias in policing, we also discuss the movie 13th. 

In this episode, I site down with Marybeth Gasman, Samuel DeWitt Proctor Endowed Chair in Education & Director of the Samuel Dewitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity and Justice & Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions, Rutgers University.  Marybeth and I chat about what it takes to be committed to equity. 

In this episode, I sit down with my colleague, Fabi Preslar, Owner and President of Spark Publications. Fabi and I chat about how hard work and her skin color opened doors for her that are otherwise closed to many people of color.   

In this episode, I sit down with my good friend, Sharilyn Owens, Department Chair of Math at Forsyth Tech Community College.  Sharilyn and I chat about how having White privilege can shield you from the realities that Blacks and other people of color face in America. 

In this episode, I sit down with Karen Barnes, a good friend of mine and of my family. Karen and I chat about her relationship with Jesse, her grandparents housekeeper.  She also shares how she uses her white privilege to support her black friends and colleagues.

In the episode, I sit down with Jon Howle,  Director of Teaching and Learning Innovation at Forsyth Tech Community College. Jon and I discuss the process and the evolution of becoming an ally.  

In this episode, I sit down with Paula Dibley, Associate Vice President, Marketing & Recruiting at Forsyth Technical Community College. Paula and I talk about her intentional efforts of showing up authentically in the lives of her black friends and colleagues.

In this episode, I sit down with my good friend, Jon Abercrombie to discuss his growing up in the segregated South, white privilege and his life commitment to activism. 

In this episode, I sit down with Lydia Dishman, Contributing Editor, Fast Company, and we talk about white privilege and the work she has done to advocate for equity and justice.  

In this episode, I sit down with Kate Reece to discuss white privilege, racial identity development, white allyship, growing Southern, and the "mammy culture."