About this episode
Guilaine reflects on extraction and its implications in the workplace, touching on themes of blackness and coloniality.
In this re-released episode first published on 1st June 2024, Guilaine reflects on extraction, the process of which touches on ancestral vulnerability, blackness, colonial dialectics and coloniality in the workplace and generally racialised dynamics, and echoes her (then) recent trip to the Congo. She offers an aside on how plagiarism as an accusation can be weaponised and racialised against people of colour, particularly women of colour and Black women in particular; and how they can be on o...
People in this episode
Host: Guilaine
Topics covered
- extraction
- ancestral vulnerability
- blackness
- colonial dialectics
- racial dynamics
- plagiarism
- women of color
Keywords
- extraction
- ancestral vulnerability
- blackness
- colonial dialectics
- racial dynamics
- plagiarism
- women of color
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Congo
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