About this episode

The episode discusses various themes including poetry, politics, race, and self-identity.

In this episode, after reciting some poetry by 2Pac, I talk about my new “raw dog” intro, the president of the United States having to insist that he’s not a rapist/pedophile, how white people can imagine a world with dragons as long as there are no Black people in it, remembering that I’m not like them, and the intersection between being a peacemaker and self-sacrifice. Quotables 2pac - It Ain't Easy An instruction to shrink Links "I'm not a rapist." -Donald J Trump Steve Toussaint (Corlys Velaryon) on House of the Dragon black representation and backlash

People in this episode

Host: B. Black

Topics covered

• poetry
• politics
• race
• self-identity
• media representation

Keywords

• 2Pac
• Donald Trump
• Steve Toussaint
• House of the Dragon
• race representation
• self-sacrifice
• peacemaking

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: It Ain't Easy, House of the Dragon

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