Best of Story Collider: Navigating Whiteness

Best of Story Collider: Navigating Whiteness

From The Story Collider by Story Collider, Inc.

February 27, 2026 · 30 min

About this episode

This episode features stories from Black individuals navigating the challenges of racism in their professional and personal lives.

This week we present two stories from Black people who were dealing with the ramifications of our racist systems. Part 1: As a science teacher, Mamoudou N'Diaye was supposed to have all the answers, but he struggles to explain being Black in the USA. Part 2: Rhonda Key fights to be taken seriously by her white co-workers and students when she gets a job at a middle school. Mamoudou N'Diaye is a Mauritanian American comic, writer, filmmaker, activist, DJ, and former teacher. N'Diaye has been a correspondent for digital media companies Mic and Seeker, a creative comedy consultant for social justice nonprofits Color of Change, Hip Hop Caucus, The Center for Cultural Power, and The Center for Media and Social Impact, and a winner of 2019's Yes And Laughter Lab for his pilot, Franklin. He has written and appeared in the Comedy Central Original They Follow, written for Refinery29's After After Party, and is in post-production for the webseries Bodegaverse with Karen Sepulveda. N'Diaye is developing By Us, For Us, a late-night sketch/talk show centering Black voices, for Color for Change and Flyovers, a half-hour dramedy about being Black in the rural Midwest. N’Diaye holds a degree in…

People in this episode

Guests: Mamoudou N'Diaye, Rhonda Key

Topics covered

  • racism
  • education
  • Black identity
  • workplace dynamics
  • personal stories

Keywords

  • racism
  • Black identity
  • education
  • workplace
  • personal stories

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Color of Change, Hip Hop Caucus, The Center for Cultural Power, The Center for Media and Social Impact, Comedy Central, Refinery29, Jennings School District

Places: USA, Midwest

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