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Oct 14
Commentary

Strange Fruit: Using Light-Skin Privilege For Good

Writer Leigh Green discusses her compelling op-ed, "White Supremacy in Me: Light-skinned and part of the problem."
By Jaison Gardner
Oct 14
Commentary

Strange Fruit: Using Light-Skin Privilege For Good

By Jaison Gardner
Sep 29
Commentary

Strange Fruit: Strength, Survival And Black Families

Writer Nefertiti Austin explores how intergenerational proximity, and fictive kin like play cousins, strengthen Black families.

By Jaison Gardner
Sep 29
Commentary
Strange Fruit: Strength, Survival And Black Families
Jaison Gardner
Sep 24
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Louisville-Jefferson County Curfew Extended Through The Weekend

Mayor Fischer also announced that Louisville Metro Government facilities downtown will remain closed until Monday.

By Staff
Sep 24
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Louisville-Jefferson County Curfew Extended Through The Weekend
Staff
Sep 22
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Strange Fruit: What White Parents Should Know About Transracial Adoption

Transracial adoptee author Melissa Guida-Richards joins us to offer advice for white parents who adopt child of color.

By Laura Ellis
Sep 22
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Strange Fruit: White Parents And Transracial Adoption
Laura Ellis
Sep 11
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Strange Fruit: Interracial Household Dynamics In 2020

How is the current racial reckoning in America playing out around the kitchen tables of interracial households?

By Jaison Gardner
Sep 11
Commentary
Strange Fruit: Interracial Household Dynamics In 2020
Jaison Gardner
Sep 3
Commentary

Strange Fruit: Why Is Young Adult Fiction So Straight And White?

"How It All Blew Up" author Arvin Ahmadi talks about how other YA authors can be more inclusive of diverse communities and identities.

By Jaison Gardner
Sep 3
Commentary
Strange Fruit: Why Is Young Adult Fiction So Straight And White?
Jaison Gardner
Aug 26
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Strange Fruit: ‘The Chi’ Star Jasmine Davis

Davis plays a loving, fierce, multi-layered Black trans woman named Imani on Lena Waithe’s dramatic TV series.

By Jaison Gardner
Aug 26
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Strange Fruit: 'The Chi' Star Jasmine Davis
Jaison Gardner
Aug 19
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Strange Fruit: In Praise Of Quiet Allies

Writer Bridgette L. Hylton joins us to talk about her latest piece, “If You’re a Real Ally, You’ll Keep It to Yourself.”

By Jaison Gardner
Aug 19
Commentary
Strange Fruit: In Praise Of Quiet Allies
Jaison Gardner
Aug 13
Commentary

Strange Fruit: ‘Performing Black Harmlessness’

Educator and writer Rodney Fierce thought that performing a type of muted Blackness would shield him from racism. He was wrong.

By Jaison Gardner
Aug 13
Commentary
Strange Fruit: 'Performing Black Harmlessness'
Jaison Gardner
Jul 29
Commentary

Strange Fruit: Loving Black People, Loving Black History

Jarvis Houston from tech startup I Love Black People, and Jermaine Fowler from "The Humanity Archive" podcast are guests.

By Jaison Gardner
Jul 29
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Strange Fruit: Loving Black People, Loving Black History
Jaison Gardner
Jul 13
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Strange Fruit: Live Streaming The Revolution

Recent uprisings around the country have brought new media and amateur journalists to the forefront. What's their role?

By Jaison Gardner
Jul 13
Commentary
Strange Fruit: Live Streaming The Revolution
Jaison Gardner
Jun 5
Commentary

Strange Fruit: How Black Moderates Are Complicit In White Supremacy

Dr. Ricky Jones, head of the University of Louisville's Pan-African Studies department, joins us to explain.

By Jaison Gardner
Jun 5
Commentary
Strange Fruit: How Black Moderates Are Complicit In White Supremacy
Jaison Gardner
May 28
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Strange Fruit: The Death Of Breonna Taylor

Strange Fruit is devoting the next several episode to coverage of Breonna Taylor, starting this week with writer and activist Shauntrice Martin.

By Jaison Gardner
May 28
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Strange Fruit: The Death Of Breonna Taylor
Jaison Gardner
May 21
Commentary

Strange Fruit: Microagressions From 9-5

Performing the emotional labor that none of us gets paid for.

By Jaison Gardner
May 21
Commentary
Strange Fruit: Microagressions From 9-5
Jaison Gardner
May 14
Commentary

Strange Fruit: Mass Incarceration And The Children Left Behind

Sylvia A. Harvey joins us to talk about her book "The Shadow System: Mass Incarceration and The American Family."

By Jaison Gardner
May 14
Commentary
Strange Fruit: Mass Incarceration And The Children Left Behind
Jaison Gardner
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