Episode 17: Racism in China + The Kanye Breakdown

8AM Shift

English - May 22, 2018 12:00 - 1 hour - 62.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
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Next Episode: Episode 18: This Is America (Chinese-American/Puerto Rican and Italian-American Version)

Goooood Morning!

Hey Shifters -- we're back! Our apologies for the schedule lately, but we've got another great episode in which we share our thoughts on the Kanye West breakdown from the previous weeks. Joe thinks Kanye's always been this way and that he's entered a Britney Spears-level meltdown; Jordan thinks it may actually be worse. Somewhere down the line we manage to connect it to the issue of racism in China.

After the break, we catch up with AJ, one of Jordan's grad school colleagues from China, who opens up about the country's history with race, why discrimination is not at the top of the government's priority list and why the recent examples, like the racist detergent ad, the attitude towards Black Panther and the appalling Lunar New Year performance, may actually help bring this much needed conversation to the forefront.

Special thanks to Maurice for sharing his unfiltered thoughts about Yeezy!

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