Black Voices Who Have Shaped Us + Redefining “Perfect” with Glennon Melton | Selfie Episode 131

Kristen and Roo are talking about the murder of George Floyd and learning to be better allies, and are sharing some of the black voices that have helped shape their views. We are also talking with Glennon Melton about letting go of expectations and redefining "perfect", and her new book Untamed.

In this episode we talk about:

The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America, With a New Preface by Khalil Gibran Muhammad
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Reddit: Black People Twitter
IjeomaOluo
Luvvie Ajayi
Rachel Cargle
Latasha Morrison
Baratunde Thurston
Jamil Smith
Gene Demby

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