What is Black?
83 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsA podcast centering the stories of Black people and culture to help raise affirmed, empowered, healthy and thriving Black children and teens. The biweekly podcast is hosted by Dr. Jacqueline Douge a Black mother, pediatrician, writer, and speaker.
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Episodes
Talking Black Hair with Lori L. Tharps
February 03, 2020 05:00 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MBOn today's episode, we're joined by Lori L. Tharps to discuss black hair and her book, Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America. Lori is a set-described diversity diva and hairstorian. During this episode we cover the following topics and so much more! The complicated history of Black hair Strategies to help kids learn to love their hair Cultural and historical importance of Black hair To learn more about Lori, check out the show notes on whatisblack.co. Don't forget...
Janet Stickmon: To Black Parents Visting Earth
January 20, 2020 05:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBAuthor and professor Janet Stickmon discusses her new book, "To Black Parents Visiting Earth Raising Black Children inThe 21st Century". She shares her purpose in creating a guide to help parents navigate the current political and social landscape that often create challenges for parenting and raising Black children. Janet writes the book as letters to parents visiting Earth for the first time. She shares her experiences, challenges and shares resources. But most of all she describes the bo...
Supermom Rehab with Dr. Omolara Thomas Uwemedimo
January 06, 2020 05:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBDr. Omolara Thomas Uwemedimo is CEO and founder of OmolaraMD Health Solutions, a social justice physician, advocate and researcher passionate about health equity for mothers and children. She joins us today to discuss breaking the myths of being a supermom, the health impacts of being a supermom, why embracing vulnerability is important for moms embracing vulnerability, and how she help moms of color through her podcast role as pediatrician, mom and of host of SupermomRehab. You can find he...
When They See Us: The Affects of Structural Racism on Black & Brown Youth
September 23, 2019 04:00 - 53 minutes - 36.4 MBWe're ending season one of What is Black podcast with a discussion about "When They See Us," the Ava DuVernay docuseries about five teenagers falsely accused and convicted for a crime they didn't commit. Much has been written about the series but I wanted to explore with my guests Dr. Baraka Floyd, Dr. Frank Clark, Dr. David de Angel Sola and Dr. Angela Moemeka how the series portrays how the adverse childhood experience and toxic stress of structural racism impacts Black and Brown youth the...
Dr. Aronica Cotton: Children's Mental Health
September 09, 2019 04:00 - 35 minutes - 24.1 MBWhat is Black welcomes Dr. Aronica Cotton a Board Certified Adult, Child, and Adolescent Psychiatrist and an Assistant Professor in the Psychiatry Department at the University of Maryland Medical School, on this week’s podcast. Black children and young adults are less likely to get mental health care but still experience mental health conditions. One way to address this disparity in access to mental health care for Black children and adolescents is to talk about it. In Episode 26 you will l...
Dr. Aronica Cotton: Children's Mental Health
September 09, 2019 04:00 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MBWhat is Black welcomes Dr. Aronica Cotton a Board Certified Adult, Child, and Adolescent Psychiatrist and an Assistant Professor in the Psychiatry Department at the University of Maryland Medical School, on this week’s podcast. Black children and young adults are less likely to get mental health care but still experience mental health conditions. One way to address this disparity in access to mental health care for Black children and adolescents is to talk about it. In Episode 26 y...
A Conversation with Shonda Buchanan, Author of Black Indian
August 26, 2019 04:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBOn this episode, I speak with poet, educator and author, Shonda Buchanan about her new memoir Black Indian. Shonda's memoir is an inspiring story that explores her family's legacy of being African Americans with American Indian roots and how they dealt with not just society's ostracization but the consequences of this dual inheritance. In our conversation Shonda and I talk about the lineage of fierce women in her family; why she wrote the book; how intersectionality of race and identity in...
Meet the Author That Captures the Joys and Challenges of Black Mothering (w/ Kelly Glass)
August 12, 2019 13:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBWhy is it so hard for Black mothers to show vulnerablity? Do you feel anxious raising black children? Theses are questions that many of us may have asked ourselves but have found it hard to answer or openly discuss with family and/or friends. Today's guest is Kelly Glass a writer whose interests focus on the intersections of parenting, mental health, race, and diversity. She's also the author of young adult racial literacy book Looking at Privilege and Power. Her work can be found in the ...
The RESilience Initiative: Uplifting Youth Through Healthy Conversations About Race
August 05, 2019 12:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBDuring this episode I speak with Lauren G. Caldwell, JD, PhD, Keyona King-Tsikata, and Tiffany G. Townsend, PhD from the American Psychological Association (APA) to discuss the RESilience Initiative. RESilence's goals are to address the effects of racism, racial bias and discrimination through: Increasing knowledge of racial and ethnic socialization (RES) as an important part of identity development. Increasing the effective use of racial and ethnic socialization. Supporting parents in m...
Dr. W. Steen James: Let's Talk About Water Safety
July 31, 2019 21:17 - 34 minutes - 24 MBIt's summertime! Parents, children and teens are enjoying the fun and sun. But we can't forget about the importance of water safety and drowning prevention. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), drowning is a leading cause of unintentional injury-related death in the US. Children ages 1-4 have the highest drowning rates and there’s a disparity in the rate of drowning with African-American children disproportionately impacted. On this episode, I speak with Dr. W...
Reflections on Fatherhood Part 2
July 22, 2019 12:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBThis episode is a follow up to the Reflections on Fatherhood Part 1 episode. This is the full conversation that I had with Max Douge, my husband, Pierre Douge, brother in-law, and Wayne Abbott, family friend. During this episode, my guests share their viewpoints on raising children and the ongoing lessons they're learning about what it means to be a father. Bios: Wayne Abbott grew up in East Windsor, NJ and attended Hightstown HS. He graduated from Rutgers School of Engineering in 1990 w...
Tembi Locke-From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily and Finding Home
July 15, 2019 14:30 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBOn this episode, I speak with Tembi Locke, actor and author of the debut novel, From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily and Finding Home. The novel is a beautifully told story of a cross-cultural love story set mostly in Sicily that deals with themes of family, food, loss, multiculturalism, motherhood and forgiveness. During our conversation, Tembi shares the inspiration for writing the book, her work as an advocate for family caregivers, raising a multiracial child, and how food, love and...
Recentering the Doctor-Patient Relationship with Dr. Jalan Burton
July 08, 2019 13:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBToday's guest is Dr. Jalan Burton (@pedsdrj), or Dr. J as she is called. Dr. J works as a pediatrician and is the founder of Healthy Home Pediatrics LLC, a concierge or direct primary care house-call practice providing holistic and comprehensive care to children and young adults in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. In today's episode, she explains what is concierge or direct primary care and how it helps her to reach the goal of recentering the doctor-patient relationship and how her experience ...
Dr. Nathan Chomilo: The role of early childhood literacy in advancing racial and health equity
June 24, 2019 11:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBOur guest today is Dr. Nathan Chomilo. Dr. Chomilo is both a pediatrician and doctor of internal medicine. He works in Minnesota and serves as the Medical Director of Reach Out and Read Minnesota. His advocacy work includes the impact early childhood intervention and healthcare access have on the long-term prospects of our children and how physicians and health systems can address racial & health equity. During this episode, he shares his work with to address racial & health equity, impo...
Reflections on Fatherhood Part 1
June 17, 2019 00:44 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBIn this episode, we pay tribute to Black fathers in celebration of Father's Day. I speak with Max Douge, my husband, Pierre Douge, brother in-law, and Wayne Abbott, family friend. This episode is an excerpt of a conversation they had after the interview I had with them about fatherhood. During their conversation share reflections of their youth, how their father's influenced their parenting, Black culture then and now, racism and how they help their children deal with negative perception...
Preventing Youth Violence with Dr. Denise Powell
June 07, 2019 13:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MBGrowing up in Mississippi helped shaped Dr. Denise's Powell's advocacy work to prevent youth violence especially gun violence. Dr. Powell uses her role as physician and journalist to make a difference in her community. Youth violence is an important preventable public health issue. During this episode, Dr. Powell shares how her childhood experience with gun violence influenced her advocacy, disparities of violence within the Black community, the health effects of youth violence, it's role...
Dr. Rhea Boyd: Advocate for Social Justice for Kids
June 03, 2019 11:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBToday's guest is Dr. Rhea Boyd. Dr. Boyd is a pediatrician and child and community health advocate. She works clinically at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation and serves as the Chief Medical Officer of San Diego 211 and the Director of Equity and Justice for, The Children's Trust, a campaign to expand behavioral health access to every child in California. In this episode, we discuss the following how her childhood experiences influenced her work to become an advocate for children and her ...
Meet the Author of The Dark Fantastic Dr. Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
May 26, 2019 17:40 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBToday's guest is Dr. Ebony Elizabeth Thomas (@ebonyteach) author of the new book The Dark Fantastic: Race and The Imagination From Harry Potter To The Hunger Games (@NYUpress). The Dark Fantastic is an engaging and provocative exploration of race in popular youth and young adult speculative fiction. Grounded in her experiences as YA novelist, fanfiction writer, and scholar of education, Thomas considers four black girl protagonists from some of the most popular stories of the early 21st c...
Dani McClain-We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood
May 20, 2019 11:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBDani McClain reports on race and reproductive health. Dani is the author of the new book, We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood. During the episode, Dani shares her unique perspectives of the social, cultural and political forces that impact Black parenting, the political power of Black mothering, lessons learned from interviewing other Black mothers, as well as challenging stereotypes of Black mothering and the Black family. Bio: Dani McClain reports on race and ...
The Mother's Day Episode with Nicole Peltier-Lewis and Veronica Lowe
May 13, 2019 02:06 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MBToday, we're celebrating the mothers! We're talking with my friends Nicole Peltier-Lewis and Veronica Lowe about issues facing Black mothers, importance of self-care, the role of sister friends to lend support and love and importance of having a your own board of directors. Bio: Nicole Peltier-Lewis Ideation and Leadership Coach, Educational Consultant, Author, and Mom Instagram: @npstrivedaily Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-peltier-lewis-0bb00436/ www.onesharpensanother.com ...
Jerry Craft
May 06, 2019 07:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBOur guest today is author and illustrator Jerry Craft (@JerryCraft). He shares NEW KID, his new middle grade graphic novel about seventh grader Jordan Banks who loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in the prestigious Riverdale Academy Day School, where he is now one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment, Jordan soon f...
Danae Aicher: Mocha Moms, Inc.
April 29, 2019 22:21 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBMocha Moms is the premier voice and support group for mothers of color. During this episode, we speak with Danae Aicher, Director of Communications for Mocha Moms, Inc., about the important role Mocha Moms plays for mothers of colors. To learn more about Mocha Moms, Inc. and find a local chapter go to https://www.mochamoms.org Twitter: @mochamoms Facebook: @mochamoms Instagram: mocha_moms Bio: Danae Jones-Aicher was a mass communications professional with more than 20 years of experience ...
Dr. Ashaunta Anderson: Racial Discrimination and Kid's Health
April 15, 2019 11:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBWe all know that racial discrimination isn't good for anyone but did you know that it affects children's health? During this episode, we talk with Dr. Ashaunta Anderson, pediatrician and researcher, about the health effects of racial discrimination on kids and strategies to help parents address racial discrimination's health impact and help raise resilient children. Bio: Ashaunta T. Anderson, MD, MPH, MSHS is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of the Univer...
Ibi Zoboi and Leah Henderson
April 01, 2019 11:00 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MBIbi Zoboi (@ibizoboi) and Leah Henderson (@LeahsMark) discuss BLACK ENOUGH. BLACK ENOUGH is a collection of stories about what it's like to be young and black in America. In this episode, we'll speak with Ibi Ziboi and Leah Henderson talk about their experiences growing up a Black teens in the United States, how they used their experiences to write their stories for the collection and how race, culture and identity intersect to influence what it's like to be young and black. Bios: Ibi Zob...
Building Communities of Hope
March 25, 2019 11:00 - 43 minutes - 30.1 MBHow do you feel? What do you say after you learn about another tragic incident that has occurred due to hate? How do you talk to you kids? Our guests for this episode include a panel of diverse, dynamic and passionate child advocates and pediatricians, Dr. Sindhura Kodali, Dr. Jonathan Weinkle , Dr. Julie Linton, Dr. Sonia Khan, and Dr. Jihan Abdul-Haqq. In this episode, we reflect on recent tragedies motivated by hatred, discuss their work with families to address and tackle tough issues ...
Raising Biracial and Multiracial Children
March 18, 2019 11:00 - 24 minutes - 16.5 MBOur guest for this episode is Dr. Sarah Gaither (@sarahegaither), Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience and a faculty affiliate at the Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University. During today's episode we discuss her research, her experiences growing us a biracial Black/White woman, racial identity, and insights into raising biracial and multiracial children. Links and resources mentioned in this episode Duke Identity & Diversity Lab Helping My Fair-Skin...
Part 2: Disciplining Our Children with Dr. Michelle Ogle and Dr. Shontae Buffington
March 04, 2019 15:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBThis episode of Part 2 of the conversation about discipline our children. Our guests are pediatricians, Dr. Michelle Collins Ogle and Dr. Shontae Buffington. During the conversation we'll discuss the American Academy of Pediatrics policy on Effective Discipline, the policy's impact on African-American families and cultural influences of parenting recommendations. Guest Bios: Dr. Shontae Buffington is a pediatrician and an active American Academy of Pediatrics member practicing in south...
Part 1: Disciplining Our Children with Dr. Stacey Patton
February 18, 2019 13:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBDr. Stacey Patton (@DrStaceyPatton) is an adoptee, child abuse survivor, and former foster youth turned award-winning author, journalist and child advocate. As a nationally-recognized child advocate, Dr. Patton travels the country delivering keynotes and professional trainings focused on combating racial disparities in child abuse cases, criminal prosecutions for child abuse, foster care placements, the over prescribing of psychotropic medications to children of color in foster care, the sc...
The Talk
February 04, 2019 20:00 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBDr. Janie Ward is a Professor and Chair Education and Africana Studies at Simmons University and the author of The Skin We're In: Teaching Our Children to be Emotionally Strong, Socially Smart and Spiritually Connected (Free Press/Simon and Schuster, 2000). During this episode, we discuss The Talk, strategies on to have The Talk with our children and the four-step model to help children resist racism. To learn more about Dr. Janie Ward go to http://www.simmons.edu/Faculty/Janie-W...
The Talk
February 04, 2019 20:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBDr. Janie Ward is a Professor and Chair Education and Africana Studies at Simmons University and the author of The Skin We're In: Teaching Our Children to be Emotionally Strong, Socially Smart and Spiritually Connected (Free Press/Simon and Schuster, 2000). During this episode, we discuss The Talk, strategies on to have The Talk with our children and the four-step model to help children resist racism. To learn more about Dr. Janie Ward go to http://www.simmons.edu/Faculty/Janie-Ward.
Talking to Kids About Race
January 21, 2019 20:00 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBDr. Riana Elyse Anderson (@rianaelyse) is a Psychologist and Assistant Professor in the Health Behaviors & Health Education Department in the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan. Her scholarship addresses culturally specific parenting practices to reduce race-related stress in families. During this episode, we discuss the importance of having conversations with our children about race, promoting child psychosocial well-being, her current program, EMBRace (Engaging,...
Talking to Kids About Race
January 21, 2019 20:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBDr. Riana Elyse Anderson (@rianaelyse) is a Psychologist and Assistant Professor in the Health Behaviors & Health Education Department in the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan. Her scholarship addresses culturally specific parenting practices to reduce race-related stress in families. During this episode, we discuss the importance of having conversations with our children about race, promoting child psychosocial well-being, her current program, EMBRace (Engaging, Managing...
Trailer
January 01, 2019 23:00 - 43 seconds - 524 KBWhat is Black?"is a new podcast about parenting Black/African-American children. The podcast seeks to help parents address issues such as race, culture, identity, and everyday challenges of growing up. Join us for episode one launching January 21, 2019. Hosted and produced by pediatrician and writer Jacqueline Douge. Music by Manni Festo of the poetsloungepodcast.com. Subscribe now.