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Colors Podcast

Colors: A Dialogue on Race in America

Colors is a frank discussion about race. Join JJ Green, who is black and guests of different racial backgrounds as they discuss the challenges the nation faces as it struggles to heal and make meaningful changes for racial equality. It’s a safe, non-judgmental, apolitical space to discuss race. Join us.

Latest Episodes

EP. 107 | The impact of the Supreme Court Abortion Rights Decision on Women of Color
EP. 107 | The impact of the Supreme Court Abortion Rights Decision on Women of Color
Andrea Mercado, Executive Director of Florida Rising, talks about the disappointment, the real dangers, and what they are going to do about it.Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please ...
EP. 106 | Fed up with school shootings, young people take action
EP. 106 | Fed up with school shootings, young people take action
18-year-old Zoe Touray, joins JJ and guest co-host Charley Locke, to talk about surviving a shooting in her school and what she's doing to try to stop them from happening.Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs, ...
EP. 105 | Why are so many Black staffers leaving the Biden administration?
EP. 105 | Why are so many Black staffers leaving the Biden administration?
Politico reporter Daniel Lippman and Brett Bruen, President of the Global Situation Room join us to lay out what's happening and why.Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please subscribe....
EP. 104 | How to help children through the trauma of a shooting
EP. 104 | How to help children through the trauma of a shooting
Tharaha Tavakumar, a mom and a therapist joins us with her thoughts, concerns, and expertise. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please subscribe.Email us at colors@the colorspodcast.com. 
EP. 103 | Guns, Rhetoric and Mass Casualties: A dangerous time for Black and Brown people in America
EP. 103 | Guns, Rhetoric and Mass Casualties: A dangerous time for Black and Brown people in America
Dr. Gretchen Sullivan-Sorin, Director & Distinguished Professor at the SUNY Oneonta, Cooperstown Graduate Program discusses the concerning connection between increasing violence, weapons, and hate. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. ...
EP. 102 | The Buffalo murder of 10 African Americans: She warned us
EP. 102 | The Buffalo murder of 10 African Americans: She warned us
Tharaha Thavakumar told us on Colors last year about a racist incident in her community where a high school student posted a picture on social media of himself with a gun saying he carried to "kill N------". She warned us that young ...
EP. 101 |WACIF provides economic opportunity in underserved neighborhoods
EP. 101 |WACIF provides economic opportunity in underserved neighborhoods
Nancy Stark, Board Chair of the Washington Area Community Investment Fund, Inc. (WACIF) discusses how they do itTweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please subscribe.Email us at colors@the colorspodcast....
EP. 100 | Confronting Internalized Racism
EP. 100 | Confronting Internalized Racism
Dr. Thandiwe Dee Watts-Jones, a noted psychologist and family therapist, joins us to help us understand how "internalized racism" can pit victims of racism against people of their own race. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs, ...
EP. 99 | Young children facing hair discrimination fight back
EP. 99 | Young children facing hair discrimination fight back
Charley Locke, a freelance journalist, who writes for the New York Times for Kids edition, talks to six children about the trauma they faced and what they decided to do about it.Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on ...
EP. 98 | Hispanic woman on death row in Texas receives a stay of execution. Is race a factor?
EP. 98 | Hispanic woman on death row in Texas receives a stay of execution. Is race a factor?
New York Times Houston Bureau Chief David Goodman talks about why there is so much support to stop Melissa Lucio's execution, and how she got to this point in the first place.Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on ...