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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

198 | Empowering Asian-American women
198 | Empowering Asian-American women
Madalene Xuan-Trang Mielke is a nationally recognized civil rights leader and a member of USA Today’s Inaugural Leaders of Change. As President & CEO of the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS). She joins us to talk about her work ...
197 | Alarming number of Black males dying in Baltimore’s senior homes
197 | Alarming number of Black males dying in Baltimore’s senior homes
Alissa Zhu, of the Baltimore Banner joins us to talk about her and her colleagues story chilling story for the NYT; and why this is happening.https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/us/baltimore-opioid-epidemic-seniors.htmlTweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global ...
196 | Colors is now four years old
196 | Colors is now four years old
We go back to our very 1st episode on June 11th 2020 for perspective on how it all started.Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global with JJ Green on Substack. Please subscribe.Email us at ...
195 | Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh
195 | Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh
Sabrina Singh talks to Colors about growing up as a 1st generation Indian-American, her background culture and interests. And she talks about one of her favorite things to do.  Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs, Global ...
194 | Sasa Akil returns with a new book
194 | Sasa Akil returns with a new book
Sasa first joined us four years ago when she was 17 years old. She's now 21, a college graduate, a former "Poet Laureate" and now a new author of a fascinating chapbook about her life, love of music, and her "blackness and ...
193 | Jewish and Palestinian students stand together as campus clashes erupt
193 | Jewish and Palestinian students stand together as campus clashes erupt
ATIDNA International Founder and President Elijah Kahlenberg, who is Jewish, and Vice President Jadd Hashem, who is Palestinian talk about their group and its effort to find and promote common ground on Jewish and Palestinian issues.Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out ...
192 | Natasha Ghoneim | International Journalist
192 | Natasha Ghoneim | International Journalist
In a very powerful episode, Natasha talks about growing up as a little "brown girl" in Iowa City, Iowa and the moment she realized she was being "othered". She also talks about her career, her observations regarding  race in America today,  and ...
191 | Take Off Your Hoop Earrings Before You Put on Your Gas Mask
191 | Take Off Your Hoop Earrings Before You Put on Your Gas Mask
Author Traci Scott, a former journalist, staffer on Capitol Hill and a civilian who spent time in Iraq during the height of the Iraq war, talks about her crazy, amazing story in this book. It's called..."Take Off Your Hoop Earrings Before ...
190 | A conversation with the author of “Where River’s Part”
190 | A conversation with the author of “Where River’s Part”
 Kao Kalia Yang, an award-winning Hmong author, tells the emotional story of her family's immigration to the U.S, "A mesmerizing and hauntingly beautiful memoir about a Hmong family’s epic journey to safety told from the perspective of the author’s incredible mother ...
189 | No Box to Check: When the Census Doesn’t Reflect You
189 | No Box to Check: When the Census Doesn’t Reflect You
New York Times writer Karen Zraick, discusses some really interesting research about what we can expect to see in the next census and why it matters to everyone right now. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on international affairs, ...