07: A Complimentary Episode

<p>In this episode, Chisomo &amp; Bobby discuss White people complimenting Black people, and many of the layers involved.</p> <p>(0:00) The setup. (4:00) compliments &amp; microaggressions. (8:30) talking with the other person? It gets tricky. (10:30) looking at the context. (19:00) Black women's hair. (22:00) The exaggeration of Black people as a tool of oppression. (23:30) Black People and being suspicious of compliments. (28:30) It's just not a Black/White binary. (32:00) Game: Yay or Nay! Chisomo gets compliments and judges them. (35:30) Relationships and context.</p> <p><br></p> <p>---------------</p> <p>Welcome to Integrated Rhythm! Two Swing Dancing besties (Chisomo Selemani &amp; Bobby White) navigate race and the Black Experience in the world of Jazz Dance and other Afro-centric social dancing. Our goal is comfortable conversations about uncomfortable things. In this episode...</p> <p>Our music is by Laurel Ryan &amp; Michelle Stokes, our "We're back! song" was an improvisation by Steffanie AK Schilling, and the background drumming is by Bobby White</p> <p>Find us at your local podcast ap, or at: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fanchor.fm%2Fintegratedrhythm&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa2FYQzhRbjFhMXEzS2dTVjhEcXdKMzBpSmU4QXxBQ3Jtc0tuU1NxZ0ZTeG1vUzhMTm91cW45S2RHYWoycXAxaHVhZ3RUTWxpQkl0aHI3WWdpRVMtelRmeXNvZm1zUG5wY0ZuMTBhTWNGc1pRU3VKa3pkbVpkQ3N5dFoweWg1emNrTktYT1FDUzNWalRoTG1MS2gwbw%3D%3D&amp;v=6u_wz65QIHM&amp;event=video_description">https://anchor.fm/integratedrhythm&nbsp;</a></p> <p>Please donate to help keep us in business:</p> <p>Patreon: patreoncom/integratedrhythm</p> <p>PayPal: robertwhiteiii@gmail.com</p> <p>Venmo: @bobbyswungover</p> <p>(Where applicable, lease put the note "IR" in it, so that we know it's for the podcast.)</p>