Eyes On Whiteness

About Eyes On Whiteness

Eyes On Whiteness is a podcast that illuminates the insidious and ignorant ways of whiteness, regardless of intent. Our guests are invited to talk about the ways white supremacy and patriarchy are pervasive and ever-present. Our conversations are rooted in a commitment to normalizing the "how, not if" lens for looking at the ways it's present for all of us.

Publisher

Maureen Benson, Aaron Rand Freeman (producer)

Category

education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Sept 2020

Latest episode

24 Aug 2025

Latest episodes

26 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Aug 2025

   Part 4 of Whiteness as Shape-Shifter, What Must Die in Me: Transforming Whiteness with Love and Integrity

   In this final episode of the Whiteness as Shape-Shifter series, Maureen turns the finger inward. From the loudness of fascism to the subtle betrayals of liberalism, this series has traced how whiteness hides and adapts. Here, the focus is on the most difficult terrain: the reflexes that live inside the body, the mind, and the spirit. Drawing wisdom from Audre Lorde, bell hooks, Paulo Freire, Richard Brody’s reading of Sinners, and Octavia E. Butler’s Wild Seed, Maureen asks: what has to...

2. 

   11 Aug 2025

   The Shape-Shift of Good Intentions: Still White at the Core

   Mini-series Part 3: The Shape-Shift of Good Intentions Still White at the Core In this episode, Maureen moves the lens from pointing the finger outward to turning it inward, tracing how whiteness shape-shifts inside us, softening edges, pleasing, and protecting the status quo even when wrapped in the language of justice. Drawing from Angela Davis, bell hooks, James Baldwin, Stokely Carmichael, and Ibram X. Kendi, Maureen examines the ways “good intentions” can mask white supremacist logic, a...

3. 

   27 Jul 2025

   The Safehouse of Neutrality: How Institutions Protect White Supremacy

   Mini-series Part 2: The Safehouse of Neutrality In this episode, Maureen continues the deep dive into how whiteness shape-shifts—this time through the soft power of institutional neutrality. From school boards banning books to nonprofits redirecting equity funds, neutrality is used as a strategy, not a stance. With help from Audre Lorde and Ta-Nehisi Coates, Maureen explores how whiteness hides inside “objectivity,” “professionalism,” and “donor comfort”—shielding itself from critique while p...

Who has been a guest on Eyes On Whiteness

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Bari Schwartz
• Dohee Lee
• Sonya Renee Taylor
• Maureen White
• Derek Canty

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

1,287

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

43 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 40 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

32

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

51

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Books guests

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