The Absolute Ghetto is a space that leans into Blackness, the ingenuity of Black culture, and its power as a creative and innovative community. Brought to you by Malcolm Thomas (B.A. Political Science; B.A. Economics) and Sadé Oresegun (B.S. Psychology & Criminology; M.A. Social Science, Psychology track), and delivered with plenty of spunk and Black scholarship.
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The Absolute Ghetto is a space that leans into Blackness, the ingenuity of Black culture, and its power as a creative and innovative community. Brought to you by Malcolm Thomas (B.A. Political Science; B.A. Economics) and Sadé Oresegun (B.S. Psychology & Criminology; M.A. Social Science, Psychology track), and delivered with plenty of spunk and Black scholarship.
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February 13, 2021
The Absolutely Ghetto Love Quiz: A Valentine's Day & Black Love Day Special
<p><strong>PSA! This episode includes an answer key to The Absolutely Ghetto Love Quiz. You can take it with us, or take it beforehand! Find it on our Instagram @theabsolueghetto, Twitter @Absolute_Ghetto, or Facebook page "The Absolute Ghetto". Thank you! </strong></p> <p>On this special Valentine's Day (Feb 14th)/ Black Love Day (Feb 13th) episode of the Absolute Ghetto, Malcolm and Sadé have some questions for all the Black lovers out there. How much does your relationship embrace the Ghetto? Still trying to figure it out, don’t worry, we got you covered with our official Absolutely Ghetto Love Quiz. Go ahead and sit down with your partner(s), pour a glass of wine, and get prepared to have a good time. You might even learn something new about your relationship. But even if you're single doesn't mean you're not a lover, so please take the quiz too and answer with what you would do. We recommend that y’all do the quiz before listening, but y’all grown so do what works for you. In this episode, we will be talking about the beauty and challenges of Black love and go over our responses to the quiz. We will also let you know how to interpret your quiz results; are your relationship/love style Ghetto AF, Mad Ghetto, Lowkey Ghetto, or ... Suburban, and what does that mean? Of course, we had to bring a couple of articles about how racism and white supremacist ideals affect our relationships in to help inform the conversation. We hope you enjoy this activity, and make sure to let us know what you get through our social media above or website! www.theabsoluteghetto.com</p> <p><strong>The Absolutely Ghetto Org of the Week: Black Mental Health Alliance! </strong>The mission of the Black Mental Health Alliance is to develop, promote and sponsor trusted culturally-relevant educational forums, training, and referral services that support the health and well-being of Black people and vulnerable communities. They envision the creation of an equitable, respectful and compassionate society and the development of Black communities in which optimal mental health enables children, youth, adults, and families to strive for and embrace their best life. <strong> // Website: </strong><a href="https://blackmentalhealth.com/about-us/"><u><strong>https://blackmentalhealth.com/about-us/</strong></u></a><strong> // IG: @black_minds_matter //Twitter: @BlkMentalHealth</strong></p> <p><strong>Show Notes:</strong></p> <ul> <li>“The white supremacist origins of modern marriage advice” (Jane Ward): <a href="https://theconversation.com/the-white-supremacist-origins-of-modern-marriage-advice-144782"><u>https://theconversation.com/the-white-supremacist-origins-of-modern-marriage-advice-144782<br> </u></a></li> <li>“UNCOVERING WHITE SUPREMACY CULTURE IN MUSEUM WORK” (Hannah Heller, nikhil trivedi and Joanne Jones-Rizzi): <a href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/incluseum.com/2020/03/04/white-supremacy-culture-museum/amp/"><u>https://www.google.com/amp/s/incluseum.com/2020/03/04/white-supremacy-culture-museum/amp/<br> </u></a></li> <li>Racism is the Third Person in My Romantic Relationships (Dr. Sherice Janaye Nelson): <a href="https://impakter.com/racism-is-the-third-person-in-my-romantic-relationships/"><u>https://impakter.com/racism-is-the-third-person-in-my-romantic-relationships/<br> </u></a></li> <li>Racial Discrimination and Relationship Functioning among African American Couples (Justin A. Lavner, Allen W. Barton, Chalandra M. Bryant, and Steven R. H. Beach): <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6072617/"><u>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6072617/</u></a></li> </ul>
February 7, 2021
“ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI” Movie Review: Are These Black Legends Rolling In Their Grave?
<p>This week in The Absolute Ghetto, Malcolm and Sadé give their first movie review for One Night in Miami, the directional debut of Regina King. This movie depicts a fictional account of a conversation between the Black legends Malcolm X, Cassius Clay (before changing his name to Muhammad Ali), NFL star Jim Brown, and singer Sam Cooke, especially known for “A Change Is Gonna Come”. After starting with our general opinion of the movie and a discussion of it's creative merits, we pose the question: Does a fictional account of real Black liberation leaders matter in the same way as biographies and tributes to them more firmly grounded in actual events? And if it does matter, how so? We do this through exploring 5 main themes we gleaned from the movie: Humanization, High-Class Racism, Appropriate Usage of Power and Influence, and The True Meaning of Black Liberation. Join us in celebrating this imaginative account of what being a fly on the wall of the conversations between these real-life brothers in-love may have looked like.</p> <p><strong>The Absolutely Ghetto Org of the Week: The Organization of Black Screenwriters!</strong></p> <p>“The Organization of Black Screenwriters supports and advocates for writers committed to using the power of storytelling across all media platforms to expand the images, voices, and messages coming from the entertainment industry with special emphasis on people of color, especially descendants of the African diaspora.” The president is Black woman Jennifer Williams.</p> <p>Website: <a href="http://www.obswriter.com/">www.obswriter.com</a> // Twitter: @OBSwriter // Instagram: @obswriter</p> <p><strong>Show notes:</strong></p> <ul> <li>One Night In Miami on Amazon Prime: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Night-Miami-Leslie-Kingsley-Ben-Adir/dp/B08NLFDCXZ">https://www.amazon.com/Night-Miami-Leslie-Kingsley-Ben-Adir/dp/B08NLFDCXZ</a></li> <li>Book containing Maulana Karenga’s essay Black Art: Mute Matter Given Force and Function: <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/new-black-voices-an-anthology-of-contemporary-afro-american-literature/oclc/505352">https://www.worldcat.org/title/new-black-voices-an-anthology-of-contemporary-afro-american-literature/oclc/505352</a></li> <li>One Night In Miami Review on Variety Mag: <a href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/variety.com/2020/film/reviews/one-night-in-miami-review-regina-king-1234761095/amp/">variety.com/2020/film/reviews/one-night-in-miami-review-regina-king-1234761095/amp/</a></li> </ul>
January 29, 2021
In Our Feelings: Relationships & Sexuality with Daryl Williams
<p>The Absolute Ghetto is back with our first episode of 2021! 2020 was rough, so what better way to kick off this year with a Woke Wine Hour about a topic everyone loves to kiki about amongst their friends: relationships and sexuality! We believe that embracing the joys of romance, intimacy, and sexuality is one way to practice radical self love, especially as a Black person bearing the burden of marginalization and oppression 24/7. Black culture is even innovative regarding the ways we talk about sex and relationships (bae, talking, cuffed, entanglements, go together, spitting game, caking, etc.). But the vagueness of some of these terms represents how complicated and confusing the dating scene can be. Socialization also causes many to internalize “truths” about sexual “purity”, marriage, monogamy, etc, and it can be difficult to tell the difference between your true desires and what desires you’ve either internalized due to culture or even trauma. That’s impossible to unpack in one sitting, but we find just asking each other fun and challenging questions about relationships and sexuality (in general and individually), is a great way to explore these things and even unlearn habits and thought processes that no longer serve us on our journey to true freedom in intimacy. Of course, we frame some questions within the context of the global pandemic and how it may affect dating and/or sexual behavior. And we have a special guest, Daryl Williams, who has some unique perspectives about dating and recently had a TikTok about relationships go viral with over 8.5 million views, to help us do that! Feel free to sip and laugh with us! Also this episode was been recorded over Zoom and is on Youtube!!! link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqCChc6uk3Q</p> <p>(SN: we apologize for the dimished quality of the audio, recording over Zoom instead of through mics caused the quality to go down a bit but it will be back up to par for episode 2. </p> <p><strong>Follow our Guest, Daryl!</strong></p> <p>Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_itsalwaysdaryl/</p> <p>Twitter: https://twitter.com/_itsalwaysdaryl</p> <p>TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@its_alwaysdaryl?lang=en</p> <p><strong>Follow us!</strong></p> <p><strong>Instagram</strong>: https://www.instagram.com/theabsoluteghetto/</p> <p><strong>Twitter</strong>: https://twitter.com/absolute_ghetto</p> <p><strong>Facebook</strong>: https://www.facebook.com/TheAbsoluteGhetto/</p> <p><strong>The Absolutely Ghetto Org of the Week:</strong></p> <p>Every week, we highlight an organization, usually Black-founded, that’s relevant to the conversation.</p> <p><strong>Afrosexology</strong>- www.afrosexology.com: founded by two Black women: Rafaella and first generation Liberian American Dalychia. This thought movement posits that “Sexuality is a positive and important aspect of our personalities and lives. Our vision is that reclaiming and having agency over our bodies will transfer to other aspects of our lives and incite us to reclaim political, economic, and social agency. The white supremacy system in place throughout the diaspora is designed to alienate, control, and destroy Black bodies. Reclaiming our Black bodies & sexuality is in direct opposition to this system and an act of resistance.”</p> <p>Check them out at www.afrosexology.com // Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/afrosexology_/?hl=en // Twitter: https://twitter.com/afrosexology?lang=en</p> <p><strong>Show notes: see the video description of the recording of this episode on YouTube for our scholarly references and articles! </strong>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqCChc6uk3Q</p> <p><br></p>
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