In which our guest Shereen Ibrahim reflects on Episode Seven: Who Gets to Be Creative, and shares a story of her own about facing racism in childhood. Two friends, one Black, one White, share a series of tender and uncompromising conversations about how Whiteness and anti-Blackness have shaped their lives. Join us, Tanaka Mhishi and Imogen Butler-Cole, as we attempt our own version of restorative justice through compassion and storytelling.    Twitter: @lovingcolourpod Instagram: @lovingcolourpod Theme music: The Boatman from The Other Side by Quest Ensemble Shereen would like to credit Jassa Ahluwalia's TED Talk for the idea of being Both not Half.

In which we talk about words and language; think about their true value and explore how our approach to language can bring us together or push us apart. Two friends, one Black, one White, share a series of tender and uncompromising conversations about how Whiteness and anti-Blackness have shaped their lives.   Join us, Tanaka Mhishi and Imogen Butler-Cole, as we attempt our own version of restorative justice through compassion and storytelling.   Twitter: @lovingcolourpod Instagram: @lovingcolourpod Theme music: The Boatman from The Other Side by Quest Ensemble   Resources mentioned in this episode are: Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin bell hooks’ book A Will to Change bell hooks’ essay Representing Whiteness in the Black Imagination: https://pages.mtu.edu/~jdslack/readings/CSReadings/hooks_Representing_Whiteness_Black_Imagination.pdf and Patti Digh and Victor Lee Lewis’s brilliant anti-racism courses: https://www.pattidigh.com/racism/

In which our guest Dionne Lakey reflects on Episode Twelve: Hair, and shares a related story of her own. Two friends, one Black, one White, share a series of tender and uncompromising conversations about how Whiteness and anti-Blackness have shaped their lives.     Join us, Tanaka Mhishi and Imogen Butler-Cole, as we attempt our own version of restorative justice through compassion and storytelling. Twitter: @lovingcolourpod Instagram: @lovingcolourpod Theme music: The Boatman from The Other Side by Quest Ensemble Dionne’s recommendations: Mazelee Family hair episode, YouTube Look Up by Nathan Bryon and Dapo Adeola Dionne’s current reads: How to Be an Antiracist Ibram X. Kendi This One Sky Day by Leone Ross The Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley Pan-African Schools Summer school in operation in UK summer ‘21

In which we explore the power of metaphor in responding to stories, how they create empathy and aid the processing of challenging events. Two friends, one Black, one White, share a series of tender and uncompromising conversations about how Whiteness and anti-Blackness have shaped their lives. Join us, Tanaka Mhishi and Imogen Butler-Cole, as we attempt our own version of restorative justice through compassion and storytelling. Twitter: @lovingcolourpod Instagram: @lovingcolourpod Theme music: The Boatman from The Other Side by Quest Ensemble

In which we respond to some finely executed constructive feedback, discuss the importance and pitfalls of trigger warnings and share our plans for the coming season. Two friends, one Black, one White, share a series of tender and uncompromising conversations about how Whiteness and anti-Blackness have shaped their lives. Join us, Tanaka Mhishi and Imogen Butler-Cole, as we attempt our own version of restorative justice through compassion and storytelling. Twitter: @lovingcolourpod Instagram: @lovingcolourpod Theme music: The Boatman from The Other Side by Quest Ensemble

In which we tackle society’s fear of, and fascination with, Black hair. Two friends, one Black, one White, share a series of tender and uncompromising conversations about how Whiteness and anti-Blackness have shaped their lives. Join us, Tanaka Mhishi and Imogen Butler-Cole, as we attempt our own version of restorative justice through compassion and storytelling. Twitter: @lovingcolourpod Instagram: @lovingcolourpod Theme music: The Boatman from The Other Side by Quest Ensemble Resources mentioned in this episode are: Don’t Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri (US edition is Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture) Hair Love, Oscar-winning animated short: https://youtu.be/kNw8V_Fkw28 Barbershop Chronicles by Inua Ellams (available to buy in script form) Selina Thompson’s play Dark and Lovely: resources available here: https://selinathompson.co.uk/projects/dark-lovely/ https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/iatl/reinvention/archive/bcur2013specialissue/rhodes/: Subtle Racism: Viewing Race through Hair by Zoey Olivia Rhodes

In which we talk about institutional racism, in response to the UK Government’s recent report. Two friends, one Black, one White, share a series of tender and uncompromising conversations about how Whiteness and anti-Blackness have shaped their lives. Join us, Tanaka Mhishi and Imogen Butler-Cole, as we attempt our own version of restorative justice through compassion and storytelling. Twitter: @lovingcolourpod Instagram: @lovingcolourpod Theme music: The Boatman from The Other Side by Quest Ensemble Resources mentioned in this episode are: the report: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-report-of-the-commission-on-race-and-ethnic-disparities Films mentioned: Allen vs Farrow (HBO), Mrs America (iPlayer) Things we can do: Write your MP (free template in @everydayracism bio); lobby your workplace to ensure they don’t use this as an excuse to stop any anti-racism or ED&I work they may have committed to. If they have not yet committed, ensure they do. Think about where your red lines and green lines are: where does the point come where you start breaking rules?

In which we talk about race, sex, dating and desirability. Two friends, one Black, one White, share a series of tender and uncompromising conversations about how Whiteness and anti-Blackness have shaped their lives. Join us, Tanaka Mhishi and Imogen Butler-Cole, as we attempt our own version of restorative justice through compassion and storytelling. Twitter: @lovingcolourpod Instagram: @lovingcolourpod Theme music: The Boatman from The Other Side by Quest Ensemble Resources mentioned in this episode are: I May Destroy You by Michaela Coel (BBC iPlayer); Chewing Gum by Michaela Coel (More 4); Women on Top of the World, a book on what women think about sex edited by Lucy-Anne Holmes; Racial Preferences in Online Dating across European Countries Gina Potârcǎ and Melinda Mills https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_FD46F9B7A32E.P001/REF.pdf. Sex Nerd Sandra podcast with Sandra: Edge Play part 2 with Mollena Lee Williams-Haas: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL3NleG5lcmRzYW5kcmEubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M

In which we talk about the idea of being “one of the good ones” and the limits of an individualistic approach to racial justice. Two friends, one Black, one White, share a series of tender and uncompromising conversations about how Whiteness and anti-Blackness have shaped their lives. Join us, Tanaka Mhishi and Imogen Butler-Cole, as we attempt our own version of restorative justice through compassion and storytelling. Twitter: @lovingcolourpod Instagram: @lovingcolourpod Theme music: The Boatman from The Other Side by Quest Ensemble Resources mentioned in this episode are: Me and White Supremacy, the workbook by Layla F. Saad; The Good Immigrant edited by Nikesh Shukla; Safe Space? by Lucy Fennell: http://lucyfennell.co.uk/safe-space/; Race Talk facebook group founded by Raggi Kotak; Race Resilience courses by Raggi Kotak and Anita Bhardwaj: https://www.race-resilience.com/; ‘My President Was Black’ by Ta Nehisi Coates: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/01/my-president-was-black/508793/

In which we talk about our experiences of how class and race intersect, and imagine what class justice might look like in the future. Two friends, one Black, one White, share a series of tender and uncompromising conversations about how Whiteness and anti-Blackness have shaped their lives. Join us, Tanaka Mhishi and Imogen Butler-Cole, as we attempt our own version of restorative justice through compassion and storytelling. Twitter: @lovingcolourpod Instagram: @lovingcolourpod Theme music: The Boatman from The Other Side by Quest Ensemble Resources mentioned in this episode are: Akala: Race & Class in the Ruins of Empire (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiYI839cr9A); the play Class by Scottee: https://youtu.be/HQvcEr-Ht0k, reviews: Guardian/ The Play’s The Thing; and the books Chavs by Owen Jones; Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price and Lowborn by Kerry Hudson (that was not mentioned but which Imogen is currently reading. It’s a brilliant, tender account of growing up poor in some of the poorest towns in the UK).