Headlines scream the "decline" of DEI, but here's the truth: most efforts have been performative. We're talking black squares on social media, not dismantling systemic bias.On this episode of Systemic, our host Dan Kimbrough talks with Farah B

Healthcare Inequity Series: Covid in Prison

Jan 4th, 2024 59m 38s

hen we think of prison, we often focus on the criminal aspect of the institution. These individuals broke the law and are being punished for doing so. But the punishment, as intended, was to be removed from society for a predefined amount of ti

Healthcare Inequity Series: Food Dignity® Movement

Sep 11th, 2023 1h

In this episode of Systemic, we hear from food activist Clancy Harrison and discuss the issues of food insecurity and The Food Dignity® Movement. Clancy shares stories from her 14 years of experience from a nutritionist to fighting hunger, and

Healthcare Inequity Series: Black Equity Coalition

Aug 15th, 2023 37m 30s

In this episode of Systemic our host Dan Kimbrough sits down with Cleveland Way of the Poise Foundation and the Black Equity Coalition.We discuss how the Black Equity Coalition is working to address health disparities and inequities facing Bla

Early Black Film

Jul 7th, 2023 36m 29s

Hollywood’s representation of underserved and marginalized populations has been under scrutiny since the first film flickered. Authentic storytelling that fully embraces the complexity and vibrancy of any people must be rooted in, and informed

Healthcare Inequity Series: Understanding Food Insecurity

May 1st, 2023 39m 51s

On the episode of Systemic our host, Dan Kimbrough, sits down with Dr. Angela Odoms-Young, an Associate Professor, and Director of the Food and Nutrition Education in Communities Program, in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell Univ

Policing Black Bodies

Apr 10th, 2023 1h 4m

On this episode of Systemic, our host Dan Kimbrough sits down with Dr. Melissa Anyiwo. Dr. Anyiwo is an Associate Professor of History and Coordinator of Black Studies at the University of Scranton, Pennsylvania. She is also the Co-Chair of the

Muslim In America

Jan 1st, 2023 58m 33s

When looking at American media, images and portrayals of Middle Easterners and Muslims have always had a negative and terroristic focus. Given that the media we consume plays a large part in how we interpret and understand the world around us,

Academic Diversity Directors

Jul 31st, 2022 1h 16m

Underrepresented students (while we acknowledge that the term includes a wide swath, for this podcast, we're referring to race and ethnicity) entering predominantly white campuses have not only the rigors of higher education to adjust to, but o

Reframing Black History

Jan 31st, 2022 52m 1s

Black history month is usually spent retelling the same stories and highlighting the same figures. And while it is important that we don't forget the struggles and sacrifices of the significant Black American heroes, have you ever wondered abou

Race and Religion

Jan 17th, 2022 54m 12s

In this episod,e our host, Dan Kimbrough, talks with Rev. Joshua Brockway, who is an ordained minister in the Church of the Brethren where he serves as the Director for Spiritual Formation and Co-Coordinator for Discipleship Ministries. Rev. Br

What is Kwanzaa?

Dec 26th, 2021 11m 23s

In this episode, our host Dan Kimbrough will explain the history, importance, and practices of Kwanzaa. While many still hold the idea that Kwanzaa is a replacement or alternative to other winter holidays, it is neither. It's a season of reflec

Act to Engage

Oct 26th, 2021 43m 8s

In this episode of systemic, we talk with award-winning journalist Ernest Owens about his journey as a black queer man, his work to help reform queer communities in Philadelphia, the work we should all be doing to help empower marginalized grou

Model Minority Myth

Jul 12th, 2021 33m 8s

In 1966 the New York Times wrote an article that first referred to Chinese-Americans as the Model Minority. It explained that during a time when billions were being proposed to uplift the Negro, Chinese-American immigrants were building success

Critical Race Theory

Jun 30th, 2021 25m 37s

Critical Race Theory teaches the truth about American history. The actual truth - good, bad, or otherwise. Learning this truth can be painful, uncomfortable, and bring about shame. Much to the dismay of many, those are good things. By working t

Podcast Update

Jun 8th, 2021 7m 22s

Creating a podcast about systemic racism, while experiencing it and seeing it play out day to day, can take a toll. One I wasn't mentally prepared for. So I took an unplanned break to regroup and get better at processing the content and discove

Black on Black Crime

Apr 15th, 2021 24m 4s

Did you know that 80 percent of white individual victims are killed by a white individual offender? The FBI reports on crime statistics every year and it turns out most racial groups are the number one offender against themselves. That's becaus

Uncommon Voices - Mary Hudson

Apr 2nd, 2021 20m 13s

Part of discussing and combatting systemic racism is understanding its impact and hearing directly from those who have been impacted. Mary Hudson was born at the start of the Civil rights movement and grew up with the hope and pain of the time

Holding History Accountable

Mar 15th, 2021 23m 17s

American history is filled with depictions of women, the LGBT+ community, and persons of color that are deplorable and reprehensible. From "Little Black Sambo" to black face, to advertising, to even Dr. Seuss, the discriminatory past of America

Implicit Bias with Dr. Scott Richardson

Mar 1st, 2021 40m 38s

Implicit bias is a theory that suggests how we interact and treat others is based on inherited and learned stereotypes and prejudices. The assumptions we make about the world color how we see things and others. When looking at training and wor

Monuments to the Confederacy

Feb 15th, 2021 14m 20s

The last confederate monument in America was completed in 1972. Not 1872, 1972. From the end of the civil war through the civil rights movement, monuments to a failed attempt to separate the country based on race were raised through America and

This is America

Feb 5th, 2021 12m 12s

Dylan Roof, Charlottesville, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and on and on and on. After so many of these incidents, good-intentioned and well-meaning people like to say "this isn't the America I know!" "This isn't us!" "We're better than this!"

State of Rage

Jan 31st, 2021 9m 28s

In 1961 James Baldwin, when being interviewed about being Black in America, said the following, "To be negro in America and relatively conscience is to be in a state of rage, almost all of the time." 60 years later, the sentiment still exists.