We made it! We really it did it, y'all: we survived 2020!This year was filled with death, heartache, sickness, and sadness. However, we learned how to truly appreciate life. For a lot of us, we prioritized our communities, our mental health, and our survival. But, we didn't do this alone. With the help of family, friends, therapists, and musicians, we withstood this horrid year.
As we enter 2021, we must remember we are still in the midst of a pandemic. Life didn't just go back to normal when the clock struck 12, on January 1st, 2021. We do have a light at the end of the tunnel with the vaccine. Spoiler Alert: I will take the vaccine. With that said, many Black people are being necessarily precautious, myself included. It is not because we are anti-vaxxers, it is because we know the long and twisted history of Black people being unethically used in medical experiments. You cannot recognize our fear, but not understand the trauma that got us there. The majority of 2020 was focused on Black Lives Matter and equality and justice for all. It is funny now, how people can pick and choose what they will acknowledge or dismiss when it comes to our struggles. Black people have had one of the hardest years of our existence. From COVID and police brutality affecting us disproportionately to us honestly, waking up everyday just trying to live. But, our people overcame, as per usual. In fact, a lot of our country came together to proclaim that bigotry may have been breeding here, but we will no longer allow it.
2020 was about triumph. And, for those of you reading and listening to this episode, you were able to make it through. Remember that. You are alive. You are significant. You are a champion.
Trigger Warning:
53:54-58:35: Discussion of the deaths of Casey Goodson, Jr., Ernie Serrano, and Andre Hill
100:05-104:13: History of Medical Racism and Unethical experiments conducted on Black people. Discussion of Dr. Marion Sims performing surgeries on Black females, who were enslaved, without anesthesia, The Tuskegee Experiments, Henrietta Lacks, continuously high mortality rates of Black patients, and the unfortunate and recent death of Dr. Susan Moore.
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We made it! We really it did it, y'all: we survived 2020!This year was filled with death, heartache, sickness, and sadness. However, we learned how to truly appreciate life. For a lot of us, we prioritized our communities, our mental health, and our survival. But, we didn't do this alone. With the help of family, friends, therapists, and musicians, we withstood this horrid year.
As we enter 2021, we must remember we are still in the midst of a pandemic. Life didn't just go back to normal when the clock struck 12, on January 1st, 2021. We do have a light at the end of the tunnel with the vaccine. Spoiler Alert: I will take the vaccine. With that said, many Black people are being necessarily precautious, myself included. It is not because we are anti-vaxxers, it is because we know the long and twisted history of Black people being unethically used in medical experiments. You cannot recognize our fear, but not understand the trauma that got us there. The majority of 2020 was focused on Black Lives Matter and equality and justice for all. It is funny now, how people can pick and choose what they will acknowledge or dismiss when it comes to our struggles. Black people have had one of the hardest years of our existence. From COVID and police brutality affecting us disproportionately to us honestly, waking up everyday just trying to live. But, our people overcame, as per usual. In fact, a lot of our country came together to proclaim that bigotry may have been breeding here, but we will no longer allow it.
2020 was about triumph. And, for those of you reading and listening to this episode, you were able to make it through. Remember that. You are alive. You are significant. You are a champion.
Trigger Warning:
53:54-58:35: Discussion of the deaths of Casey Goodson, Jr., Ernie Serrano, and Andre Hill
100:05-104:13: History of Medical Racism and Unethical experiments conducted on Black people. Discussion of Dr. Marion Sims performing surgeries on Black females, who were enslaved, without anesthesia, The Tuskegee Experiments, Henrietta Lacks, continuously high mortality rates of Black patients, and the unfortunate and recent death of Dr. Susan Moore.
Us Yankees know Richmond, VA as the capital of the confederacy, the heart of racism. However, there is so much more to this glorious city. The diversity is incomparable and the art is a sight to behold. As my mother said to me when I returned home, “See, this is why you do not judge a book by its cover!” Although this city has a history rooted in bloodshed and injustice, it has also been the heart of the Civil Rights Movement, in the 60s and now. I learned more than I ever thought possible during my 9-day trip. So, as I stand at a crossroads in my life, with no commitment to a job or partner, Richmond is looking like a snack. And, someway, somehow, the music found a way to let me know that home should be RVA.
**Episode Content Warning: Discussion of rape in regards to slavery, slavery in general, and the murders of Natasha McKenna, Jacob Blake, and Anthony Huber.
L.A. Unmastered
We made it! We really it did it, y'all: we survived 2020!This year was filled with death, heartache, sickness, and sadness. However, we learned how to truly appreciate life. For a lot of us, we prioritized our communities, our mental health, and our survival. But, we didn't do this alone. With the help of family, friends, therapists, and musicians, we withstood this horrid year.
As we enter 2021, we must remember we are still in the midst of a pandemic. Life didn't just go back to normal when the clock struck 12, on January 1st, 2021. We do have a light at the end of the tunnel with the vaccine. Spoiler Alert: I will take the vaccine. With that said, many Black people are being necessarily precautious, myself included. It is not because we are anti-vaxxers, it is because we know the long and twisted history of Black people being unethically used in medical experiments. You cannot recognize our fear, but not understand the trauma that got us there. The majority of 2020 was focused on Black Lives Matter and equality and justice for all. It is funny now, how people can pick and choose what they will acknowledge or dismiss when it comes to our struggles. Black people have had one of the hardest years of our existence. From COVID and police brutality affecting us disproportionately to us honestly, waking up everyday just trying to live. But, our people overcame, as per usual. In fact, a lot of our country came together to proclaim that bigotry may have been breeding here, but we will no longer allow it.
2020 was about triumph. And, for those of you reading and listening to this episode, you were able to make it through. Remember that. You are alive. You are significant. You are a champion.
Trigger Warning:
53:54-58:35: Discussion of the deaths of Casey Goodson, Jr., Ernie Serrano, and Andre Hill
100:05-104:13: History of Medical Racism and Unethical experiments conducted on Black people. Discussion of Dr. Marion Sims performing surgeries on Black females, who were enslaved, without anesthesia, The Tuskegee Experiments, Henrietta Lacks, continuously high mortality rates of Black patients, and the unfortunate and recent death of Dr. Susan Moore.
