Scene On: Seeing White Series — John Biewen & Dr. Chenjerai Kumanyika

“Seeing White” is a fourteen-part series that is part of the Scene On podcast. Initially airing between February and August of 2017, John Biewen, along with regular guest Dr. Chenjerai Kumanyika and an array of leading scholars, deeply explore questions of racism, on both individual and systemic levels. Issues like police shootings of unarmed African Americans, acts of domestic terrorism by white supremacists, the renewed embrace of undisguised white-identity politics, and racial inequity in schools, housing, criminal justice, and hiring — all of these things feel new, but in truth, it’s all part of an older story. Where did the notion of “whiteness” come from? What does it mean? What is whiteness for? Bonus: John Biewen is from Mankato, MN, which makes listening along feel that much closer to home.
Note: this podcast is available at the link above, and it is also available on Apple Podcasts and a wide variety of other podcast sources.