Fascinating book, black skin had a really happy to be here with you and chatting today. Brandy, thank you. Thanks for having me. Of course. Well, so we got plenty of time. I want to dive into the book, but i figured just a table set a little bit hit. Tell me in the viewers little bit more about who you are, your background and how you get to the point that working on this book. Yeah so i come from an advocacy background actually a lawyer by trade and it started chicago doing policy around people with criminal records and trying like remove barriers to employment and. One of the things that that became clear me was that it didnt kind of matter if you shift the policies. If you dont the culture. And so i became really interested, kind of like not just like narrative work, but in general. Like what are the different of media ownership . What are the ways in which people are able to like communicate and plead their own cause . And so that took me into the field thats called media justice,
Thanks for joining us. Im Wesley Lowery and im here today with brandy collins dexter to talk about her. Fascinating book, black skin had a really happy to be here with you and chatting today. Brandy, thank you. Thanks for having me. Of course. Well, so we got plenty of time. I want to dive into the book, but i figured just a table set a little bit hit. Tell me in the viewers little bit more about who you are, your background and how you get to the point that working on this book. Yeah so i come from an advocacy background actually a lawyer by trade and it started chicago doing policy around people with criminal records and trying like remove barriers to employment and. One of the things that that became clear me was that it didnt kind of matter if you shift the policies. If you dont the culture. And so i became really interested, kind of like not just like narrative work, but in general. Like what are the different of media ownership . What are the ways in which people are able to like
I want to dive into the book, but i figured just a table set a little bit hit. Tell me in the viewers little bit more about who you are, your background and how you get to the point that working on this book. Yeah so i come from an advocacy background actually a lawyer by trade and it started chicago doing policy around people with criminal records and trying like remove barriers to employment and. One of the things that that became clear me was that it didnt kind of matter if you shift the policies. If you dont the culture. And so i became really interested, kind of like not just like narrative work, but in general. Like what are the different of media ownership . What are the ways in which people are able to like communicate and plead their own cause . And so that took me into the field thats called media justice, which is media access and representation. And i did that at center media justice until i got brought onto color of change, where i spent many years overseeing the media, te
I want to dive into the book, but i figured just a table set a little bit hit. Tell me in the viewers little bit more about who you are, your background and how you get to the point that working on this book. Yeah so i come from an advocacy background actually a lawyer by trade and it started chicago doing policy around people with criminal records and trying like remove barriers to employment and. One of the things that that became clear me was that it didnt kind of matter if you shift the policies. If you dont the culture. And so i became really interested, kind of like not just like narrative work, but in general. Like what are the different of media ownership . What are the ways in which people are able to like communicate and plead their own cause . And so that took me into the field thats called media justice, which is media access and representation. And i did that at center media justice until i got brought onto color of change, where i spent many years overseeing the media, te
You and chatting today. Brandy, thank you. Thanks for having me. Of course. Well, so we got plenty of time. I want to dive into the book, but i figured just a table set a little bit hit. Tell me in the viewers little bit more about who you are, your background and how you get to the point that working on this book. Yeah so i come from an advocacy background actually a lawyer by trade and it started chicago doing policy around people with criminal records and trying like remove barriers to employment and. One of the things that that became clear me was that it didnt kind of matter if you shift the policies. If you dont the culture. And so i became really interested, kind of like not just like narrative work, but in general. Like what are the different of media ownership . What are the ways in which people are able to like communicate and plead their own cause . And so that took me into the field thats called media justice, which is media access and representation. And i did that at cent