Are you easily confused by terms like cultural appropriation, cisgender, toxic masculinity, twunk, queer, black girl magic, and woke? Or maybe you’re tired of explaining terms like these and you need a community that gets you! Welcome to Minority Korner, where we take an introspective look at the world. through an intersectional lens. Join James: a queer, political, comedian, self proclaimed, sexy blerd (that’s Black Nerd) and each week he's joined in the Korner by another fabulous minority tackling pop culture, the news, media, and history all with a little self care, and self love sprinkled throughout! It’s time to Learn, Laugh, and Play, right here at Minority Korner- because together: we’re the majority! (Part of the Maximum Fun Network)
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episode 284: MK284: Snatching Crowns and Taking Names (The Insurrection, Chocolate City, Wonder Woman, Gen X, Vaccine News, Bridgerton, Between the World and Me)
Which generation is here to snatch the crown of Greatest? Parler is gone and Trump's been banned from social media and we are sleeping better. Bridgerton has us all kinds of hot and bothered. Wonder Woman debuted on our TV screens and we have notes. And questions...
episode 283: How Are You Doing, Really? + 10 Things Currently In Your Circle of Influence
A check-in with James as we navigate through more of these traumatic times. Plus 10 things you can do right now as part of your circle of influence to create rejuvenation, healing, and empowerment for you, others, and your community. We need you at your best! Take care.
episode 282: MK281: 5th Annual You Got Kwanzaa'd Special
It's our Annual Kwanzaa episode! Join Nnekay and James as they take you through a magical journey as they discover and explore Kwanzaa. How well do you know Kwanzaa? We'll take a quiz from PBS, before diving into it's origins, it's meanings, symbols, and how you can celebrate this beautiful holiday celebrating African American Awesomeness. Also join Nnekay and James as they plan their Kwanzaa Albums, and future Kwanzaa movies and TV projects...
episode 281: MK281: Our Favorite Things (Jingle Jangle, The Prom, Top Pics of 2020: Music, TV, Movies, Books, Heroes and Hopes)
OG of the pod Nnekay is back as we wrap up the year! We talk about new Netflix movies Jingle Jangle, and The Prom and their cultural impact. And then it is on to our Favorite Things! Like Oprah! But you have to get these gifts yourself. 2020, What a year, but there were some great things that happened in Music, TV, Movies, Books, and more! What made our top lists that defined us, shaped us, and made our year? Plus James' hopes for 2021! Keep doing the work!
episode 280: MK280: Masha's Mushroom (Sexy Col. Sanders on Lifetime, Letitia Wright's Tweet, Tara Reid's Casting Request, Charrettes, Best of Enemies, Mo'Nique, Alberta Hunter, Lorraine Hansberry)
Mario Lopez is looking a little too finger looking good as a sexy Colonel Sanders in a new Lifetime movie. Is Tara Reid an inspiration or just on drugs in her latest casting attempt? Mo’Nique is resurfacing her pain and hurt with Black Hollywood again, and while we’re rooting for her… she makes it hard sometimes. Letitia Wright is our latest celeb to "step in it' with her tweeting of vaccine conspiracies, and her response to the debate it naturally brought up, was.. not great...
episode 279: MK279: Shame, Make Me A Drink! (History of Indian Boarding Schools, Saved By The Bell Reboot Review, Melissa McCarthy's Apology, Shame, Celebrating Debbie Allen, Who Can Play Queer or Straight Characters?)
In this Max Fun Crossover event, Renne Colvert of podcast Can I Pet Your Dog joins the show, does this make the show Can I Pet Your Korner? Both Renee and James have finally checked out a bit of the Saved By the Bell Reboot, Melissa McCarthy makes a costly mistake but shows HOW to come correct with an apology, and on the heels of Kristen Stewart and Viggo Mortensen's comments: is it a slippery slope in not allowing straight actors to play queer characters? In the main korners, we examine the...
episode 278: MK278: Friendsgiving (Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion, Native American Heritage Day, Parler, Self Care, The Artist Way, Saved by the Bell, Red Table Talk)
We're having a Friendsgiving! Friends of the pod Michelle Peralta (she/her) and Moury Minhaz (she/her) and everyone has brought some dishes for you! We’re dishing on the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion, and all the feels it brought up for us. We dish on Patti LaBelle being caught up in another controversy involving a white guy's burner account and her nephew, and James is going undercover to Parler an alt right social media platform and he might need your help...
episode 277: MK277: Gurl, Let’s Look at the Data (Racism & Economics, Donnagate, Cultural Appropriating Names for Kids, Racist History of Tipping, ASMR)
We tackle the controversy of Donnagate! Can someone name their child a name outside of their own culture and it NOT be appropriation? We look at the historic and continued relationship between racism and the economy and just how many trillions of dollars it continues to cost the US. Plus how Black folks have been systemically shut out of the economy, in low-paying jobs, and why tipping is rooted in racism.
episode 276: MK276: Yes She Can, Can (White Feminism, Election Win Feels for BIPOC, Getting COVID Tested, Katy Perry & Zachary Levi Say Time to Unify? The Suffragettes)
Can you feel a brand new day? We discuss what this defeat of Trump especially means for Black and other marginalized folks in this historic election and we can't stop saying, "Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris"...
episode 275: MKBONUS: We Did it! + Lovecraft Country (EP275)
We did it! Joe Biden & Kamala Harris take the White House back for the people, in this historic nail bitter of an election. We celebrate the victory and the communities that really saved this country from itself...