48: Dope Books - "Dear Martin" w/Nic Stone

While Black

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Self-improvement, Education

4.1 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2019

⏱️ 63 minutes

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On todays episode of While Black we sit down with Nic Stone author of the New York Times best seller "Dear Martin". For any of our long time listeners you have heard Vince mention this book many times. Nic shares details on her upcoming projects (DOPE BOOKS AHEAD) and shines light on the political and racial high school world that Justyce, Manny, SJ, and Jared on share and navigate inside of Dear Martin If you are a young black teen or the parent of a young black teen we HIGHLY SUGGEST that you get close to this book. I promise it will open up the worlds of politics and race in high school for you in a way you may not have expected. Here is a quick synopsis on the book and please go follow Nic on IG: @nicstone and dont forget to get social with While Black - IG: WHILE_BLACK; TWITTER @whileblackpc; FB @whileblackpodcast or email: whileblackpodcast@gmail.com Synopsis: Nic Stone's Dear Martin tells the story of an Ivy League-bound African-American student named Justyce who becomes a victim of racial profiling. He struggles to reconcile the fact that he's a "good kid" with suddenly being in police handcuffs. In the months that follow, Justyce confronts injustices and micro-aggressions he experiences at his mostly white prep school and the fallout from his brief detainment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	There's this thing in us where we want people to acknowledge our greatness, but I'm good.
0:06.0	And I think the more that we teach our children, if you know you're good, be good.
0:12.0	People need to know, especially black people, like we need to know compliance
0:18.0	ain't gonna keep you out of trouble. That does not mean go wild out, but at the same time, who you are is perfectly okay.
0:27.2	It's perfectly okay. It's not only is it enough, it's powerful, right? It's powerful and it's magical and like there are things
0:34.8	that only you can put into the world if you don't take the stuff that is living
0:41.2	inside of you and put it out into the world, it will not get put there.
0:45.0	True. You do not want to go to your grave with your magic still stuck inside of you.
0:50.0	Don inside of you. Don't inside of you.
0:51.0	Don't inside of you all you don't inside if you don't inside of you walk inside of you walk inside of you
0:54.0	walk inside of you
0:57.0	walk inside of you
0:58.0	walk
1:00.0	welcome to wow black a seriously opinionated podcast bringing you the real and
1:07.0	raw on anything happening while black. If black culture is there, we're there.
1:13.0	If you're pissed or empowered, then let's talk about it.
1:17.0	Right with us again that you got
1:29.1	Vince with you. Art in the building once again. I am straight up so excited about today. Now I know you
1:37.5	hear me talk about our amazing guests but you gotta hear me when I tell you today.
1:41.6	This is an interview I have been waiting for for
1:44.2	months and for months and for months and for months and I am so excited to have this
1:51.2	conversation today.
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