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Tea with Queen and J.

#56 What Are Edges?

Tea with Queen and J.

Tea with Queen and J.

Society & Culture

4.9768 Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2016

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! We drink tea, mix lemonade, and ask which white person decided that Prince was biracial? Note: A white woman was cast to play Prince's mom in Purple Rain, in my blind rage I said biracial woman accidentally. - J. Read Stereo Williams article on the erasure of Prince's racial identity here: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/24/prince-loved-his-blackness-and-yours.html Check out www.capitalizetheB.com to join the movement and sign the petition for the AP Stylebook to capitalize the letter B when referring to individuals of African descent as Black. Petition: www.change.org/p/the-new-york-ti…m_medium=copylink Help insure that undocumented immigrants have access to clean water in Flint, Michigan through the Latino Collaborative: www.crowdrise.com/watercrisisinfli…inocollaborative Help us grow! If you're feeling us, and want to support what we're doing drop some coins in the collection plate: www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cm…_id=5DUUQTZG99FNL J.'s sister is documenting her journey with breast cancer. Follow her on at jasmineses.tumblr.com and on twitter & instagram @jasmineses to offer words of support or to gain some of for your own journey. And if you'd like, please donate and/or share her go fund me page: www.gofundme.com/t6e5wew We won't forget about Monique and Larissa. To learn more about the Free Monique and Larissa from Kuwait campaign click here: www.change.org/p/free-monique-an…risoned-in-kuwait Last year activists, protestors, and researchers across the nation launched Campaign Zero, a comprehensive plan to end police violence. Check out www.joincampaignzero.org to get more information on the plan and see where the 2016 presidential candidates and your local politicians stand. Pinkies up to Ohene Cornelius for our show intro, check out his new album Flight Risk available everywhere online now. You can find Ohene on instagram and twitter @ohenecornelius and online at www.ohenecornelius.com Pinkies up to T. Flint for our New That's Not New's intro! Find him at www.TFlintVoices.com Don't forget to subscribe to us on iTunes, follow us on Soundcloud and Stitcher, like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/teawithqj, on Instagram www.instagram.com/teawithqj, on Periscope @teawithqj, tumblr teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com, and email us at teawithqueenandj@gmail.com

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0:00.0

This week on Tea with Queen and Jay, we drink tea, mixed lemonade, and ask the question,

0:05.8

which white person decided that Prince was biracial?

0:09.0

It's Tea with Queen and Jay people. Drink up.

0:12.7

Freedom, freedom, I can't move.

0:15.6

Freedom called me loose.

0:18.4

Freedom, freedom, where are you?

0:22.6

Because I need freedom to. I break chains up by myself.

0:25.6

Don't let my freedom ride in hell.

0:28.6

Hey, I'm gonna keep running because the winner don't quit on themselves.

0:44.4

Hello.

0:45.8

Oh, you did it.

0:46.8

I did it. Nice and a succinct.

0:48.2

Nice and a succinct today.

0:51.1

Hello.

0:52.2

Hey.

0:53.2

Welcome to Tea with Queen and Jay. I am Queen. I'm Jay and this is Tea with Queen and Jay. Hello. Hey, welcome to Tea with Queen and Jay. I am Queen. I'm Jay and this is Tea with Queen and

0:58.1

Jay. And what's up? I'm nothing. Hold on, hold on. I felt a huge burp, I didn't want to give it to the people.

1:06.8

Thank you for suffocating it. How are you? I'm good. How are you doing?

1:11.5

I'm good.

1:12.8

I am good.

1:13.7

That is great.

1:14.6

It's been an interesting two weeks since the last time we saw you guys.

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