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Imani State of Mind

Black in White Spaces: The Mental Effects of Being Black in America (ft. Toni Ann Johnson)

Imani State of Mind

Imani State of Mind

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Hobbies, Education, Leisure, Self-improvement

4.8764 Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

The struggle of being Black in predominantly white spaces can have a huge impact on our mental health. Join Dr. Imani and Meg Scoop as they discuss the effects with guest Toni Ann Johnson, author of ‘Light Skin Gone to Waste.’ Plus, the ladies share their pop culture diagnosis of Darcy from the Netflix comedy ‘The Perfect Find.'

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0:00.0

Hi everybody. Welcome to Emani state of mind. I'm Dr. I'm Dr. I'm ex-Soup.

0:17.6

Yes, she is. And I'm ex-scoop.

0:20.9

Okay, so it's good to see you guys, or it's good that you guys would join us again

0:26.5

for another podcast episode. So what are we going to be talking about? What's on everyone's

0:31.8

mind this week? Okay, so I will, I guess I'll go first.

0:38.7

I mean, yeah, if you want to, since your name is, I mean, since this is your show,

0:41.5

it's like, I like to, you know, I like to share duties. Um, so something that I learned about

0:47.6

this week is something called cycle sinking. And, wait, like when like a bunch of women are together,

0:54.0

there's cycles. That's what I thought it was. But apparently it's some, you know, cycle sinking and wait like when like a bunch of women are together their cycles

0:54.4

that's what I thought it was but apparently it's some tick you know girl TikTok

0:59.1

TikTok trend um where women who get their periods um basically you account for the fact like

1:09.6

you chart your period and then let's say you know that

1:12.4

like okay I've done this before I know that that I want to go on a vacation and I'll be like

1:17.7

oh I'll look at these dates but before I look at the dates like just pick any date I got to check

1:22.1

to see like when am I going to be PMSing when am I going to be on your period because

1:26.4

there's nothing worse than being on vacation and being on your period.

1:29.5

Oh, girl.

1:30.5

Yeah.

1:30.8

But apparently, so now what people are doing is it's not just that.

1:35.3

It's like, okay, I do this too.

1:37.8

So like the day before my period hits, I end up, I schedule a chiropractic appointment and then a massage appointment

1:46.9

the next day because it really, really makes a difference because my, like, my back will get all

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