Critical Race Theory Made Me Miserable - Zandile Powell from Kidology

TRIGGERnometry

Konstantin Kisin & Francis Foster

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🗓️ 4 October 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Zandile “Zee” Powell is the creator of the YouTube channel Kidology, where she makes video essays analysing modern society from a Gen Z perspective. She studied Human, Social, and Political Sciences at Cambridge University and has contributed to publications such as UnHerd. Check out Zee's Substack here: https://kidology.substack.com/ SPONSORED BY: AG1. Go to https://www.drinkAG1.com/triggernometry/ to get 5 free AG1 Travel Packs and a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D with your first purchase! Become a Premium Member to receive exclusive benefits https://triggernometry.supercast.com/ OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here: Bitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5 Music by: Music by: Xentric | info@xentricapc.com | https://www.xentricapc.com/ YouTube: @xentricapc Buy Merch Here: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/shop/ Advertise on TRIGGERnometry: marketing@triggerpod.co.uk Join the Mailing List: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/sign-up/ Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod/ https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod/ About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I only applied to Cambridge, got into Cambridge, and I thought that was going to be the beginning of my full agency.
0:09.0	It was actually the beginning of the end.
0:12.0	I suddenly was exposed to sort of a culture of critical theories which told me that I was a victim
0:21.0	and that I was at an inherent disadvantage.
0:25.0	And that really messed with my mind.
0:28.0	I got very depressed, was an antidepressant, was suicidal for my second year.
0:33.0	Throughout my life, it was white people who cared for me, it was white people who loved me,
0:40.0	I'd been abandoned by my black mother.
0:42.0	So there was an inherent contradiction in what I was being told.
0:47.0	You're a young woman who is at Cambridge University.
0:52.0	You get a degree from there, your opportunities are limitless.
0:57.0	And yet, you're a victim with an inch.
1:01.0	I mean, it's just bollocks.
1:14.0	Hello, and welcome to Trigonometry.
1:16.0	I'm Franzis Foster.
1:19.0	And this is a show for you if you want honest conversations with fascinating people.
1:24.0	Our brilliant guest today is a fellow YouTuber whose channel is called Kidology.
1:28.0	She goes by Z-Powell Z, welcome to Trigonometry.
1:30.0	Thank you for having me.
1:31.0	It's a real pleasure.
1:32.0	By the way, if she looks tensed because we did about five attempts at the introduction and we totally ruined it.
1:37.0	Hello, and welcome to Trigonometry.
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