What's up, people. I'm Garrett Johnson, and you're listening to Consider Before Consuming, a podcast by Fight the New Drug.

Before we jump into this conversation, we want to let you know that during this conversation,

we discuss racism in contemporary pornography and sexual violence.

Listener discretion is advised.

Today's conversation is with Dr. Carolyn West.

She has an impressive resume. She's an international

speaker, filmmaker, author, domestic violence expert, cultural sensitivity trainer, and more.

One of her goals as a doctor and as an African-American woman is to fight for racial and gender equality. One project that she has

dedicated herself to recently is her documentary titled, Let Me Tell Y'all About Black

Chicks, which we discussed during this conversation. We do want our listeners to be aware

that her documentary is explicit.

One of the interesting aspects of this conversation was hearing Dr. Wes' reasoning for why she decided to make the documentary explicit.

With all that being said, let's just jump into the conversation.

We hope you enjoy this episode of Consider Before Consuming. Dr. West, we want to thank you for joining us today.

Starting off with the question I'm sure you get a lot. Why are you passionate about fighting

for healthy sexuality and racial equality?

I think I'm so passionate about this.

I started my early career as a sex educator in low-income communities in St. Louis.

And I just saw the devastation that people experience just because they just lack knowledge and understanding

about sex and sexuality, which made it difficult for them to make really healthy decisions.

And then when I started teaching at the college level, I quickly found that even relatively well-educated, prepared college students

didn't have basic understanding about their bodies in sexuality. And so I just really became

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