Juneteenth and Celebrating Black Culture, With Bri Woodson
Marriage and Martinis
Adam Silverstein
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Bri Woodson, descendant of Carter G. Woodson (also known as The Father of Black History), sat down with Danielle to discuss how we can each show up in this moment, as Black history is getting erased, racism is on the rise, and fear seems to be a main tactic of this administration. Bri talks about the intersection between racism and mental health, and how we need to change our understanding and treatment of that which is so deeply embedded in the soul of this country. Is it possible that racism changes the makeup of DNA and other physical aspects of human's genetic makeup? Will it even be possible to convince people, in this divisive climate, that racism is something we need to discuss and dismantle on such a more profound level? Bri also discusses how White women, and especially, parents, need to be that much more cognizant of how we are speaking to our kids, and how we are allowing others to speak and behave, just because they are "family." Why is it so important that we stop giving our friends and family a "pass" because they are people in our lives about whom we care? Additionally, she breaks down the real history and celebration behind Juneteenth, and why it is such an important aspects of Black history. This episode is filled with the truth, harsh realizations, and strategies to be better humans who show up for those in need right now, that so many of us need to hear and utilize.
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| 0:00.0 | Thanks for you for coming and talking to me today. |
| 0:26.6 | I kind of scald you to get you here. |
| 0:29.6 | Yeah, I was I was super surprised to see your message. |
| 0:34.6 | I was so flattered. |
| 0:35.6 | Oh, well, thanks for coming on. I found you, |
| 0:40.3 | I guess, like when I was scrolling on my for you page or something. And, you know, and I, |
| 0:46.6 | it was definitely the, it was, which video was the daughters of the Confederacy? Yeah. |
| 0:54.7 | And I was so blown away by how well you explained it, number one. |
| 1:01.2 | And number two, like, you're, I mean, you're obvious, just like the knowledge that you have. |
| 1:07.3 | And whenever I come across a video or I'm reading a book or watching a documentary or |
| 1:12.6 | whatever about these topics I think to myself I kind of get um I get flustered because I think to |
| 1:20.8 | myself oh my gosh I have not done nearly enough research work and like and I realized that |
| 1:27.2 | you know I grew up going to pretty |
| 1:28.8 | pretty good schools pretty progressive schools and you know we read a really diverse |
| 1:36.2 | amount of books and and there's so much still that like is never touched upon and and you know and and this was in a really you know |
| 1:47.6 | a liberal like progressive diverse the top of the top as far as there's no book banning there's |
| 1:55.2 | no restrictions on what you could teach and still like i feel like i lacked so much of that education and I do realize |
| 2:03.8 | that so much of it has to come from us too but talk to me a little bit about your background |
| 2:11.5 | and how you got started into doing the controversial blonde and I want to know like where the name |
| 2:17.1 | stem from and everything. |
| 2:19.8 | Okay, that's a story. So, well, I want to be very, very clear. This was never an intentional thing. |
| 2:28.7 | I have been on TikTok for like years, honestly, and just posting here and now, sometimes I would post |
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