Kiah Morris: "That is the strength we carry."
The Brown Girls Guide to Politics
Acast Creative Studios
3.3 • 845 Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2019
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
The Brown Girls Guide to Politics Podcast is all about amplifying the voices of women who are too often forgotten in media coverage. Host A’shanti Gholar leads conversations with women changing the face of politics. In the BGG to Politics blog, A’shanti created a space for women of color to learn about the current state of women in politics, to support others breaking into the political sphere, and to celebrate incredible people changing the course of the country. A’shanti founded the blog last year and Wonder Media Network is thrilled to extend her platform to audio.
The Brown Girls Guide is produced by Jenny Kaplan, Andi Kristins, and Tori Taylor. Original music was composed by Elisheba Ittoop.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey y'all. I'm Ashanti Golar, host of the Brown Girls Guide to Politics. |
| 0:05.1 | The BGG is the one-stop shop for women of color who want to talk and shape the world of politics. |
| 0:12.9 | This season, we're getting deep into the details of Project 2025. |
| 0:18.7 | In 900-plus pages, it's proposing dramatic conservative changes to education, |
| 0:24.3 | health care, and foreign affairs. But underpinning it all is an entirely new vision for how |
| 0:31.1 | the government operates, and that could change everything. Thank you so much to our friends |
| 0:37.2 | at Way to Win for supporting us |
| 0:39.0 | and making this season possible. Listen to the Brown Girls Guide to Politics wherever you get |
| 0:44.8 | your podcast. Welcome back, Brown Girls. Thank you for joining us today. Today I'm talking with Kaya Morris. |
| 0:59.3 | Kaya is a former state representative from Vermont. It was important for me to talk to Kaya because one of the things that we do at the Brown Girls Guide is not only talk about the good that happens |
| 1:11.3 | for women of color and politics, |
| 1:13.5 | but also the bad. |
| 1:15.8 | Unfortunately, Kaya has experienced her share of the bad. |
| 1:21.5 | Although Vermont is a politically progressive state, |
| 1:24.7 | there are still people in Vermont |
| 1:26.2 | who felt that someone like |
| 1:27.5 | Kaya didn't belong. |
| 1:35.2 | Unfortunately, this is something I hear from women of color who are running for office often. |
| 1:41.0 | Will I be stopped when I'm canvassing? |
| 1:43.7 | Will people listen to me? Will they look past my |
| 1:47.6 | hair to actually understand the important things that are coming out of my mouth? Running for office |
| 1:54.4 | is hard, but it's even harder for women of color. But we know women like Kaya are able to overcome and persevere and do what is best |
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