Reclaiming Black in Australia

The Stoop

Hana Baba and Leila Day

Identity, International, Thestoop, Blackness, Storytelling, African, Personal Journals, Africanamerican, Blackidentity, Blackart, Journalism, Society & Culture, Black, Diaspora, Blackculture

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🗓️ 21 October 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

We’re Stoopin it in Australia and meet Indigenous journalist Rhianna Patrick as she navigates this question- why do I call myself ‘Black’?
Rhianna takes us along as she unpacks what Blackness means Down Under. It’s complicated, and we meet people along the way who help her navigate this question. Dr. Jackie Huggins digs into the history of Indigenous peoples’ relation to Blackness, artist/journalist Daniel Browning explains why some young Indigenous people are identifying as ’Blak’- without the ‘C’, and Aurora Liddle Christie ponders her Jamaican-Indigenous Australian roots. Will Rhianna get any closer to understanding her use of the term ‘Black’?

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0:00.0	Hey Lila! Hey Hannah! So Lila, over the years, we've had a lot of conversations about what
0:08.4	it means to be black. Uh-huh. Yeah, we have. We've explored the different shades of black
0:14.2	and how other communities understand their blackness. Yeah, we've talked about a lot of communities,
0:20.4	but Lila, have you ever wondered why Indigenous Australians refer to themselves as black?
0:28.5	I mean, I would think they would, and there are all shades of black in Australia. Right,
0:34.8	but do people there identify as black?
0:40.2	Oh, we gotta go down under. Let's do this. Let's do it!
0:49.2	Hey, it's Hannah from The Stoop. We wanted to tell you about a radio-topia show with some news
0:54.4	to share. Ear Hustle is celebrating its 100th episode. This season, the show will be revisiting its
1:02.8	very first episode, a listener favorite called Sellies, about the relationship formed inside
1:08.8	a prison cell. But this time, there's a twist. The whole episode takes place inside a women's prison,
1:16.0	and the show checks in on one of its producers, Roshan New York Thomas, who was recently released
1:21.6	from prison for an inside look at life on parole. Plus, producers spend a marathon 14 hours out on
1:29.0	the yard at San Quentin. From dungeons and dragons, to dominoes, gospel to geese, weightlifting
1:35.8	to just waiting, they've got the sounds and stories to prove it. Listen to our friends at Ear Hustle
1:42.5	on your podcast player.
1:51.4	The stoop. The stoop. The stoop. The stoop. Stories coming across the black diaspora.
1:58.4	My cousins were water and grease girls, and I couldn't be a water and grease girl.
2:02.4	That's what I'm talking about, ballerina in the hood. We be, got to get you a 90 people.
2:06.4	When a black woman walks up to the desk in labor, what preconceived notions do you have about her?
2:14.3	I didn't even know we had a hair shark.
2:21.5	The stoop.
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