Stoop Special: Black Enough

The Stoop

Hana Baba and Leila Day

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

4.4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Whether it's the way we talk, the music we hear, or the clothes we wear- many Black people at some point were made to feel 'not Black enough’, including Leila and Hana.

In this special episode, Leila explores with broadcast journalist Joshua Johnson what it means to be told she ‘talks white’, Hana talks to a psychologist as she wonders if she has to like everything Black to avoid getting called out, and we go deep with comedian W. Kamau Bell who's felt awkward in Black circles and in front of Black audiences.

What does it mean to be ‘Black enough’?

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Black History Month all year long on the stoop.
0:09.5	And we created this special hour long episode that's being played on radio stations across
0:14.5	the country.
0:16.1	Some of these stories may sound familiar if you've been listening to us for a while.
0:20.5	But we hope you enjoy.
0:39.5	My cousins were water and grease girls.
0:41.5	And I couldn't be a water and grease girl.
0:43.5	That's what I'm talking about, ballerina in the hood.
0:45.5	We be color geek, young 90 people.
0:47.5	When a black woman walks up to the desk in labor, what preconceived notions do you have about her?
0:55.5	I didn't even know we had a hair shark.
1:05.5	Hey Lila, hey Hannah.
1:07.5	So Lila, have you ever felt like you were out of place with a group of black people
1:14.5	where someone made you feel like you weren't black enough?
1:18.5	Yeah, I mean, that is the story of our lives, right?
1:23.5	I feel like we've talked about these instances when we were children feeling that way.
1:29.5	That uncomfortable, where do I fit in, where do I belong?
1:31.5	And now as an adult, I feel like those instances seem to happen more and more on social media
1:37.5	or when we're in a large group of people having a discussion about race or something.
1:42.5	And you start to feel criticized for not calling people out or not being bold enough or not being loud enough.
1:56.5	And people will call you out.
1:58.5	Well, you should have said this and you should have done this sister and you should have done this.
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