The Side Effects of Being the Token Black Girl ft. Danielle Prescod
Naked Beauty
The Naked Beauty Podcast
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2022
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
“You become a symbol greater than yourself, you become a symbol signaling that an institution, a community, a town, a hobby, is not racist.” - Danielle Prescod
Writer, content creator, and businesswoman Danielle Prescod is back for her third interview with Naked Beauty, and this time, we’re sitting down to discuss her first book, Token Black Girl. Reflecting on her experiences growing up as the only Black girl in a predominantly white community, Danielle has been able to break down the emotions that so many Black girls (myself included) have felt when being othered so early in life. Tune in as we do a deep dive into her journey navigating body dysmorphia, going from “pet” to “threat” in the workplace, falling in love with LeLabo fragrances, and so much more.
Link to Products/Resources: Macy’s Holiday Finds (Fluted Old-Fashioned Glasses, Pedestal Bowl, Fluted Coupe Glasses, Fluted Highball Glasses), Ep.98: Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself, “Corporate Workplaces are Traumatizing Black Women,” Le Labo Matcha
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, hello, it's Brooke DeVard and you're listening to the Naked Beauty podcast. |
| 0:05.5 | Welcome back to a brand new episode. |
| 0:07.8 | I just got my Spotify wrapped and I have been blown away with how many new listeners have |
| 0:12.1 | discovered this show in the past year. |
| 0:14.4 | Shout out to everyone who's new to the Naked Beauty community, but also shout out to everyone |
| 0:18.0 | who's been listening from the beginning. |
| 0:19.9 | I love and appreciate you all so much. |
| 0:22.0 | And the staff that like truly just blew me away as I was going through my Spotify wrapped |
| 0:26.6 | is that Naked Beauty was in the top 1% most shared globally for podcasts. |
| 0:33.4 | That is incredible. |
| 0:34.4 | And then there's this little breakdown of how you guys share the episodes, direct links, |
| 0:38.1 | sending via text, sending on Instagram, sending on WhatsApp. |
| 0:41.5 | So thank you all for listening to the show and sharing it with your friends. |
| 0:45.0 | That's how we spread the word. |
| 0:46.4 | And today's topic is incredibly important. |
| 0:48.6 | I am speaking to my friend and author Danielle Prescott. |
| 0:52.4 | She has worked in the beauty industry and the fashion industry and she's actually been |
| 0:56.0 | on the podcast before, but she wrote this memoir. |
| 0:58.8 | I had gotten early copies, I was able to read it this summer and I was just blown away |
| 1:03.1 | by her story. |
| 1:05.2 | And I certainly know what it's like to be one of a few black women. |
| 1:09.2 | I think about the school that I went to, I think I was one of the first black girls |
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