I'm Shrine Madisal Miraji and you're listening to Code Switch. Before I go on, I just want you to know you're gonna be hearing some racially charged language here.

And Jean Demby is gonna join me in a quick second. But first,

Alright, so I'm sitting in studio with my colleague Justin Richmond.

Hi Shrine.

Hi Justin. I know because you've mentioned this a couple of times at work that you have family members that you've voted differently from.

One in particular that's very close to you, your father.

Yes, he voted for Trump.

And let's state that not so obvious because this is the radio.

Yes.

You are a black man.

Yes.

And your father is black.

This is Code Switch's awkward post election Thanksgiving podcast.

I'm Jean Demby. Shrine, I'm really, really curious about how the rest of that conversation would done.

My father's a black man from Compton and he voted for Donald Trump.

What are you doing for Thanksgiving? How do you think that's gonna go down?

I'm not talking. I'm not gonna have Thanksgiving dinner with my dad. That's for sure.

Have you talked to him at all?

I haven't talked to him since probably two days before the election.

I haven't talked to him since two days before the election.

And it's not gonna be a constructive conversation, you know.

So.

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