What's up, fam? This is Jay. Letting you know that push black has a new podcast called

State of Criminal Justice. Every week, State of Criminal Justice digs into the most important

events happening right now in the legal system. Listen, the future of our community depends

on us understanding how injustice systematically operates in this country. State of Criminal

Justice is here to ensure you're always up to date on how institutional racism is impacting

black people nationwide. State of Criminal Justice is produced by push black. You can catch

it on our push black YouTube channel, Apple Podcasts or anywhere you listen to podcasts. Thanks

for the support. Peace. Be quiet. That's not lady life. You look great. Have you lost

weight? Don't stay out in the sun. You'll get too dark. These are some of the sayings

that for generations have been casually tossed around in the black community. But words

matter and phrases like this can determine whether we embrace our blackness or hate it.

I'm Jay from push black and you're tuned in to black history year. Anti-blackness doesn't

discriminate. It's everywhere. It's in the schools and the media and sometimes even in the

things we say. It may seem inconsequential how we use words but they do have power. Often without

realizing it, we send messages filled with anti-blackness that the most impressionable of us,

especially internalized. I'm talking about our children. And these messages have led to

rampant colorism and anti-blackness in the community often instilled in us from a young age.

In order for white supremacy to work, we have to hate ourselves. Anti-blackness within our own

community is a curse that's been plaguing our people for generations. But it's also a cycle

that we can break. We got Farah Jones with us today to help unpack these problematic phrases.

Farah is a writer, editor, and educator. A former middle and high school teacher,

they currently write for various publications and present workshops and trainings around the

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