Minority Korner

Apr 22 2022 5k
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Are you easily confused by terms like cultural appropriation, cisgender, toxic masculinity, twunk, queer, black girl magic, and woke? Or maybe you’re tired of explaining terms like these and you need a community that gets you! Welcome to Minority Korner, where we take an introspective look at the world. through an intersectional lens. Join James: a queer, political, comedian, self proclaimed, sexy blerd (that’s Black Nerd) and each week he's joined in the Korner by another fabulous minority tackling pop culture, the news, media, and history all with a little self care, and self love sprinkled throughout! It’s time to Learn, Laugh, and Play, right here at Minority Korner- because together: we’re the majority! (Part of the Maximum Fun Network)

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MK350 Keep on Side Eyeing (Our DNA Test, Past Episode Highlights, JHUD,Buffy, Marvel, Whitney, Stagecoach Mary, Racism, Homophobia,Tulsa Oklahoma, Hidden Figures)

Apr 22 2022 96 mins  
Nnekay and James record the very last episode of Minority Korner. They discuss highlights of past episodes, what they`ve learned and have taught others.

MK349: What Minority Korner Means to me (What this show has meant, favorite moments, takeaways and hopes for the future)

Apr 19 2022 45 mins  
Before we go we wanted to hear from y’all! In this episode we hear from listeners, past guests, and the Maximum Fun family of what this show has meant to them, favorite moments, takeaways and hopes for the future.

MK348: The Pillars of Caste & Ice Cream (Supreme Court Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson, The Senate Make up, The 8 Pillars of Caste, Moon Knight, History of Black Folks Impact on Ice Cream, Jennifer Hudson)

Apr 15 2022 95 mins  
We discuss the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson and how many black people feel they need to be overqualified to get any job. Moon Knight- it’s so good- once again Marvel is slaying it! We want to know why Adele took off and JHud didn’t? James takes us through the 8 Pillars of Caste from Caste by Isabel Wilkerson and how these structures are still in

MK347: Get on Up, AGAIN! (Royal Family’s Bad Caribbean Tour, Jared Leto’s Wildin’ Joker, How Well Do You Know the Avengers?)

Apr 12 2022 87 mins  
James and Renee talk about The Royal Family’s botched/dated tour to their “colonies”, whose widlin and who's workin it, and just how our lives can benefit from LESS social media? We play This or That with scenarios you weigh in on, and finally we play JAM! You Lyin! Avengers style Where we get quizzed on the Avengers

MK346: If You’re Black- Rest is Resistance (The Batman, Moon Knight, Harry Potter Reunion Call Out, The Nap Ministry)

Apr 08 2022 41 mins  
James and Mackenzie discuss The Batman and WARNING SPOILERS AHEAD! We talk Moon Knight Director Mohamed Diab’s calling out of Hollywood's portrayal of Egyptians in media and how his show is making sure it's done right (through a latinx lead lol but we love Oscar Isaac). We have notes on the recent Harry Potter reunion! Mackenzie educates us on The Nap Ministry, an organization th

MK 345: White Folks, Please Wait 5 Business Days... (The 2022 Oscars, Jussie Smollett Sentencing, Todrick Hall Celeb Big Brother, Worst Things That Have Happened at the Oscars, Problem With Jon Stewart, White People Unpacking Whiteness/Racism)

Apr 02 2022 77 mins  
James and Mackenzie discuss the Oscars highs and lows, and how things like ‘the slap’ affect Black people differently than whites when pertaining to our community. Jussie Smollett’s sentencing, and Todrick Hall on Celeb Big Brother prove problematic for Black folks. Jon Stewart on this new show attempts to get white folks to unpack racism and it’s a diabolical and an insigh

MK344: Get on Up! (Josephine Baker, Judge Ketanji Brown-Jackson, Roller Coasters, And Just Like That, Jeopardy, Gay Dog, New Music From Britney, Lightyear Gay Kiss)

Mar 25 2022 101 mins  
James and Renee and help you Get on Up in this taste of their daily morning show! We’ve got a weeknd check-in about zoos, roller coasters, and murder mystery dinner parties. In the news Britney Spears might be coming back with news music, find out how Pixar is making up for Disney’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ involvement, Black Buffy, an all Black Battalion that's finally getting it

MK343: Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Woman (Ukraine, Racism in Ukraine, Doja Cat, Saweetie, Tupac, Spider Woman Valerie the Librarian)

Mar 18 2022 53 mins  
James and Nnekay talk about the Ukraine conflict, and racism within the situation, Black female music artists who are slaying it right now, and the first Spider-Woman was BLACK! Valerie the Librarian.

MK342: Shoop that Oup (Don’t Say Gay, Suffragettes: Harriet Forten Purvis, Maria Guadalupe Evangelina, Felice Cohn, Komako Kimura, Zitkala-Ša, American Crime Story: Impeachment)

Mar 11 2022 68 mins  
This week's episode James and Nnekay talk about the scandal of American Crime Story: Impeachment- Linda Tripp was trippin’l. We unpack the Florida ‘Don’t Say Gay Bill’ and in honor of Women’s History Month we take a look and celebrate some of the unsung women of color heroes of the Suffragette Movement.

MK341: Doin the Most (TV Gayer Than Ever, Zoe Kravitz and Robert Pattinson, Ray Fisher & DC Continued, Star Wars Fandom Gatekeeping, Todrick Hall)

Mar 04 2022 56 mins  
This week on Minority Korner James and Mackenzie Green talk about Ray Fisher and DC owing him many many apologies, Robert Pattinson and Zoe Kravitz being very very hot. LGBTQIA+ representation happening more in the media. We have to give some side eye to our beloved Todrick Hall, and a big PSA about Star Wars fandom.