DysChick & SocaSaySo discuss the social, political, and cultural concerns of the global Caribbean Community.
Quick Chat: Season recap, Upcoming Season trailer
DysChick and SocaSaySo RANT about what we have been working on since wrapping the “Global Perspectives on Black Lives Matter” series and give you a sneak peek of what we are planning for our upcoming season. Then we RAVE to “Rang Ke Bhare (Forget about Your Color)” by Guyana’s 2019 Chutney Monarch, Steven Ramphal.
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Special Limited Series: BLACK LIVES MATTER – New York, US
DysChick and SocaSaySo are back with a special series of interviews where we talk to people around the world about the Black Lives Matter Movement. In this episode, we RANT with Jose Christo (“J.C.”) Brillant from New York, USA. J.C. is an entrepreneur running two businesses, BeBrillantNYC and Brillant ITJobs, a husband and father raising two Black boys. J.C. shares how those roles influence how he lives as a Black man in America. He gives his ideas on ways to improve neighborhood policing, how he hopes the BLM movement will change systemic racism in America, and reminds us of the psychological impact of discrimination against Black people. Then we RAVE to “I Am” by Edwin Yearwood.
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Learn more about J.C.’s businesses by visiting ShopBBNYC.com and BrillantITJobs.com and visiting both companies on all social media
Special Limited Series: BLACK LIVES MATTER – CANADA
DysChick and SocaSaySo are back with a special series of interviews where we talk to people around the world about the Black Lives Matter Movement. In this episode, we RANT with Zakiyah Tafari, better known as SocaDread, from Toronto, ON who shares why he founded Black Food Toronto, why he thinks Black people should get involved in politics, and what Carnivals he is looking forward to covering when we are able to once again fete... safely. Then we RAVE to “Brighter” by LFS Music.
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Special Limited Series: BLACK LIVES MATTER – GERMANY
DysChick and SocaSaySo are back with a special series of interviews where we talk to people around the world about the Black Lives Matter Movement. In this episode, we RANT with Sandy Willikens in Stuttgart, Germany who DysChick met while studying in Trinidad. Although there is not a large Black population in Germany, they had the largest anti-racism protest outside of the United States. Sandy shares her thoughts on why this happened and what she hopes will result from this outcry for human rights. Then we RAVE to “Allez” by Teddyson John.
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Special Limited Series: BLACK LIVES MATTER – MASSACHUSETTS, US
DysChick and SocaSaySo are back with a special series of interviews where we talk to people around the world about the Black Lives Matter Movement. In this episode, we RANT with Tim Barret in Berkshire County, Massachusetts who DysChick met while studying in Trinidad. Tim shares his thoughts on what it felt like to be the “other” in Trinidad, how he responds to racists in his social network, and why he thinks predatory policing should be defunded. Then we RAVE to “Stranger” by Shadow.
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Special Limited Series: BLACK LIVES MATTER – MASSACHUSETTS, US
DysChick and SocaSaySo are back with a special series of interviews where we talk to people around the world about the Black Lives Matter Movement. In this episode, we RANT with Tim Barret in Berkshire County, Massachusetts who DysChick met while studying in Trinidad. Tim shares his thoughts on what it felt like to be the “other” in Trinidad, how he responds to racists in his social network, and why he thinks predatory policing should be defunded. Then we RAVE to “Stranger” by Shadow.
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Special Limited Series: BLACK LIVES MATTER – TRINIDAD
DyChick and SocaSaySo are back with a special series of interviews where we talk to people around the world about the Black Lives Matter Movement. In this episode, we RANT with Michele Matthews-Morancie, Co-Managing Director of MAM Squared, LLC (http://mamsquared.com), from Curepe, Trinidad. She shares her thoughts on how Trini views of the underclass led to the Port of Spain riots and why she thinks the police Commissioner’s recent comments are dangerous. Then we RAVE to “Don’t Blame the Youth” by Ataklan ft. Sizzla.
For more information about MAM Squared, email michele@agitate-media.com.
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Special Limited Series: BLACK LIVES MATTER - PORTUGAL
DysChick and SocaSaySo are back with a special series of interviews where we talk to people around the world about the Black Lives Matter Movement. In our fourth episode, we RANT with Cristina Cabral, an Afro-Portuguese journalist of Cape Verdean descent. She shares her insights on the movement and how motherhood caused her to fight for representation of multiple races in toys and media. Then we RAVE to "Rise Up" by Spectrum Band.
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Special Limited Series:
BLACK LIVES MATTER - PORTUGAL
DysChick and SocaSaySo are back with a special series of interviews where we talk to people around the world about the Black Lives Matter Movement. In this episode, we RANT with Lisa Matos (link to: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisamatos) a dual Portuguese-US citizen, currently based in Lisbon who has spent the last 16 years fighting for human rights. She shares her thoughts on the movement and how simple acts like completing the census can help dismantle systematic racism. Then we RAVE to “I Got You” by Ricardo Drue to remind us that we have to fight for each other if we want to defeat racism and bias.
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BLACK LIVES MATTER - ENGLAND
DysChick and SocaSaySo are back with a special series of interviews where we talk to people around the world about the Black Lives Matter Movement. In our second episode, we RANT with Alison Thomas of Real Soca Deal in London, a socaholic and social journalist who took part in the protests. She tells us about her experience as a Carnival documentarian and what she wants to see come from the Black Lives Matter global uprising. Then we RAVE to "Unstoppable" by UK soca divas Sunshine & Nadiva.
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