Mainstream media have provided few spaces for black women to discuss politics, but A’shanti F. Gholar is joining a growing group of women of color podcasters who hope to provide more such spaces, with her new podcast The Brown Girls Guide To Politics.
Her first episode opened with Stacey Abrams, who barely lost the Georgia gubernatorial race which was fraught with voter suppression allegations. Gholar’s goal is to create as open and safe a space as possible for black women and other women of color to talk shop in ways they ordinarily wouldn’t on mainstream television, as well as having the time to talk about it without speaking in soundbites.
Thus, the power of the podcast medium: you can actually talk for minutes on end without feeling rushed.
In a recent episode, Gholar talked to former Vermont State Representative Kiah Morris about why Morris gave up her house seat last year after dealing with years of racial discrimination from online…
