CLIP: Chanelle Benz Talks About Fitting Into Other People’s Expectations Of Blackness


On this episode of Call & Response: Chanelle Benz discusses the pressure to “fit into” other people’s expectations of Blackness and how these perceptions has affected her day-to-day interactions and career.

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ABOUT Chanelle Benz

Author, The Gone Dead

Instagram: @chanelle_benz

Twitter: @chanellebenz


ABOUT THE SHOW

Call & Response is a new show designed to respond to the changes and activism of our time. Each day, Baron Vaughn and Open Mike Eagle invite their favorite Black creators — activists, comedians, musicians, actors, visual artists, and more — to riff on current events, discuss the present momentum, and speak about their work and struggles.

Funny Or Die has partnered with Blavity Inc. to create this show with the intention of responding to our time through discourse and laughter.

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Published at Fri, 26 Jun 2020 06:51:55 +0000