The podcast Seismic Airwaves did an episode with me about imagining just futures amid disaster. They also put out a bonus episode of me reading my poem about Hurricane Katrina “Wade in the Water.” Both are available now!
#repost @seismicairwaves: “The reality is that folks of color in the United States, and globally, have been living disasters and apocalypses for centuries. It only gets categorized as a disaster when it begins to affect white people, white structures.” - Walidah Imarisha - - - - - EPISODE 10: Imagining Futures Amid Disasters (Walidah Imarisha) - - - - - Sabina talks with @walidahimarisha - writer, educator, poet, organizer, and public scholar. If you haven’t listened to her #SpokenWord piece about #HurricaneKatrina yet, have a listen now (bonus episode). Then check out this week’s episode for the very timely conversation about narratives of #Disaster and the many forces at play during the dual pandemics of #Coronavirus and white supremacy. They discuss the conceptualization of crises and disasters and the importance of imagining the impossible in order to #FightOppression : Pete Shaw - - - - - Technical Level: 2/5 Fear Factor: 2/5 - - - - - Link in bio to listen or download wherever you get your podcasts from. - - - - - #Podcast #SeismicAirwaves #Covid19 #Oregon #AfroFuturism #SciFi #VisionaryFiction #OctaviasBrood #PrisonReform #ImagineTheImpossible #PowerOfImaginiation https://www.instagram.com/p/CBisznnJh3q/?igshid=1a41yi8a987l3