2024-05-21T22:41:23Z http://trueskool.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=awkward&rss=yes&xn_auth=no tag:trueskool.com,2015-03-24:1464587:Video:624600 2015-03-24T01:49:11.484Z Editor's Pick http://trueskool.com/profile/RentheVinylArchaeologist

<a href="http://trueskool.com/video/jay-smooth-how-to-recover-from-awkward-racial-conversations"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2177898931?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>In this installment of the Illipsis, Jay Smooth speaks out publicly about his much-publicized appearance last week on MSNBC’S “All in with Chris Hayes,” blackness, self-identity and how corporations like Starbucks can actually make a difference to the cause of racial justice. “Apparently it turns out that when a visually ambiguous black person feels…

<a href="http://trueskool.com/video/jay-smooth-how-to-recover-from-awkward-racial-conversations"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2177898931?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />In this installment of the Illipsis, Jay Smooth speaks out publicly about his much-publicized appearance last week on MSNBC’S “All in with Chris Hayes,” blackness, self-identity and how corporations like Starbucks can actually make a difference to the cause of racial justice. “Apparently it turns out that when a visually ambiguous black person feels compelled to explain their blackness, that is America’s favorite thing to watch in the world,” Smooth says. “It’s just a weird experience to be on national TV while what is a deeply personal moment plays out of feeling to feel like you need to defend your self-identity.”