Posts tagged anti-blackness
Episode 39: Does Relatability Matter When You’re A Social Media Influencer? (Revisited)
Episode 39: Does Relatability Matter When You’re A Social Media Influencer? (Revisited)

On this week’s episode of “Yep, That Happened,” we revisit the discussion on relatability in social media influencing and whether influencers have to be relatable to their audience. Enjoy!

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society & cultureShirley De Leon#EndSARS, white privilege, racism, anti-blackness, race and racism, relatability, relatability in social media, social media, social media influencers, influencers, Evanston, reparations, reparations for Black Americans
Episode 34: Yes, The Casting For “In The Heights” Was Colorist. Let’s Talk About It.
Episode 34: Yes, The Casting For “In The Heights” Was Colorist. Let’s Talk About It.

On this week’s episode of “Yep, That Happened,” I give my thoughts on the movie, In The Heights, and discuss the colorism in the casting as well as the lack of Afro-Latinx representation in the media.

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society & cultureShirley De Leonanti-blackness, review, In the Heights, colorism, colorism in the Latinx community, Afro-Latinx, dark skin Afro-Latinx people, Juneteenth, Pride month, Black Tik Tokers, culture strike
Episode 27: Why Lil Nas X’s New Video Is Causing One Hell Of An Of Uproar
Episode 27: Why Lil Nas X’s New Video Is Causing One Hell Of An Of Uproar

On this week’s episode of “Yep, That Happened,” I discuss Lil Nas X’s new video for his song, Montero (Call Me By Your Name) and the controversy surrounding the video and his shoes.

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society & cultureShirley De Leon#EndSARS, racism, anti-blackness, race and racism, social media, social media influencers, influencers, Lil Nas X, Montero, Montero (Call Me By Your Name), Call Me By Your Name, Lil Nas X Shoes, Nicki Minaj, Saweetie, Quavo, Saweetie and Quavo elevator
Episode 26: Does Relatability Matter When You’re A Social Media Influencer?
Episode 26: Does Relatability Matter When You’re A Social Media Influencer?

On this week’s episode of “Yep, That Happened,” I discuss relatability in social media influencing and whether influencers have be relatable to their audience. Enjoy!

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society & cultureShirley De Leon#EndSARS, white privilege, racism, anti-blackness, race and racism, relatability, relatability in social media, social media, social media influencers, influencers, Evanston, reparations, reparations for Black Americans