đ¨New Series: I'm Dreaming of a NOT White Christmas
Introducing a new podcast mini-series about the racial and cultural messages communicated in our favorite Christmas movies.
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Itâs the most wonderful time of the year! Christmas music, lights and decorations, shopping, and of courseâŚChristmas movies!
Except as we look at the culture surrounding Christmas it is quiteâŚwhite.
So letâs talk about it.
In this 4-part series in partnership with the Disrupters podcast by InterVarsity Press, I join Dr. Nancy Wang Yuen, a sociologist of race and pop culture, to delve into the cultural representations of Christmas in media.Â
We talk about some of your faves such as âItâs a Wonderful Lifeâ and âA Christmas Story.â We also preview new films this year such as âChristmas With Youâ and âA Big Fat Family Christmas.â
Weâre talking about the âChristmas Industrial Complex,â how whitewashed it has been, and efforts to envision Christmas in color.
The first episode is out today (11/28). Look for a new episode each Monday in December until Christmas. Itâs like a weekly gift!
The âIâm Dreaming of a NOT White Christmasâ podcast series starts now!
Be sure to grab Dr. Nancy Wang Yuenâs revealing book, Reel Inequality.