Black & Yellow

‘‘Tis the season for gift giving, and honestly, who doesn’t like receiving carefully thought out free shit! Jack & I sure do, and in this episode we talk about the gift-giving practices that exist in the African American and Asian communities.Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

FACT: Black Women are magic! FACT: Manic Pixie Dream Girls are not. They’re #irritating & deeply problematic. Black women can be eccentric, eclectic, quirky, and flighty (if we want to be), but we do not solely exist to enlighten a man’s purpose or fix his flaws. In this episode, Alana & Jacklyn have a quirktastic convo about why you should never conflate these female labels.Follow us on Apple Podcast & Spotify. Feel free to rate & review us! We are also on IG @blackandyellowpodcast. Your hosts are Alana J. Webster (@renegadeoffun) & Jacklyn Chung-Young (@jacklynchungyoung) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The range of complexions within the African American skin color spectrum is broad, but American beauty ideals are narrow. So, what’s an individual to do when they are told their skin’s hue is not up to par? In this episode, Alana & Jacklyn get real about how some African Americans treat the skin they are born in.Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Thanksgiving Dinner is the most important meal of the year, but there are many degrees of difference between White Turkey Day & a Black Turkey Day. In this episode, J & A breakdown the culinary differences of the most anticipated meal of the year, and answer the question of just what exactly Asians do on Thanksgiving.Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

African American women work out less than women of other races. But why? In this episode, Alana & Jackie talk about the relationship between Black women, physical activity, and their hair.Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Votes have been cast, counted, and results have been announced. The Dems took the House but the Reps still have the Senate. In this episode, Alana & Jackie have a female- centric midterm election decompression conversation, & get real about overcoming Election Burnout. Rate & Review is on Apple Podcast, and feel free to subscribe as well. Did you know we are on Spotify as well? Find us On Instagram @blackyellowpodcast or find Alana J. Webster (@renegadeoffun) & Jacklyn Chung Young (@jacklynchungyoung) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Election Day is November 6! Instead of telling you who to vote for or why voting is important, Jacklyn and Alana are talking about what motivates them to vote (or not) in this new episode of Black & Yellow.Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With Asian Americans becoming more and more visible in our mainstream media, Jackie and Alana wanted to rerelease a Black & Yellow Classic spotlighting the Model Minority Myth.Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Coming of age films are supposed to be the films that sum up the trials and tribulations of teenage life. They do, just as long as you’re white, straight, cisgender, and privileged. In this episode, J & A talk about how Coming Of Age films can be isolating for minority teens.Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Brett Kavanaugh is officially a Supreme Court Justice. Simply put, this news is depressing and can feel as though all hope is lost. Alana & Jacklyn assure you it is not. In this episode they discuss what to do now that an official asshole sits on our Supreme Court. Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, has given the US a mater class in White Privilege via his sexual assault testimony with Dr. Christine Blasey- Ford. But what exactly are the ingredients that make up Kavanaugh’s recipe for Caucasian entitlement? In this episode, Alana and Jack get to the bottom of this Rich, white nonsense.Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jackie and Alana are no longer virgins! They pop their listener submitted topic cherry by tackling the tough topic of color-coded convictions of superiority and beauty standards in the Asian community. Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Remember school lunches when you were a kid? Some do and most don’t, but if you are an Asian American (or Indian American, quite frankly) you’d love to forget lunch time altogether. In this episode, Alana and Jacklyn talk about that awkward moment when a kid of color opens their lunch box and realizes that their lunch isn’t quite like the others. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Asians have ARRIVED! They are crazy. They are rich. In this episode of Black and Yellow, Jack and Alana talk about the cinematic win that keeps on winning: Crazy Rich Asians See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The modern music festival is a rite of passage for young Americans in search of harmony and hedonism. While music festivals pride themselves on an “all is welcome” ethos, that doesn’t mean that the audiences attending are diverse. In this episode, Alana and Jacklyn examine how festivals are missing the racial and gender mark.Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung- Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Pregnancy and the birthing experiences are not created equal. Black and Asian women face their own sets of trials and tribulations. In this episode, Alana and Jacklyn look at the realities of being a (soon to be) mother of color.Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung- Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

To beat the summer heat, most Americans head to the nearest swimming pool. Unless, of course, you are one of the 70% of African Americans in the U.S that can’t swim. Pools and people of color have historically been a dangerous mix. In this episode, Alana and Jacklyn dive into the scary truths about why many African Americans can’t swim.Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung- Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the U.S., media representation of “thugs” is overwhelmingly Black. In International films, Asian (men) get their piece of the thuggish rugggish pie. In this episode, Jacklyn and Alana explore how Black and Asian thugs are depicted differently in film and tv, and how these depictions can have dangerous consequences.Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung- Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The stereotype of the cheap Asian is pervasive, but is it true? In this episode, Jack and Alana examine this penny- pinching cliché to see where it came from, why it’s so popular, and if there’s any truth to it.Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung- Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Names are something given to a child at birth. But what if you had the opportunity to give yourself a new name once you moved to a new country? This is the experience of many Asian immigrants who come to America. Alana was curious about this unique renaming experience, so Jacky broke it down for her.Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung- Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.