Strange Fruit

It's a full serving of Juicy Fruit! Dr. Story is in Florence, presenting at the Black Portraiture{s} II Conference, so actor Billy Flood, and Kendra Elise Anderson from the Flyy Sexuality talk show join us in the studio this week. A woman was stabbed in the eye with a fork after eating the last rib at a Muncie, IN Memorial Day barbeque - we talk about the unwritten rules of good manners in black spaces. And "mini buns" are a hot new craze recently seen on the Marc Jacobs runway, though they may look familiar to anyone who knows what bantu knots are. Circumcision of baby boys was once a given, but is more controversial now, as it's seen as increasingly unnecessary for health. We talk about the mom who skipped town with her 4 year old rather than have him undergo court-mandated circumcision. And Kendrick Lamar was on the cover of Rolling Stone, getting his hair cornrowed by a light-skinned model. Is she white? And does it matter if she is, given his outspokenness against colorism? Our guests talk it o