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Some of My Best Friends Are

Pushkin Industries

Released: 2021-09-09

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2 Episodes

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Free New

2 Episodes

Audio

Released: 2021-09-09

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Interracial Buddy Movie Night

Did interracial buddy films solve racism? Khalil and Ben explore that and more watching the 1980’s classics 48 Hrs. and Lethal Weapon

Time: 44:10

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Khalil and Ben reflect on the formative movies they saw in theaters growing up that portrayed white and Black men as friends–mainly the 1980’s classics 48 Hrs. and Lethal Weapon. How did these films shape public views on racism and the police? What did they say about being white and Black men at the time? Khalil and Ben share their take–examining the racial tensions in 48 Hrs. and its reaction to the reconstruction period of the Civil Rights Movement, and shedding light on the Cold War politics of Lethal Weapon.

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Episode ID: 1000534779186

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Release Date: 09/09/2021, 11:30:00

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Some of My Best Friends Are… is a podcast hosted by Khalil Gibran Muhammad and Ben Austen, two best friends who grew up together on the South Side of Chicago in the 1980s. Today a Harvard professor and an award-winning journalist, Khalil and Ben still go to each other to talk about their experiences with the absurdities and intricacies of race in America. In Some of My Best Friends Are..., they invite listeners into their unfiltered conversations about growing up together in a deeply-divided country, and navigating that divide as it exists today.

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