![]() He was then traded to the Philadelphia Eagles in 2013, where he spent most of his career. After earning his undergraduate degree in sports management in 2012, he was drafted by the Cleveland Browns. It’s found its way on to the New York Times bestseller list, where it still is comfortably sitting, which just-a book we all need.īB: Let me tell you a little bit about Emmanuel. On November 10, Emmanuel’s book, Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man, launched. The series has been a huge success, debuting with over 22 million views across social media platforms and garnering widespread media coverage. Thank you.īB: In June 2020, Emmanuel Acho launched a video series titled Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man, which opened a virtual conversation with white America about race, racism, and educational and economic inequality. What a powerful learning, unlearning, and relearning episode. We’ll dig into that, and I might even sneak in a question about the ’21–’22 UT football season. So you will hear all about his incredible book, Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man. It really is just smart, important, and real answers for real questions.īB: I don’t know if you know this about Emmanuel Acho, but he is also a Fox Sports analyst and former NFL player and former Longhorn from the University of Texas. ![]() He asks us to get uncomfortable with him as he delves into what it means for culture today, and he invites us to walk the talk about our beliefs. He gives us a historical understanding of the question in the answer. He takes on just random questions from white folks, just-any question that he hears over and over, he takes it on. This book is a manifesto, a mandate, a playbook. He has released an incredible book with the same name, Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man. It’s just basically a human conversation that is open and uncomfortable and urgent and necessary. I am talking with Emmanuel Acho, who is the host and producer of Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man. I know change, especially right now when there’s so much shit going on in the world, is not always easy, so I appreciate you coming to Spotify with me.īB: I’m so excited about this episode. This community is an important thing to me, and I’m grateful that we are learning together, unlearning together, and walking together, and I appreciate this shift. I know for many of you that download on Apple, you’re like, “Oh, does this mean a new app, and is it going to cost money, and is this going to be hard?” You can download the app. I really appreciate the warm welcome from the entire Spotify team. They have built a beautiful new hub for the podcast, for our music. Unlocking Us is now officially only available on Spotify, so welcome to my Spotify home, everyone. I’m Bren é Brown, and this is Unlocking Us. He asks only for the listener’s curiosity-but along the way, he will galvanize all of us to join the antiracist fight.Brené Brown: Hi, everyone. With the same open-hearted generosity that has made his video series a phenomenon, Acho explains the vital core of such fraught concepts as white privilege, cultural appropriation, and “reverse racism.” In his own words, he provides a space of compassion and understanding in a discussion that can lack both. In Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man, Acho takes on all the questions, large and small, insensitive and taboo, many white Americans are afraid to ask-yet which all Americans need the answers to, now more than ever. ![]() “But in order to access it, we’re going to have to have some uncomfortable conversations.” “You cannot fix a problem you do not know you have.” So begins Emmanuel Acho in his essential guide to the truths Americans need to know to address the systemic racism that has recently electrified protests in all fifty states. This program is read by the author, and includes a bonus conversation.Īn urgent primer on race and racism, from the host of the viral hit video series “ Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man” Listeners may become uncomfortable but will want to keep listening." - AudioFile Magazine on Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man A personal interview with his editor, great production standards, and his personality make this an accessible listen. "Narrated by the author, this audio program feels like an evening with a good friend who doesn't shy away from awkward questions. "Acho’s gregariously pragmatic delivery educates with clarity and makes the book come alive." - Booklist
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