Introducing: Fighting Words with George M Johnson

Author and activist George M. Johnson gets into the ring with some of  today’s most talented and outspoken creative people who use their words to fight back against intolerance.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
What's good.

Speaker 2 (00:01):
Were ready to fight? I'm ready to fight that I
thought it. Oh, this is fighting words. Okay, I'll put
the hammer back. Hi.

Speaker 1 (00:10):
I'm George M.

Speaker 3 (00:11):
Johnson.

Speaker 4 (00:11):
I'm the best selling author of All Boys Aren't Blue,
which is also the second most banned book in the
United States.

Speaker 1 (00:18):
It's a frightening time in America, but it's.

Speaker 4 (00:21):
Important now more than ever that we use our voices
to fight back. And that's exactly what we are doing
each week here on Fighting Words.

Speaker 3 (00:32):
Part of the power of Black queer creativity and collectivity
is a fact that we got us.

Speaker 1 (00:38):
You know, We're not going to let anyone silence us.

Speaker 5 (00:40):
That's the reason why they're banning books like yours, George.
That's the reason why they're trying to stop the teaching
of black history or queer history, any history that challenges
the whitewash norm.

Speaker 2 (00:50):
We won't be able to walk in the same rooms
without them knowing the truth. You won't be able to
hold your head up as high as I do mine
without people knowing the truth or put.

Speaker 1 (01:01):
Us in a box.

Speaker 6 (01:02):
Black people have never ever dependent on the so called
mainstream to support us.

Speaker 1 (01:07):
That's why we are great.

Speaker 6 (01:09):
We are the greatest culture makers in world history.

Speaker 4 (01:13):
Listen to Fighting Words starting February fourth, on the iHeartRadio app,
Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.