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Episode 27: Winter Olympics & Obama Portraits

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By the time Christopher and Jeanette sat down to record the latest episode, neither had seen Black Panther yet. So we open our conversation with our expectations for the movie before discussing representation at the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang and share our thoughts on the official Obama portraits that were unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery. Black Panther Expectations (2:50) Winter Olympics (11:00) Obama Portraits (17:15) References Black Panther Challenge (Black Panther Challenge) Black athletes are challenging what a Winter Olympian looks like (Vox) Here Are All The Black Athletes Competing In This Year's Winter Olympics (Buzzfeed) The new Obama portraits are gorgeous alone, but combine strangely. (The New Republic) The Mystery of Amy Sherald’s Portrait of Michelle Obama (The New Yorker) The Shifting Perspective in Kehinde Wiley’s Portrait of Barack Obama (The New Yorker) Race/Related Newsletter (NY Times) If you have any feedback, questions, comments, insights, opinions, or other cleverly wo