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Ayisha Elliott

Ayisha Elliott’s podcast Black Girl From Eugene is raw and uncensored monologues and conversations about living while Black in the PNW. Listen locally at 11 am Sundays on Facebook Live; simulcast on KEPW 97.3 FM. Audio found on all major podcasting platforms. You can support BGFE at Patreon.com/Blackgirlfromeugene_1.

Author: Ayisha Elliott

Out Loud

Name white man's violence

Guest Viewpoint 1 week ago

Tragedy strikes — again, and then again. After the initial shock from the swift return to the realities of pre-COVID white man violence towards any … Continue reading →

Interracial Dating

It still requires that both sides be committed to a lot of work

Guest Viewpoint 1 month ago

I don’t speak for everyone, but I will say a good majority don’t disagree with the statement that interracial dating is difficult. Black and white dating … Continue reading →

Examine Your White Privilege

The Jan. 6 insurrection calls attention to the need to examine unconscious participation in systematic racism

Guest Viewpoint 3 months ago

Dear White People: We all witnessed the uncorked anger of white people feeling robbed of their privilege.  White privilege, for white people, is hard to … Continue reading →

Inaction on Courage

Some things haven’t changed since the Civil War

Guest Viewpoint 4 months ago

The distribution of votes in this neverending election is screaming something else other than a democracy in crisis. Most people who voted saw this election … Continue reading →

Using Your Voice

Only now is a voting a choice for Black people

Guest Viewpoint 6 months ago

To vote or not to vote is a white person’s problem. Historically, it’s a white person’s privilege, a package deal.  It wasn’t until 1965 when … Continue reading →

Purpose

With this year’s losses comes the realization of what life is about

Guest Viewpoint 7 months ago

By Ayisha Elliott With the passing of John Lewis, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Chadwick Boseman, Kobe Bryant and more, it has felt like a loss of … Continue reading →

Black Girl From Eugene

Assimilation is not a gift 

Guest Viewpoint 9 months ago

By Ayisha Elliott I was born in Eugene. A Black baby of two revolutionary Black parents and the fifth child of our crew.  I grew up … Continue reading →

Ayisha Elliott

Ayisha Elliott’s podcast Black Girl From Eugene is raw and uncensored monologues and conversations about living while Black in the PNW. Listen locally at 11 am Sundays on Facebook Live; simulcast on KEPW 97.3 FM. Audio found on all major podcasting platforms. You can support BGFE at Patreon.com/Blackgirlfromeugene_1.

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