Bonus Live Episode with Ta-Nehisi Coates: Between Hope and Anger

If you thought we’d disappeared, think again! Nakkiah and Miranda
have a treat for you. Recently, at the Melbourne Writers Festival,
they sat down with journalist, memoirist and comic book writer
Ta-Nehisi Coates to talk about race in general,
and specifically whether democracy is failing people of colour in
the US and in Australia, and why hope is irrelevant in the face of
political struggle.    
But that’s not all! They also invited Melbourne-based artists
Birdz and Alice Skye to perform
in front of the live audience. Enjoy this special live episode of
BuzzFeed’s Pretty For An Aboriginal. (And please forgive us for the
occasional audio echo and mic feedback. It was live in a large
venue!)
Credits: Hosted by: Nakkiah Lui @nakkiahlui and Miranda
Tapsell @missmirandatapProduced and edited by Nicola Harvey
@nicolaharveyPerformances by Birdz (and band) and Alice
Skye.Opening Track (performed live at the Thornbury Theatre on
August 29 for the Melbourne Writers Festival): Birdz, “This Side
(ft Alice Skye). Reproduced here with permission from Nathan Bird
and Bad Apples Music.  Special thanks to: Makeup artist Rosie
Kilvert @rosiekalina, Eddie Fitzpatrick and Marieke Hardy from
Melbourne Writers Festival, Coco Eke from Bad Apples Music, and
Carolyn Logan.