The Waves: The World Record Book of Racist Stories

On this week’s episode of The Waves, Slate senior supervising
producer of audio Daisy Rosario is joined by sisters and authors
Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar. Amber and Lacey just released their
second book, The World Record Book of Racist Stories, a collection
of humorous and sometimes heartbreaking essays about the racism
they and the people they know experience every day. Daisy, Amber
and Lacey talk about needing to write a second book (because they
didn’t fit all the stories in the first book), the importance of
family in surviving micro and macro aggressions, and why humor is
the only way to get through the pain.  In Slate Plus, Daisy,
Amber and Lacey talk about why Omaha actually is a great place to
live.    Podcast production by Cheyna Roth with editorial
oversight by Daisy Rosario and Alicia Montgomery. Send your
comments and recommendations on what to cover to thewaves@slate.com
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