Culturati Host, Kierna Mayo Gives Us the Path to an Anti-Racist World

“I genuinely think points of unification happen is when we listen. Your generation, my generation… we didn’t start this shit. We inherited a whole bunch of history…

…We know the difference between you just want to sell me something, you just want your company to look good right now…”

-Kierna Mayo

It’s Black History Month and if you want to learn from someone who has been on the front lines of advancing underrepresented Black voices over the past 3+ decades, you may want to tune into this week’s episode… 

Mayo co-founded and served as Editor-in-Chief of the iconic late-90’s fashion and lifestyle magazine Honey, was Editor-in-Chief and VP of Digital of EBONY magazine, and is now Vice President and Executive Editor of Roc Lit 101/One World (Penguin Random House). Mayo is the poster child of influencing responsibly.

As the host of the new podcast Culturati: Conversations with Kierna Mayo from our friends at Breakbeat Media, Mayo speaks with other pioneers and leaders and such as W. Kamau Bell, Tanya Fields, and longtime friend Q-Tip, as they explore cultural hot topics from a Black woman’s perspective.

This conversation goes deep and offers levity at times, but is challenging to anyone who concerns themselves with living anti-racist. 

Tune in to hear topics such as:

• Interviewing Hillary Clinton and confronting her about charges of pandering to the black community
• Are corporations and others pandering to the black community in a post-George Floyd world?
• Critical Race WAP (Yes, you read that correctly)
• Offering Real Support to the Black Community Without Pandering
• Life at the Center of a cultural revolution
• Her involvement with Showtime’s “We Need to Talk about Cosby”
• How she deals with the work of Artists after learning about reprehensible behavior
• Maintaining a friendship with Q-Tip after he rose to superstardom
• How Advertisers can get involved supporting Black Women and Girls through supporting Culturati

We can’t thank Kierna enough for sharing her experience and perspective on many of the challenging issues our country continues to face. Conversations like this are critical as we continue to dive deeply into the challenges of maintaining authenticity and business objectives with good faith efforts to lead this country to finally be true to what we said on paper. 

Listen to the Interview