<description>&lt;p&gt;Imani Barbarin uses humor and truth to bring attention to the increasingly dire plight of disabled people in America. The pandemic has revealed a broken system that keeps the disabled in poverty. She talks about how she personally deals with the injustice, and what might be done to improve things. Also, what makes a joke a good joke for the disabled?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Mentions:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;●&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Imani Barbarin&amp;rsquo;s Tik Tok feed: &lt;a href="https://www.tiktok.com/discover/imani-barbarin?lang=en"&gt;https://www.tiktok.com/discover/imani-barbarin?lang=en&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Credits: Curtis Fox is the producer. Our researcher is Yessenia Moreno. Production help from Kaitlyn Adams and Meg Pillow. Theme music by Taka Yasuzawa and Alex Sugiura.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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Tap Dancing on Thin Ice (w/ Imani Barbarin)

MAY 17, 202235 MIN
The Roxane Gay Agenda

Tap Dancing on Thin Ice (w/ Imani Barbarin)

MAY 17, 202235 MIN

Description

Imani Barbarin uses humor and truth to bring attention to the increasingly dire plight of disabled people in America. The pandemic has revealed a broken system that keeps the disabled in poverty. She talks about how she personally deals with the injustice, and what might be done to improve things. Also, what makes a joke a good joke for the disabled?

 

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●     Imani Barbarin’s Tik Tok feed: https://www.tiktok.com/discover/imani-barbarin?lang=en

Credits: Curtis Fox is the producer. Our researcher is Yessenia Moreno. Production help from Kaitlyn Adams and Meg Pillow. Theme music by Taka Yasuzawa and Alex Sugiura.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.