Oct 25, 2019
Shanté Paradigm Smalls is a scholar, artist, and writer focusing on Black popular culture in music, film, and the arts. Dr. Smalls’ first scholarly manuscript “Hip Hop Heresies: Queer Aesthetics in New York City” is forthcoming, as well as a podcast called Fantastic Blackness! In addition to teaching at St. John University, Dr. Smalls has been a meditation instructor since 2015 in the Shambala tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. In this generous offering, Dr. Smalls makes a wide and deep contemplation of suffering and transformation, exploring the historic and contemporary pain of slavery, war, and police brutality alongside the entwinement of dharma and capitalism. Step into the rehabilitation of the human heart. More from Dr. Smalls at shanteparadigm.com. More podcasts where podcasts are found and maurajames.com.
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