"Its About Being A Decent Human Being" | Karith Foster, Speaker and Comedian
b'Often the only person of color in her childhood classrooms, stand-up comedian Karith Foster spends a lot of her time speaking at universities such as Stanford and Oberlin about taboo subjects in a constructive way. She hates labels and the boxes they can put us in, which is why her take on diversity training actually focusses on \\u201cINversity\\u201d \\u2013 meaning inclusion and introspection \\u2013 mixed with a healthy dose of humor. \\n\\nIn this episode, Karith talks about what it was like to transform a hostile audience in a jam-packed hall at Oberlin into one welcoming of different perspectives. We also discuss her work as an on-air radio personality on the controversial Don Imus In the Morning show following his comments about the women\\u2019s basketball team at Rutgers University and her appearance in the documentary\\xa0\\u201cCan We Take a Joke?,\\u201d\\xa0which garnered support from strange bedfellows such as the American Civil Liberties Union and the Charles Koch Institute. \\n\\nKarith believes firmly that people from across the political spectrum have good ideas, and the fact that \\u201cjust because you are not on that side does not mean you shouldn\\u2019t think it\\u2019s a good idea too\\u201d is \\u201cinsanity.\\u201d Unsurprisingly, in Karith\\u2019s words, she often feels \\u201clike a political alien.\\u201d We hope she felt right at home here at Sanity!'