Snap Judgement has posted their “first ever LIVE show! No notes, no do-overs, no safety net–the nation’s best storytellers join host Glynn Washington and rock San Francisco’s Brava Theatre”

In an amazing performance, Marc Bamuthi Joseph uses his many gifts to transport an entire live audience from San Francisco to the heart of Africa. National Poetry Slam champion, Broadway veteran, GOLDIE award winner, Marc is also an inaugural recipient of the United States Artists Rockefeller Fellowship which annually recognizes 50 of the country’s “greatest living artists.”

“The first African American woman that I ever met was a white chick…from Lubbock, Texas…”

Excellent stories based on themes of identity and trust — an American who is black turns to the white African American for help with a trip to Africa.

When most people hear the term “African” they immediately are biased towards a particular image of a person. An attacker leverages preconceived notions like “African” to manipulate and engineer responses from a victim. Our presentations for the past eight years, based on research and linguistic analysis of 419 scams, have illustrated how bias sits at the root of our vulnerability to attacks like fraud.

“Urgent/Confidential — An Appeal for your Serious and Religious Assistance”, National Association for Ethnic Studies (NAES) Conference, April 2003