Akeelah and the Bee is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Doug Atchison. It stars KeKe Palmer, as Akeelah, a young girl from South Central Los Angeles working her way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Akeelah's life is founded on her father's death, her mother's disassociation, and her desire to be great while also working past hher social and personal limits.

In this episode, we discuss moments our parents stood up for us, tough parenting, respectability politics with language, and working through adversity of life while young and Black.

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