Since 2023, Melony Swasey and Derek Lumpkins have co-hosted the Blacklining Forum, a podcast about Black wealth, power, and land, and their relationship to freedom.
Acutely aware of redlining, the systemic and notorious practice in the home lending industry that excluded generations of Black people from the housing market, and which devalued Black and Brown communities across the United States, we’re flipping the script by centering Black and Brown perspectives. The Blacklining Forum explores the importance of land and real estate, and gives airtime to intersecting topics, including economic racism, hip hop, reparations, dynastic wealth building, moving abroad, and more.
Episode previews
E7: Wealth Umbrella
E28: Addiction to Racism
E31: The Cookout