Coffee No Cream Summer Rewind #4 – The Nerve Black Women Deal With

The nerve. That's really what this episode is about.

Since we launched in May 2025, we've hit 62 episodes, and across nearly all of them, one thing keeps showing up: the sheer nerve people have toward Black women, especially in professional spaces. This is part four of our Summer Rewind series, and it pulls together some of the most outrageous "Coffee No Cream moments" from the entire run, the ones that made you say "wait, what?" out loud.

A patient who was Black still requesting a white nurse. A boss telling Karen Donaldson flat out, "you will never be at my level." Attorney Tashun Bowden-Lewis being asked not to sit next to her own boss.

Michele Forbes getting publicly shut down mid-meeting in front of her entire leadership team. Ashley Morgan hearing "you don't sound Black on the phone at all." And more.

This isn't about relitigating any one story, it's about seeing how many times the same nerve shows up, across different women, different industries, different years. Episodes Highlighted Episode 8 w/Sheryl Davis Episode 2 w/Karen Donaldson Episode 24 w/Dr.

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