S2.E11. White Allies and Black Lives - Initiating The Conversation On White Supremacy With White America

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The Amerikan Therapy team takes a brave new step and announces a major change in the show. While we will ALWAYS bring a uniquely black perspective, because that's just what we are, we have decided to expand our show to include "ALL" people. We are taking this important step because we see that our reach goes well outside of our own community and there is a need for our voices across the entirety of the mental health landscape. Knowing that we are bringing our brand of "Black Girl Magic" to help inspire healing for all peoples means we are going to go even "harder in the paint". That also means we are expanding the scope of our guests and topics. Now that said, America's persistent problem of racism will always be on our menu and at the forefront of our show. IF we can't speak about it and bring it out of the dark, then we certainly can't heal it.
So this week's episode of Amerikan Therapy brought some new "white" voices to our virtual therapist couch. We connected with two woke white women (they hate that term by the way) to discuss being a white ally for social and racial justice. We talk about Karen and them and even get into what white people can do to begin their own healing. This is the first of many cross-community conversations. We know it wasn't perfect, but we think we are all trying to find our way in this work. We recognize that these are very difficult conversations and appreciate you all as listeners and guests for continuing to ride hard for us.
Amanda Hambrick Ashcraft: A student of Anti-Racism and the works of BIPOC, the founder of Raising Imagination, a platform that encourages social change and civic engagement, and the Executive Minister of Justice and Movement Building at Middle Collegiate Church, an inclusive anti-Racist movement of love and justice in NYC. She's written and spoken about activism and raising three white kids on numerous platforms including CNN, the Wall Street Journal, Refinery29, SheKnows Media, Bust, the Revolutionary Love Conference, the Resistance Prays, and on the podcasts Parenting and Politics, Pray with Your Feet, and Existential. She and her husband Graham live in the East Village of Manhattan with their three children Zane (6) Levi (6) and Skyler (4).
http://raisingimagination.com/
Nicole Devereaux: After reading Ta-Nehisi Coates' "Between the World and Me" in 2017, Nicole realized that she had been complicit in white supremacist systems of oppression. Her Christian faith compelled her to begin an active anti-racism journey, where she strives to listen to, amplify, and financially support the wisdom from black, indigenous, and people of color communities while confronting racism in her own life. She is determined to make mistakes and show up anyway.