Feeling Race and Racism
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07/17/22 • 39 min
Two amazing humans navigate the grey as they talk about the feeling of racism. White people cannot and will not ever feel racism, but there can be conscious steps white people take through racial self-talk to seek to understand and consciously leverage discomfort to benefit people, especially black and brown people. It's a good conversation about how to do the work to deal with Racist Uncle Joe.
Two amazing humans navigate the grey as they talk about the feeling of racism. White people cannot and will not ever feel racism, but there can be conscious steps white people take through racial self-talk to seek to understand and consciously leverage discomfort to benefit people, especially black and brown people. It's a good conversation about how to do the work to deal with Racist Uncle Joe.
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