"Not a White People Problem"
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04/17/22 • 35 min
Two amazing humans navigate the grey as they discuss the ability to move past racial injustices when they don't have historical or systemic knowledge of past injustices and when those injustices seem too far removed. We tie this into the recent events of the four young kids detained by police in Maplewood, MN -- as well as the fatal police shooting of Patrick Lyoya in Grand Rapids, MI.
Two amazing humans navigate the grey as they discuss the ability to move past racial injustices when they don't have historical or systemic knowledge of past injustices and when those injustices seem too far removed. We tie this into the recent events of the four young kids detained by police in Maplewood, MN -- as well as the fatal police shooting of Patrick Lyoya in Grand Rapids, MI.
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