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Our goal with this interview was to bridge the gap between the black woman and the privileged white woman and discuss how can we work together to decrease racism and build healthy relationships across communities and between individuals, personally and professionally?

Acknowledging that I don’t know everything. There’s much left for me to learn. Even as a black woman, there is much left for me to learn about relationships and inclusion that’s left for me to learn. In the state of vulnerability, it’s about being patient, trusting that I can learn, reaching out, asking questions and having conversations. And sometimes, getting feedback about something that I did as a leader and not taking it as a personal attack upon myself for the sake of being vulnerable. Being vulnerable allows us to learn things that we don’t know. Learning is positive and what we’re in taught in the moment is valuable.

Right now, in our society, we are at a vulnerable state.

When doing the racism evaluation at Bucks County Community College, Tracy received results that surprised her. She didn’t think she had any racists tendencies, but she wasn’t as tolerant as she thought she was. One thing she learned was that saying “I don’t see color” actually takes away from a black person’s identity. Not having bad intentions, Tracy felt like since she and her black colleagues worked together, and they were friends they were all the same. Tracy had never thought about the color of her skin being an advantage. She hadn’t never thought of back women she went to school with were any different than her.

God has a knack with timing. The COVID pandemic has forced us to face the issue of racism and really learn and be educated. Learning is more powerful than a training on racism that you have to do. Education is more sustainable than trainings so if we can work together to educate others on racism, we will have a better chance of bridging the gap for good.

Being privileged is not about money. It’s about access. The important thing is to recognize privilege and not pretend it isn’t there.

Both Tracy and Robyn admit they were ignorant as to what white privilege is. Neither one of them associate with racism, but they also didn't recognize white privilege.

June points out the difference between her upbringing in an impoverished area with little resources. College was a dream, not a reality. Minimum wage was considered success. It took being outstanding in order to make it out of the neighborhood and go to universities. There is much more pressure for the impoverished black people who have to do ten times the amount of work to be able to get to college.

How can we as female leaders change the landscape of racism?

Take the entrepreneurial mindset of risk taking and channel that energy into conversations about racism like the one we have on the podcast.

It would be easier to keep quiet instead of getting uncomfortable, but if we are going to channel the entrepreneurial mindset, we have to bring it into conversations. That is the only way any measurable change is going to happen. Female entrepreneurs are the people who can do this because we have the support of other women who are willing to come together and work with each other. Bring the spirit that drove us into entrepreneurship is what is going to do it.

We must be willing to take the risk and be supportive when other women are taking the risk and let the uncomfortable conversations happen.

Being a leader of ourselves must happen first. Open the channels to improve and build relationships. It must start with the individual. We must take the action to improve ourselves first before we can lead others. Take the time to reach out, ask questions and seek resources to education ourselves and then use our knowledge to lead.

We can assume that others are in the same situation we are in. Once we focus on our-selves we can realize that there are differences and accept the things we don’t know.

We need to have accountability partners to ensure that we are taking action and not only listening but taking the necessary action. As women we need to hold each other accountable for taking action. But also, if we do something or say something in accordance with what I’m saying about mutuality and inclusion and decreasing bias, then also call each other out on that.

Behaviors or things done or said that are offensive but not directly done or said towards someone. Doesn’t have to be directed at you but will offend you.

Being aware of what we say and do is critical to avoid committing microaggressions.

We should live with humanity as a core value. Human decency may not be measurable, but we can certainly hold each othe...