Season One, Episode Nine: Sarah Baker @_smb_______
Following on from Part 1 continuing to discuss the layers of systemic racism, fetishisation and tokenism, desegregation, abolishing the police and so much more.
Myself and fellow anti-racism activist, Sarah Baker, invite other white people to join us in dismantling our own deep rooted racist views, to unlearn and to do better in a bid to make positive change.
In this episode we both share anecdotes of previously ruining family dinners and how we strategise now to approach these conversations with compassion. Learn with us as we try to figure out how to keep discussing these issues amongst other white people and have them join us on the journey. As always, we are rigorously honest and absolutely imperfect and still learning! We spent time really talking about some solution based tools and actions.
We ultimately want oppression of Black people to be eradicated, but we can't wish for this to happen from our position of privilege and not do anything about it through action.
The purpose of this episode is to call you IN not call you out. We are breaking it down so that together we can understand a little better and do a lot more.
It is extremely important that we clarify we are not speaking on behalf of Black people, and we are in no way saying that we are authorities on racism. We are speaking as white people who have made our own mistakes in the past and are personally striving to do better and invite you to join us.
References:
Protests: https://qz.com/901411/political-protests-are-effective-but-not-for-the-reason-you-think/
Tokenism https://business.vanderbilt.edu/news/2018/02/26/tokenism-in-the-workplace/
Fetishisation https://metro.co.uk/2019/01/08/black-women-constantly-hypersexualised-time-stop-fetishising-skin-colour-8310363/?ito=cbshare
https://collegian.com/2019/04/category-opinion-mcwilliams-fetishizing-people-of-color-isnt-a-compliment-so-dont-act-like-it-is/
Cultural Appropriation https://www.theweek.co.uk/cultural-appropriation
Generational Trauma https://www.thisamericanlife.org/627/suitable-for-children/act-two
Colourblind https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2019/02/15/why-the-i-dont-see-color-mantra-is-hurting-diversity-and-inclusion-efforts/
Blackface https://www.vox.com/2014/10/29/7089591/why-is-blackface-offensive-halloween-costume
Pushout by Monique Morris
Brit-ish: on Race, Identity and Belonging by Afua Hirsch
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