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White Homework

White Homework

By Tori Williams Douglass

White Homework is a podcast for people wanting to learn about antiracism, the non-revised version of American history, and how to leverage privilege to create a more equitable world for all.
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Debunking That One Prager Meme w/ Benjamin Faye

White HomeworkMar 29, 2024

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Debunking That One Prager Meme w/ Benjamin Faye
Mar 29, 202453:05
Mary Richards Bowser w/ Janice Lagata
Mar 22, 202457:50
Resilience Isn't An Unlimited Resource with Benjamin Faye
Mar 15, 202455:33
Black & Homeschooled with Jessica Dulaney
Apr 18, 202236:47
Who Gets To Define Violence?
Apr 11, 202216:58
Whiteness Also Hurts White People
Apr 04, 202226:04
Give Reverse Racism A Chance
Mar 28, 202221:00
In Defense of Running from the Cops
Mar 21, 202223:52
Protests Are Good, Actually
Mar 14, 202218:02
Self-Regulation, Racism, and Rest
Mar 07, 202227:21
Self-Medication and Degrees of Harm

Self-Medication and Degrees of Harm

Welcome back to White Homework! I want to break down some of the common racist myths that exist in western culture. This week: DRUGS!

Let's use address one of the most common racist tropes in US culture: conflating problematic drug use with Black people. Data shows racial groups largely use recreational drugs at the same levels but you certainly wouldn't know that by turning on the news or watching a movie that's come out, well, basically ever. 

But there's something we need to unpack when we talk about self-medicating. While Black people don't use drugs more than anyone else, and aren't predisposed to drug use because of our culture (or whatever nonsense they blame on us these days), people who have experienced trauma are predisposed to not wanting to feel trauma. That's a biological norm. 

Humans have been self-medicating for as long as we know humans have been around. My argument isn't that self-medicating doesn't cause harm. The argument is that harm reduction isn't even the goal. And that's a problem.

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Some sources on the data discussed in this episode.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3202501/

https://www.aclu.org/other/against-drug-prohibition

https://evolvetreatment.com/blog/history-drug-use/

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029: Let's Talk About Palestine w/Khaled Beydoun
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Part 2! The Morality of Resistance with Andre Henry
May 19, 202158:18
027: The Morality of Resistance with Andre Henry
May 12, 202101:09:32
026: Leaving Whiteness w/ Corey Evan Leak
May 10, 202150:53
025: A Brief History of White Evangelicals w/ Dr. Brad Onishi
May 10, 202140:48
024: White Christian Nationalism with Blake Chastain
Mar 18, 202148:54
023: Liberation is for Everybody w/ Jo Luehmann
Feb 24, 202156:24
022: What Racism? Part 3: Hiring Discrimination
Feb 17, 202154:52
021: What Racism? Part 2: Housing Discrimination
Feb 10, 202155:48
020: Medical Racism
Feb 03, 202146:34
019: Black Conservatism
Jan 27, 202151:18
018: Sex Work Is Real Work
Jan 21, 202153:52
017: Well That Was Easy (The Coup)
Jan 13, 202151:58
016: Let's Talk About Defunding The Police
Nov 25, 202040:18
015: Black People & White Supremacy

015: Black People & White Supremacy

Tori is joined by Alice Hamilton to discuss the reclamation of Black humanity in a country founded on white supremacist values. They discuss the ways that whiteness collides with Black bodies through assumptions, dehumanization, infantilization, lionizing, othering, and more. 

Nov 18, 202051:44
014: Purity Culture & White Supremacy
Oct 28, 202045:28
013: Trump Vs Black Women
Oct 22, 202041:30
012: America is NOT a Democracy
Sep 24, 202038:30
010: Pro-Life Racism
Sep 02, 202046:38
009: Is White Privilege Even A Thing?
Jul 23, 202040:30
008: Shared Humanity with Propaganda
Jul 15, 202047:06
006: Black on Black Generosity with Steve Zakauni
Jul 01, 202035:48
005: Respectability Politics
Jun 17, 202041:44
Black Lives Still Matter (Protest Thoughts)

Black Lives Still Matter (Protest Thoughts)

Tori is joined by Alice Hamilton to discuss Black lives, the need for protest, and the different standards for white protesters compared to everyone else. 

Jun 10, 202035:40
But I Have A Black Friend!

But I Have A Black Friend!

In episode three, Alice Hamilton is back with Tori Williams Douglass to talk about how No, You Don't Actually Have A Black Friend. You have a Black colleague. Or a Black neighbor. Or a Black barista. 

"If I can't talk to you about every part of my life, we're not actually friends." - Alice.

Renee Bach kills 100 Ugandan children

Half of Medical Students Believe Black People's Nerve Endings Are Less Sensitive

Executive Producers
Jeffrey Martin
Nate Frazier

Producer
Jillian Cohan Martin

Audio Producer and Editor
Nash Propst

Artwork  
Slade Sundar
www.sladesundar.com

Music  
K.Solis

A production of coba.fm
#communitybaby🙌🏽

Jun 03, 202039:06
Why Can't I Say The N-Word?

Why Can't I Say The N-Word?

"The solution to harm caused is not causing more harm. It's restoration." 

Let's get this one out of the way. You can't say the N-word. You can't wear a headdress. You can't have a spirit animal. In this episode Tori Williams Douglass and Alice Hamilton talk about WHY these actions cause so much harm, regardless of intent.

The Clark Doll Test

Executive Producers
Jeffrey Martin
Nate Frazier

Producer
Jillian Cohan Martin

Audio Producer and Editor
Nash Propst

Artwork
Slade Sundar
www.sladesundar.com

Music
K.Solis

A production of coba.fm
#communitybaby🙌🏽

Jun 03, 202026:04
Why Do We Still Need To Talk About Race?
Jun 03, 202027:12
Doing Your Own Work with Melissa Urban

Doing Your Own Work with Melissa Urban

Tori talks to Melissa Urban, co-founder and CEO of Whole30, about her commitment to inclusion and justice in her personal life and business. You can find Melissa on Instagram at @melissau, and be sure to check out her podcast Do The Thing.
Mar 10, 202026:13
Better Than Punishment

Better Than Punishment

Within colonized spaces, members of a community are generally taught to expect punishment if they don’t comply with society’s demands. As people striving for antiracist policies and actions, this tool simply does not suffice. It also doesn’t work. We know from decades of research that punishment is one of the least effective terms for improving behavior in the long term. So what else do we have? (The resource I mentioned in the episode is called Exploring Cultural Values and Habits by Debby Irving, whose work can be found at DebbyIrving.com.)
Mar 02, 202021:31
Black Anger

Black Anger

We live in a society (and, frankly, a world) where black anger is policed, silenced, and shut down. Black people are praised for forgiveness but are frequently told that anger has no place as a response to harm caused by white supremacy. Andre Henry and Tori tackle this pervasive attempt to dehumanize black lives by limiting which emotions we are allowed to experience and express, and dig into the beauty that comes from listening to black voices.
Nov 13, 201955:31
Seeing White with Andre Henry

Seeing White with Andre Henry

Andre Henry joins me to talk about the importance of seeing whiteness as an integral part of antiracism. We discuss black joy, freedom, white abolitionists, and all the ways whiteness tries to avoid being seen.
Sep 06, 201933:41