Samara gets real real with the National SEED Project trainer, who facilitates the types of difficult conversations many of us have been in since the Black Lives Matter protests erupted, if not before—with allies, with potential allies, with ourselves. For non-Black listeners, she offers advice on getting it wrong and doing it anyway, on the choice between shame and love, and on what to do when you don’t know what you don’t know (and how you got that way). Plus, below is a boatload of excellent resources for the long haul.
Host: Samara Bay
Executive producers: Catherine Burt Cantin & Mark Cantin, Double Vision doublevisionprojects.com
Producers: Samara Bay, Sophie Lichterman and the iHeart team
Theme music: Mark Cantin
Black Lives Matter Allyship and Action Guide: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/?fbclid=IwAR3jS07-It67G_Fpj9xNU5nUOd0sEXjE2ycpclN0qbhYKZpUw97JTShBGBY#donate
Lauryn Whitney’s video “Ask Yourself”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDqwacSe7O0
Neelamjit references:
National SEED Project: nationalseedproject.org/
Feminists in Action: fia-la.com/
The Jane Club: janeclub.com/
EXTREMELY useful resources to begin allyship work:
White Supremacy Culture doc: https://collectiveliberation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/White_Supremacy_Culture_Okun.pdf
Unpacking The Invisible Knapsack: https://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/mcintosh.pdf
Casey Gerard’s TED talk: ted.com/talks/casey_gerald_the_gospel_of_doubt
Books:
Stamped From the Beginning: eyeseeme.com/products/stamped-from-the-beginning-the-definitive-history-of-racist-ideas-in-america?_pos=1&_sid=ccab0502c&_ss=r
White Rage: indiebound.org/book/9781632864123
How to Be an AntiRacist: indiebound.org/search/book?keys=how+to+be+an+antiracist
So You Want To Talk About Race: indiebound.org/search/book?keys=how%20to%20be%20an%20antiracist
Me and White Supremacy: indiebound.org/search/book?keys=me%20and%20white
White Fragility: indiebound.org/search/book?keys=white+fragility
To follow on IG:
Mireille Charper (Ten Steps to Non-Optical Allyship): @mireillecharper
Rachel Cargle: @Rachel.Cargle
The Great Unlearn: @thegreatunlearn
Candice Sanchez-McFarlane: @candicesanchezmcfarlane
Rachel Rodgers: @rachelrodgersesq
The Conscious Kid (resources for parenting): @theconsciouskid
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