In this week's episode, Whitney talks about how white people need to learn how to unpack the white supremacy that lives within them, their relationship to it, and why it's important to learn how to be anti-racist. And, how educating our children to be anti-racist is an important component when it comes to making change.
Shared in this episode, are the powerful words of Imani Payne via instagram: Real Growing Paynes on IG
"I am so tired of feeling devastated. I am so tired of loss. Of tragedy. I am tired of the heaviness in my chest. Pandemic, miscarriage, injustice after injustice after injustice. I am tired. I am tempted to retreat back to my cocoon of grief. Where I can turn off the noise and fill my soul with idyllic childhood moments like this. My cocoon where it feels safe for my son to exist. Where a traffic stop, an ignorant mistake, or a white person having a bad day aren’t all life threatening situations. But I can not retreat. I can not ignore the world. I must engage in order to attempt to make things better for my boy (and yours). My heart is with every parent in this country who has dedicated their life to nurturing a Black child, to cultivating Black joy, to delicately preserving Black innocence. The world tells us our children aren’t worthy of growing up. All too often we witness scenes that make us fear for the lives of our babies. We shouldn’t have to carry this fear. We will post, we will talk, we will March, we will scream, we will vote, and we will burn this motherf* to the ground if we have to. We won’t stop until we are heard and see change because our children’s lives matter. They matter as babies and they still matter as grown ass adults. I’m so fucking tired of having to say that. #amplifymelanatedvoices #dontmesswithmama #blm #blacklivesmatter #blackboyjoy "
Other resources shared:
Naomi O'Brien/Read Like A Rockstar on TPT
Mama Let's Read on IG
Author: Kimberly Latrice Jones on IG
First Name Basis with Jasmine Bradshaw
Unmentioned resources for adults:
Watch on Netflix: The 13th, Dear White People
Hulu: Blackish
There are many other amazing resources to access. I know I am missing so many, but these are just a few.
This topic isn't over.
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