027: White Women: Time to Get Uncomfortable

Sharing my feelings around why we need to take action with Black Lives Matter. A little background and how we as women can do better. #BlackLivesMatter Everyday. 

Ways you can help Donate. Petition. Share:

https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/

75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice: 

https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234

Ways you can educate yourself:

Read - 

• Just Mercy- Bryan Stevenson
• James Cone: Malcolm & Martin & America; & The Cross and the Lynching Tree
• Ta Nahesi Coates- Between the World & Me; & A Case for Reparations
• Born a Crime- Trevor Noah
• The New Jim Crow- Michelle Alexander
• White Fragility- Robin Diangelo
• How to Be an Anti Racist- Ibram X Kendi
• The Hate You Give- Angie Thomas

Listen - Podcasts

• 1916: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/podcasts/1619-podcast.html
• NPR's Code Switch: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/
• Beyond Prisons: https://shadowproof.com/beyond-prisons/
• Ear Hustle: https://www.earhustlesq.com/
• The #GroundingsProject: https://groundings.simplecast.com/

Watch -

• 13th - on Netflix
• The Death and Life of Marsha P Johnson - on Netflix
• Just Mercy - on Amazon Prime
• Explained: The Racial Wealth Gap - on Netflix
• When They See Us - on Netflix
• Selma - on Amazon Prime
• If Beale Street Could Talk - on Amazon Prime

To my non-white friends, my family, my clients and neighbors: I see you and I hear you. I want to be more actively engaged, but I know I still have so many blind spots, but will continue to grow.

You matter, your lives MATTER.  

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