2.15 Dear White Women: A Platform for Uprooting Systemic Racism by Starting Uncomfortable Conversations About Race with Misasha Suzuki Graham

Send in a question or feedback! In this episode of Life Curious Women, host Ashley Nadine Lopez interviews Misasha Suzuki Graham, a graduate of Harvard College and Columbia Law School, she has been a practicing litigator for over 15 years, and is passionate about diversity, equity and inclusion in the legal profession as well as in her communities. She is a facilitator, writer, and speaker regarding issues of racial justice, especially with regards to children, the co-author of Dear White Women: Let’s Get (Un)comfortable Talking About Racism, and the co-host of Dear White Women. Misasha, who is biracial (Japanese and White), is married to a Black man, and is the proud mom of two very active multiracial young boys. We get into: Her experience being biracial in this country led her to an interest in identity and justice. How reading the Supreme Court decisions in the Korematsu case led her to studying law. What inspired her and her co-founder/best friend to start the Dear White Women platform. Her experience being in white environments and passing by being biracial. Learning what was being said when white women thought there were no women of color in the space. How starting Dear White Women began as a way to help white women use their privilege to uproot systemic racism without centering themselves in the process. The importance of having difficult conversation about race and being anti-racist. Looking at racism as a systemic issue rather than an individual issue. Advice on how to start the uncomfortable conversations with adults and children.Follow Dear White Women on Instagram @DearWhiteWomenPodcastCheck out Dear White Women online www.DearWhiteWomen.com--------------------------------------------------Follow Life Curious Women on Instagram @LifeCuriousWomenFollow our host Ashley Nadine Lopez on Instagram @AshleyNadineLopezDon't forget to subscribe and sign up for our newsletter by DM'ing us on Instagram!Support the show