EPISODE · Jun 2, 2025 · 24 MIN
A few thoughts on the situation in Burkina Faso
from Race Reflections AT WORK · host Race Reflections
In today's episode Guilaine reflects on a the situation in Burkino Faso and what we can learn from that in relation to the workplace. How we can see the ways that whiteness, colonialism, and coloniality are playing out and glean insights into the working of those systems of domination. Fundamentally she urges us to pay attention to how what happens within the macro (ie the geopolitical level) has impacts and implications on the meso (ie the institutional functioning within workplaces) and the micro (ie our own psychological functioning and the way that we relate to one another.)Some previous podcasts that this episode is in communication with:Tensions between Black employees: https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/1623760/episodes/15451884-tensions-between-black-employeesCharacter Assassination: https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/1623760/episodes/16003086-character-assassinationPersonal Position Statement on Palestine: https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/1623760/episodes/16170006-personal-position-statement-on-palestineReflections on a trip to the Congo: https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/1623760/episodes/14947769-reflections-on-a-trip-to-the-congoExtraction: https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/1623760/episodes/15301647-extractionMusings on the complex politics around race, Africa and the Miss Universe competition: https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/1623760/episodes/16261736-musings-on-the-complex-politics-around-race-africa-and-the-miss-universe-competitionSubscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.
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In today's episode Guilaine reflects on a the situation in Burkino Faso and what we can learn from that in relation to the workplace. How we can see the ways that whiteness, colonialism, and coloniality are playing out and glean insights into the working of those systems of domination. Fundamentally she urges us to pay attention to how what happens within the macro (ie the geopolitical level) has impacts and implications on the meso (ie the institutional functioning within workplaces) and the...
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