Amplify Melanted Voices with Erica Harris

Erica Harris joins us today as a voice from the Black community, we have that difficult conversation between Black and White women. Erica was born and raised in North Carolina. She is a sign language interpreter and also a health and fitness coach. She is centered in her Christian faith and shares her love for Jesus openly. Erica comes on the show to share her views and answers questions that White people might have. You can find Erica on Facebook at this link- https://www.facebook.com/erica.harrisand on IG @erica_undefined In this episode, you will hear us talk about George Floyd, the media, systemic racism, personal experiences, and then open up for questions and answers sent in by listeners. Listed below are resources you can read, watch, and listen too. Please head to Instagram and look up #amplifymelantedvoices to learn more Please donate when you can. Listen to: 1619 About Race Code Switch Intersectionality Matters hosted by Kimberle Crenshaw Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast Pod for the Cause Pod Save the People Seeing White Parenting Forward Fare of the Free Child Podcast Watch: 13th (Netflix) American Son (Netflix) Dear White People (Netflix) If Beale St Could Talk (Hulu) King in the Wilderness (HBO) See you Yesterday (Netflix) The Hate you Give (Cinemax) When they see us (Netflix) Just Mercy (Prime) Good Hair Black Wall Street Tulsa Race Riots Read: White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander Divided Sisters by Midge Wilson and Kathy Russell The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison Their Eyes Were Watching God By Zora Neale Hurtstor They Can’t Kill us all by Wesley Lowery I know why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Locking up our own by James Forman The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon