Ep 81: Middle Agent Status, Alternatives to Whiteness, and Radical Imagination

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅We cover a LOT of ground in today’s conversation, where we get curious about what prevents some folks and groups from accessing joy. We talk about Black joy, the whiteness of white Jews and what often makes embracing joy difficult (and the impact of the historical middle agent role), individual and collective safety, and imagining our liberated selves and living into that. What would it look like for white Jews choose the side of liberation over whiteness?Check out our discussion/reflection questions for this episode:  https://joyousjustice.com/blog/jews-talk-racial-justice-ep-81Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.comLearn more about Joyous Justice where April is the founding and fabulous (!) director, and Tracie is a senior partner: https://joyousjustice.com/Support the work our Jewish Black & Native woman-led vision for collective liberation here: https://joyousjustice.com/support-our-workListen to this year’s Purim episode here:  https://www.joyousjustice.com/blog/jews-talk-racial-justice-ep-80Learn more about NCJW, the National Council of Jewish Women: https://www.ncjw.org/Learn more about Black joy:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQlEpjZXfRURead more about Thich Nhat Hanh:  https://plumvillage.org/about/thich-nhat-hanh/Support the showDiscussion and reflection questions:What in this episode is new for you? What have you learned and how does it land?What is resonating? What is sticking with you and why?What, if anything feels hard? What is challenging or on the edge for you?If relevant. what feelings and sensations are arising as you reflect on themes from this episode, and where in your body do you feel them?What key insights or strategies are you carrying forward and how do you want to weave them into your living and/or leadership?