Ep 9: Digital Skin Color, Either/Or Thinking, and Pizza in Dakar

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅April and Tracie riff on a seemingly small manifestation of white dominance in our everyday lives: the skin color of emojis. The discussion of digital skin tone leads into a conversation about racial implications of the Simpsons' yellow hue, and on to a focused training about the ways that seemingly benign binaries turn up in malignant ways. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.comLearn more about April’s work at Joyous Justice: https://joyousjustice.com/Learn about Tracie at TracieGuyDecker.com and read more of her thoughts at bmoreincremental.comResources mentioned:"Why White People Don't Use White Emoji" by Andrew McGill in The Atlantic May 9, 2016On the Simpsons Character Apu: a documentary The Problem with Apu (2017)April's 10 Jewish Principles for Advancing Racial JusticeAn article on the characteristics of White Supremacy Culture. Sao Brazil in Dakar, SenegalSupport 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?