Racism & Surfing, Black Lives Matter, Stop Looking Away.

This conversation with Rhonda Harper and Dr. Cassie Comley is by far the most critical conversation I've had to date on the Salted Spirit Podcast. Rhonda and Cassie share firsthand stories of  racism, threats of violence and even threats of death solely based on the way they look. They call out examples of microagression and their experiences with white supremacy, and also shine a critical spotlight on the sport of surfing and the racism and injustices that exists in a sport so many of us love and mindlessly enjoy without conflict every day. Rhonda is the founder of Black Girls Surf and is currently in Africa pouring her heart and energy into a team of girls learning to surf, attend school for the first time, and so much more. Cassie works with incarcerated youth, is a published author, academic and active with non-profits like LatinX and Courage Camps. Their day to day work is very different, yet they are fighting for the same issues and their lives and stories have so many beautiful parallels.