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Today's episode is led by Zoe, our resident English major/poet, on one of her favorite book series, Harry Potter! Come join us for a conversation on literary styles, the power of storytelling to create empathy, and how privilege can manifest itself even in fantasy worlds.

Show Notes:

Hogwarts Black Student Union

Harry Potter's Bookshelf: The Great Books behind the Hogwarts Adventures by John Granger

Article on the research connecting Harry Potter and Empathy

Anti-Racist Resources:

"I'm Still Here" by Austin Channing Brown (book)

"Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson (book/movie)

"13th" on Netflix (documentary)

Be The Bridge with Latasha Morrison (book/workshops & training)

"Rethinking Incarceration" by Dominique DuBois Gilliard (book)

"The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

"How to be Antiracist" by Ibram Kendi

"Me and White Supremacy" by Layla F Saad