Have you ever gotten defensive when someone called you out for having privilege? Are you ready to start speaking out when friends or family make racist or sexist comments? Do you find yourself shutting down emotionally when it comes to *really* examining how you may be unknowingly contributing to systemic racism?
In this series on recognizing and learning about systemic racism (with the hopes of helping to dismantle it) Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts in multiple fields relating to social justice, as well as 'non-experts' who have joined the fight to dismantle systemic racism. In this video, Jill interviews Greg Schisla, a white man living in rural North Carolina who focuses on fighting racism and deconstructing the idea of whiteness. Greg discusses, with inspiring honesty and humility, the difference between fighting racism and fighting the construct of whiteness, his advice to white people interacting in anti-racism spaces on social media, his favorite resources to learn more about how to recognize and fight systemic racism, and the challenges of standing up to friends and family about whiteness.
Join Greg's Facebook group 'Can We Talk About Race?': https://www.facebook.com/groups/998437296979002/
Additional resources about systemic racism recommended by Greg:
"The Blood of Emmett Till" by Timothy B. Tyson, Rhett Samuel Price, et al.
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You can learn more about Dr. Wener and her online meditation and tapping courses at www.jillwener.com, and you can learn more about her online social justice course, Conscious Anti Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change at https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism.
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