Have you ever set off in a direction, not knowing exactly where you’d end up, but knowing you had to get there… wherever “there” was … ? If that doesn’t sound too crazy, if perhaps you can relate, then you’ll understand why I had to create this podcast.
I have never even come close to being a racist. Even as a little girl, I fought my father’s bigotry and careless racial slanders.
Regrettably, it took George Floyd’s murder to wake me up to the painful fact, one I’ve rejected for decades, that I am part of the racism problem in America. I, a kind, generous, thoughtful.... white woman have been an enabler of the injustices Black people have endured for centuries, and I hate it. I hate my part in it, and I so much want to do more than hate it. I want and need to see and understand the facts of how racism has intentionally, with extraordinary skills of manipulation, been designed to advantage whites and deeply disadvantage Blacks in America - without it being obvious!
I won’t be lecturing you, especially because I have so much to learn. This podcast is going to be conversational. The majority of guests will be people of color, and our conversations will lean towards difficult topics, which might, or will probably cause discomfort, but I’m positive it’ll all be worth it … positive.
If you are a white person who wants to do even more than engage in protests, who wants to pull back the curtain on all the subtle and not-so-subtle ways in which you and I have been manipulated into enabling structural racism in America, listen on, please, because we need to be learning together.
