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April and Tracie unpack the notion that everyone is racist, naming the trauma and the cost of racism. Their conversation delves deep into the American investment in systemic racism and the human and environmental effects of systems of oppression.

Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at JewsTalkRacialJustice.com

Learn more about April’s work at Joyous Justice
Learn about Tracie at TracieGuyDecker.com and read more of her thoughts at B’more Incremental

Resources mentioned:
• Joy DeGruy's Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome
• Vernā Myers on biases
• James Baldwin's actual quote was "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
• Langston Hughes' poem Let America Be America Again
• More on the concept of Restorative Justice
• For more on teshuvah (return) listen to our Yom Kippur episode (S1 E3)!
• Movement for Black Lives Policy Platforms
• More about environmental racism and the disproportionate negative effects of climate change on communities of color from the Atlantic.

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Discussion and reflection questions:

1. What in this episode is new for you? What have you learned and how does it land?
2. What is resonating? What is sticking with you and why?
3. What, if anything feels hard? What is challenging or on the edge for you?
4. 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?
5. What key insights or strategies are you carrying forward and how do you want to weave them into your living and/or leadership?