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This week we rant a bit on a topic that can unknowingly be the source of annoyance, pain, and frustration for many racialized people. We highlight the ways white women, along with the rest of us who hold power and privilege over others, can be better at being uncomfortable when faced with the ways that we unintentionally oppress others. This week we ask, Do the Kids Know About White Female Fragility?
As always, thank you for continuing to support us with your dollars and if there's a topic you'd like covered on the show, send us a message.
Until next week... stay in the know!
Sources & Further Reading:
Mamta Motwani Accapadi - When White Women Cry: How White Women's Tears Oppress Women of Color
Rachel Elizabeth Cargle - White Feminism is White Supremacy in Heels
Washington Post - ‘I Refuse to Listen to White Women Cry’
White Women’s Tears
About Race Podcast with Reni Eddo-Lodge - White Women Crying is Racist
Akeia A. F. Benard - Colonizing black female bodies within patriarchal capitalism
Alok’s Goodreads Page - https://www.goodreads.com/alokvmenon
Book: The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses by Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí
Do The Kids Know? is a series of conversations between friends, Prakash and Kristen, where we challenge our understanding of contemporary media, popular culture, and what it means to live as racialized millennials in KKKanada (That’s Canada spelled with three K’s)
Our goal for this series is to have frank discussions about the stories and nuances missed by sensationalist media as well as to uncover the ways in which white supremacy, capitalism, and colonialism is shaping our movements and behaviours.
Keep tuning in to be a part of the conversation… don’t be a kid who doesn’t know!
Find us: @dothekidsknow
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Do The Kids Know? is a monthly series of discussions between community workers and educators, Prakash and Kristen, that unpack race, media, popular culture, and politics in KKKanada (That’s Canada spelled with three K’s) from an anti-colonial perspective.
Our goal is to bring nuance to sensationalist media as well as to uncover the ways in which white supremacy, capitalism, and colonialism is shaping our movements and behaviours.
Keep tuning in to be a part of the conversation… don’t be a kid who doesn’t know!
Find us: @dothekidsknow (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok)
Email us: dothekidsknow@gmail.com
Tip us: patreon.com/dothekidsknow
Newsletter: tinyletter.com/dothekidsknow
Artwork by Daniela Silva (instagram.com/danielasilvatrujillo)
Music by Steve Travale (https://stevetravale.com)
DTKK is recorded on the traditional and unceded Indigenous lands of the Kanien’kehá:ka and Algonquin Nations. We are committed to working with Indigenous communities and leaders locally and across Turtle Island to fight for Indigenous rights, resurgence, and sovereignty.
Until next time. Stay in the know~!
