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On the tenth episode of Shit We Don’t Talk About, Mia chats with Rob Copeland, educator, counselor, and author of the soon-to-be-published The Synchronization of Life: A Family’s Alignment Pursued. Mia has known Rob since they were kids back in 1979, so you know they have a lot of shit to talk about that we don’t talk about!

First, please just let it be known that black people are tired right now, and rightfully so. Rob is tired, and we need to listen up to that! He is sharing with us why that is and why other people in his shoes and similar shoes(!) are tired, too!

Second, maybe you have some prejudices percolating inside you? Hey, we all do. That’s not a thing to run from, but something to acknowledge. Sometimes, black people are tired because of the way they will be perceived for daring to speak out. Have you heard of “angry black men/women” syndrome? That’s a reality Rob has to deal with--that people might view him that way before he even opens his mouth!

And we haven’t even gotten started. This is one juicy episode. Make sure you listen all the way through. Maybe even don’t multitask as you do!

Three takeaways from this episode of the Shit We Don’t Talk About podcast.

1. Black people are not “just” part of the black experience. Just like a gay person isn’t just gay. Black people are people who have real lives and many fragments to their existence.
2. Look up “code-switching” and “tokenism.” And generally, make it a habit to Google terms and things you don’t understand.
3. Do Mia a favor and when you watch any sort of media, pay attention to all the white folks. How much are you really seeing fair representation of our black and brown friends?

The last four years have been hell on earth for sure, but you’re also being exposed to experiences outside yourself, and this is what has been needed for so long--revealing the systems of racism that were put into place to make it seem like the US was rejecting racism. It’s like pacification.

For full show notes on this episode visit miavoss.live/10

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MUSIC CREDIT:

Inspiring Experience  by Rafael Krux

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5670-inspiring-experience-

Inspirational Infinity Of Space by WinnieTheMoog

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6593-inspirational-infinity-of-space

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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