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Austin Channing Brown is a writer, speaker, and practitioner who helps schools, nonprofits, and religious organizations practice genuine inclusion. She is passionate about the advancement of racial justice and reconciliation and her words will most certainly move you to action. In her work, she shares her experiences as a black woman who "navigates whiteness on a regular basis". After listening to this interview and reading her book, your mind and heart will be broadened towards understanding and inclusion - regardless of where you are on that spectrum today.
 
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In This Interview, Austin Channing Brown and I Discuss...

Her book, I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in A World Made for Whiteness

The importance and value of anger

How we can fight the monsters without becoming the monsters

That anger reveals something is wrong

White fragility - sadness and anger

Naming the things that can come in the way of a discussion, before the discussion happens

Realising racial bias

Transformation comes after a moment of realization

The idea of "whiteness being normal"

Books to read to gain an understanding of racial injustice

Disunity in Christ

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race

How to look for opportunities to talk with others about topics of racial injustice

Check out "Be the Bridge"

The white confessional being a shortcut to true reconciliation

Skipping the confessional story and moving straight to the action step you'll take next

What reconciliation means to her

Racial justice and reconciliation

Radical Reconciliation

How reconciliation should revolutionize the relationships we have with each other

The celebration of blackness that is throughout the book

Cultural misappropriation

 
 
 
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