'We may all be weathering the same storm, but we are not in the same boat...'
'The real tragedy would be if I allowed myself to become a disbeliever of what I know and hold to be the inherent beauty and greatness of all mankind.'
The story we feature today talks about racial discrimination, racial injustice and the power of discriminatory discourses in the time of the pandemic.
STORY
Today we hear Maddy's own voice, from Abohemian, as she narrates her story.
DISCUSSION
This episode was not easy to record. We both felt incredulous, outraged and utterly powerless to hear Magdalene's account of direct experience of racial discrimination.
We discuss what we can do about stopping racial discrimination and in fact discrimination of any sort from taking place in the future.
We take our lead from Reni Eddo-Lodge's recent advice in her amazing podcast - About Race. She asks us to delve deeply into the question and ask ourselves what is within our capacity to do to stop racial discrimination and injustice from happening.
Here's a thought: we can influence discourse. We can make sure that certain ways of referring to people, places, actions are simply inaccessible, not to be used.
We discuss this, and more, in today's episode on racial discrimination.
We are so grateful to Maddy for sharing her experience with us.
RECOMMENDATION
Follow Magdalene on Instagram, read her words and stay a while. Subscribe to her newsletter, talking about those things we seldom talk about, here.
We love About Race for education against racism.
We enjoyed watching this film, which talks about the difficulties in forgiving unfair acts done to us.
N. B. There will be more recommendations coming up in the next edition of the newsletter, subscribe and you can receive them all.
THANK YOU, MADDY, FOR TELLING YOUR STORY OF 2020 ON THE PODCAST.
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