resources

I was listening to the Pete Scazzero's Emotionally Healthy Podcast yesterday on grieving as a necessary precursor to addressing racial injustice (found here.) In his podcast, Pete spoke of the stages of learning about racism and racial injustice as the following:

1) Awakening, beginning to ask questions, beginning to seek knowledge.

2) Reading, listening to speakers and podcasts, watching videos and documentaries,...input, input, input.

3) The learner begins to put value to this knowledge and topic.  Once a person begins to learn about this, they begin to put a high value to this journey.   

4) Once this becomes a value, the person begins to prioritize their life around undoing racism.  

5) This stage is about owning this journey and living this journey in your very bones.   

With the pause button pushed in our world due to Covid-19, and with the quick succession of several blatant, public acts of racial injustice (Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Amy Cooper/Christian Cooper), many people who had previously not shown much interest are awakening and seeking education on race and racism.  This is extremely encouraging.  There are so many resources being listed on websites and social media sites. 

The next two resources I want to engage more fully in are:

a) The 1619 Project Written by Nikole Hannah Jones (she's also a fellow graduate of West High, Waterloo!)  Click here to see more.

b) Whiteness Intensive by Be the Bridge author Latasha Morrison.  I think it would be beneficial to learn more about white identity, white superiority, white fragility, white privilege.  Click here to see more.

Here are some books that I have read and found helpful:

One particular video that has been very educational for me has been a lecture given by Dr. Joy De Gruy Leary found here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGjSday7f_8

If you wish to comment below on resources that have been helpful to you, that would be so welcome.