Divine Disruption: A Journey Beyond White Comfort

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This week on Wokeish Wednesday, we’re not dissecting a book—we’re inviting you to face one. There’s a powerful, uncomfortable, deeply necessary book out there calling white women in—and also calling them out. And if you’re already clutching your pearls at the title? Good. That’s the point.

We’re not here to do the reading for you. We’re here to challenge you to do it yourself.

In this episode, we:

• Tease a must-read book every white woman should sit with
• Talk about the discomfort gap between intent and impact
• Ask: Are you really about this work, or just about the optics?
• Extend an invitation—to read, reflect, and return

This isn’t about being "good." It’s about being honest. It’s about showing up better—especially when it’s uncomfortable.

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 Ask yourself: if it happened to her, what’s really protecting you?

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We’re unpacking respectability politics—why they exist, who they serve, and how they quietly crush authenticity.
If you’ve ever been told to “calm down,” “be professional,” or “not make it about race,” this one’s for you.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
white women.
If you want to be a better human, this is the episode for you.
Welcome to Wokeish Wednesday.
This episode might be a littleuncomfortable, but that's okay.
We need it to be uncomfortable.
So, trust me, I will hold yourhand along with this
uncomfortability.
But I need you to trust mebecause we're going to take this

(00:22):
journey together, together.
I'm not just reading words on ascreen.
I want to live them, I want tobe them, and I want us to do it
together.
I'll explain, so stay with me.
I'm Christy Chanel, and this isSassy Politics.
I'm Christy Chanel and thisweek we're doing something

(00:51):
different.
We're starting a book togetherbecause I think it's time we dig
into the racism white womenweren't taught to see,
especially the kind we carry inourselves.
Later in the episode, I willtell you which book we're
reading and how to listen withme on Audible and why.
This moment demands more thanawareness.
It demands action.
I hope you'll read it alongwith me so we can grow, unlearn

(01:16):
and become better humanstogether.
We were asleep.
For generations, racism hasoperated in the shadows,
discreet coded, hidden behindpolicies, polite smiles and
suburban gatekeeping.
But now, but now, the quietpart is being said out loud on

(01:37):
the news in classrooms, ondebate stages and at family
dinners.
We're seeing the faces underthe hoods and they're not hiding
anymore.
They're proud, they're publicand they're running for office.
This awakening isn't new foreveryone.
Black and brown communitieshave lived wide awake, screaming

(02:03):
for others to see while so manyof us hit snooze.
But something is different now.
The mask is off, the languageis bolder, the cruelty is
televised and we white women,white voters, white liberals and
white independents can'tpretend we didn't see it.

(02:26):
Not anymore.
Silence wasn't neutral.
There's a version of me, andmaybe a version of you, who once
said I am not racist and wethought that was enough.
But neutrality is a luxury,silence is a shield, and while
we're busy protecting our peace,black women were protecting

(02:47):
their children.
So, yes, we owe an apology, notbecause we created racism, but
because we lived comfortably in.
We should have been sharpBecause we called ourselves
allies before we ever asked whatthat word required.

(03:11):
I'm not here to shame us.
I'm not.
I'm here to tell the truth, andthe truth is not seeing.
It was part of the problem.
It wasn't innocence, it wassleepwalking.
Okay, here we go.
I have a book we're going toread together White Women
Everything you Already KnowAbout your Own Racism and how to

(03:32):
Do Better.
By Regina Jackson and SierraSaria.
By Regina Jackson and SarahRayo.
White Women If you want to be abetter human, this is the book.
White Women I'm sorry, I keepcalling you that.
I know it's not your favoriteway to be addressed.
Just go with me on this, okay,I'm going to make you used to it

(03:56):
for a little while, because Ithink it's important that we own
that.
That's how we may be viewed.
We're white.
I know you don't like meaddressing you like that.
Just go with it and, for thebook's sake, that's how we're
going to be addressed.
So, white women, if you want tobe a better human, this is the
book.
This is not a cozy read.

(04:18):
It's not designed to keep youcomfortable.
This is the truth hot, directand without apology.
It calls out the excuses, itpeels back the blind spots and
it demands that we stop hidingbehind phrases like I didn't
know or I'm not like them.
I'm listening on audiblestarting this week.
Let's do this together.

(04:39):
We'll talk about it on a futureepisode and do a live, and
maybe we can all talk about iton a live roundtable event that
I can create.
I don't know, let's see howmuch.
Well, I'm hoping you guys do itLike.
Even if you don't want to golive and talk about it, I would
like to know that, that maybe,maybe we're growing together.

(05:00):
I want to hear your thoughtstoo, because I want to hear your
thoughts too.
Remember, this isn't aboutshame, it's about showing up.
This isn't just a politicalshift, it's a soul shift, and I
know it hurts.
It's heavy to see the worldclearly for the first time,

(05:29):
first time.
That's divine disruption, andI'm not religious.
So don't turn away, don'tapologize in whispers and don't
wait for approval to startunlearning.
This awakening doesn't needperfection, it needs presence.
Let's stay awake together,let's get loud, let's stay human
.
I'm Christy Chanel.
This is Wokeish Wednesday andif you're wondering where to

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begin, start here.
Start with discomfort, startwith the truth, start with the
book, because awakening isn'tjust about what you know, it's
about what you do next.