It's been a big few weeks. The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis has led a major reckoning around the work regarding the role of black people in modern society and the massive structural racist inequalities that are baked into our civilization. We talked about what's been happening and how our perspective and our understanding of our own obligations as privileged white people are to participate and support the coming reckoning on race in this country.
Links on things mentioned in the episode:
- Brilliant black author Kimberly Jones' video challenging us to understand how we have broken the social contract in the United States: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb9_qGOa9Go
- What the George Floyd Protests Have Already Achieved (Slate): https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/06/george-floyd-protests-achieve-change.html
There are a multitude of brilliant black authors, thinkers, poets, activists, politicians, and more. We strongly urge you to listen to them, learn from them, and amplify their work.
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