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Episode 255: How Can We Handle Shame?
How is shame like vampires? Why is it so difficult to hear information about ourselves that doesn't fit with what I believe to be true? How should we receive race related criticism? We shouldn't manage our white guilt and shame with BIPOC. Shame can derail our work if we do not allow it to be aired so it can dissipate and be gone. Reading Resources Ta-Nehisi Coates’ article, The Case for Reparations Van Jones’ article, “Black People ‘Loot’ Food..White People ‘Find’ Food” Books The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander Caught, Marie Gottschalk Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo Me and White Supremacy, by Layla F. Saad Uprooting Racism, How White People Can Work for Racial Justice, Paul Kivel Shelly Tochluk, Witnessing Whiteness Race and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race, Derald Wing Sue So You Want to Talk About Race Ijeoma Oluo Where to give money or time: NAACP Southern Poverty Law Center Dream Defenders Black Youth Project 100 National Bail Fund