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Episode Highlight: On this episode of the "Embracing Only" podcast, we are featuring one of the most impactful moments from episode 51, with guest Regina Jackson. As a woman of color, it is not your responsibility to educate others about racism, but how do you navigate racist issues in corporate culture? That's what we're discussing in this episode.Regina was born in Chicago in 1950 and remembers the violence perpetrated on innocent people, like the horrific treatment of civil rights workers throughout the south, by white people. These memories drive Regina to push for real change in America and are why she founded Race2Dinner with Saira Roa in 2019. Race2Dinner is an organisation that facilitates honest conversation about race with white women to ensure that their allyship is more than performative.  This episode is just a short snippet that highlights the best and most powerful learning moment from a past episode. You can listen to the full episode (filled with more wisdom) here: Episode 51: Start your anti-racism journey with Regina Jackson from Race2Dinner.Key Discussion Points:00:56 The Importance of Self-Reliance: No one is coming to save you. You need to focus on yourself and navigate your environment with your goals in mind.02:34 The Burden of Educating Others About Racism in a Corporate Space: It is not your burden to educate people about racism. If possible, hire a consultant to come into your corporate space to educate people on this topic.04:14 The Value of Lived Experience: It is very difficult to convince someone that something exists if they have not experienced it for themselves.07:54 Defining Your Identity:  If you can answer the questions who are you, what do you want, and why do you want it, you have reduced the possibility of someone else defining your identity.09:21 Operating Out of Your Values: When you operate out of your values, there is never a question about what you are going to do.In Summary: Regina Jackson urges us not to take on the burden of educating others about racism in the workplace and rather prioritize strategic advancement over unnecessary emotional labor. She challenges us to operate from our values and not let anyone else define our identity.Resources from this episode:Follow Regina on Instagram or visit her website. White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better by Regina Jackson and Saira RaoIf you happen to be a woman of color and you are looking for a community of like minded women, join Olivia here: https://www.mysistersshoulders.com/ Connect with your hosts:Follow Archita on Linkedin or check out her website.Follow Olivia on Linkedin or check out her website.Follow Embracing Only on Linkedin, Instagram, and Facebook, or check out the website._________Produced by Ideablossoms

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the new film from the Daily Wire, Am I Racist? Plus, a very sexy coffee shop outside Seattle gets shut down. Shoreline Area News: City of Shoreline closes Café Aroma over unlicensed adult cabaret eventsShoreline coffee shop to reopen following shutdown after bondage event | king5.comAmerica is becoming less “woke”‘White Fragility' Is Everywhere. But Does Antiracism Training Work? - The New York TimesEavesdropping on Race2Dinner's Anti-Racist Dinner PartiesThe Fight to Redefine Racism | The New YorkerOpinion | Diversity Trainings Don't Work. Here's What Could. - The New York TimesHow the right is taking culture war to culture itselfOpinion | Matt Walsh ‘Am I Racist?' film produces many awkward moments - The Washington PostUnteachable Moment - This American Life This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Emma Ansah reports on the founders of the documentary series Race2Dinner who explain reverse racism and deconstructing Karens who weaponize their WS --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africandiasporanews/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africandiasporanews/support

In the first edition of The Morning Show Spa: Krissy speaks with Laurabel Mba, community activist and owner of Race2Dinner, and Amanda Gear, Inuk woman, former hairdresser, and an associate producer and co-host of CBC's The Signal, about the cultural significance of hair.

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Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” talks to James Lindsay and Melissa Chen about Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar telling Vice News' Hind Hassan in 2021 why the plight of the Palestinians has a lot in common with the murder of George Floyd; resurfaced footage of Nancy Pelosi in 2014 where she repeated Qatar's false claims of Hamas being a humanitarian organization; the DHS hiring former PLO spokeswoman Nejwa Ali to vet asylum seekers; footage from inside one of Race2Dinner's woke anti-racist struggle sessions, where white women pay $500 to be told how racist they are; trans athlete Veronica Ivy giving the most absurd definition of a woman yet; Donald Trump's gag order; Rachel Maddow warning “The View” that a Donald Trump presidency would be the end of democratic elections; and much more. WATCH the MEMBER-EXCLUSIVE segment of the show here: https://rubinreport.locals.com/ Check out the NEW RUBIN REPORT MERCH here: https://daverubin.store/ ---------- Today's Sponsors: Birch Gold - Protect your retirement from Bidenflation. Convert your IRA or 401k into an IRA in precious metals. Claim your free infokit on gold and talk to one of their precious metals specialists now. Go to: https://birchgold.com/dave Satellite Phone Store - Cell phones can go down during an emergency, but not a satellite phone. The most secure way to communicate is from satellite phone to a satellite phone. You can't be tracked and no one can listen in on your calls. Rubin Report viewers in the U.S. get their $50 activation fee waived. Go to: https://sat123.com or call 866-320-1884 and use PROMO CODE: Dave50 to waive the $50 activation fee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As a group of white women sit at a fancy dining room table, sip wine and pass the breadbasket ready to eat, another woman—the only Black woman at the table—asks a stunning question to the guests: “How many of you would trade places with a Black person in this society?” The silence that instantly hovers over the dinner crowd was not only deafening but also revealing. Entrepreneurs Saira Rao and Regina Jackson have designed a program that radically educates a specific group of individuals who they say are directly responsible for the racism and discrimination happening in this country. Their unique tactic is to facilitate honest conversations and sometimes uncomfortable dialogue over an illustrious dinner. These powerful dinner experiences offer up an opportunity for white women to acknowledge their own racism and how they benefit from white privilege—regardless of a political party affiliation. Join us as I SEE U host Eddie Robinson chats candidly with New York Times best-selling authors, Saira Rao and Regina Jackson, for a provocative discussion about their no-holds-barred campaign. We'll learn more about their Race2Dinner movement, as well as take a deep dive into their latest book, “White Women: Everything You Already Know about Your Own Racism and How to Do Better,”—which serves as a call to action to those who are looking to take the next steps in dismantling white supremacy. Both Rao and Jackson have also released a documentary available on Apple TV and Prime Video entitled, Deconstructing Karen, where viewers become a “fly on the wall” during one of these eye-opening dinners.

Bullpen interview with Regina Jackson and Saira Rao, the activists behind "Deconstructing Karen" and founders of Race2Dinner.Host: Dr. Rashad Richey (@IndisputableTYT)Bullpen Guests: Regina Jackson and Saira Rao***SUBSCRIBE on YOUTUBE: ☞ https://www.youtube.com/IndisputableTYTFACEBOOK: ☞ https://www.facebook.com/IndisputableTYTTWITTER: ☞ https://www.twitter.com/IndisputableTYTINSTAGRAM: ☞ https://www.instagram.com/IndisputableTYT Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode Description: Are you a good white woman? Raised to be colorblind? Do you think adopting black children makes you immune to racism? There's a socialization around white womanhood and we're talking about that today with Race to Community founder Lisa Bond. How are we (white women) upholding the systems of white supremacy? We are getting radically honest today about what it looks like to do the work that the best selling book: “White Women- Everything you already know about your own racism and how to do better” by Regina King and Saira Rao- has reignited. Come to Warrior Women Camp! Self paced, virtual and FUN! Sign up now! www.lizsvatek.com/camp Connect with: Lisa Websites for Race2Dinner and Race2Community: https://www.race2dinner.com/ https://www.race2dinner.com/race2community Watch the documentary that started it all: Deconstructing Karen https://www.deconstructingkaren.com/ Buy the one book you need to read: White Women https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/669854/white-women-by-regina-jackson-and-saira-rao/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/lisa.elwell.bond/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisadbond/ Guest Bio: Lisa Bond is an experienced and effective advocate for personal change, - grounded in principles of anti-oppression, decolonization, antiracism and restorative justice. A creative thinker, effective collaborator, and engaging facilitator, I help white women unlearn the behaviors of white supremacy culture deeply embedded in our socialization so that we can interrupt systems of oppression at home, at work and at play. Incorporating and building on the work of the great antiracist educators of the past and present, I create informed and powerful program curriculum, focusing on continuous improvement by incorporating new stories, theories and resources for powerful and effective results.

Saira Rao is an activist, producer of the provocative documentary, Deconstructing Karen, co- author of White Women: Everything You Already Know about Your Own Racism and How to Do Better, and host of radically honest conversations at Race2Dinner. Since our last conversation on this podcast, Saira has embarked on a new movement effort, called Here 4 the Kids, to push “unexplored and unprecedented action to end gun violence”. During this conversation, Saira and Anjali discuss: • Saira and Regina's experiences of hosting sold-out events all over the country at Race2 Dinner conversations • Gun violence is the number one cause of deaths for children in the United States. How we move past the political gridlock • How dominant culture is complicit in suppressing efforts to end gun violence • What Here 4 the Kids is • How listeners who want to be a part of this movement can join in • Join the Denver June 5th Here 4 the Kids sit-in! It's history in the making! Check out https://here4thekids.com/ and follow them on Instagram to learn more about how you can get involved with Here 4 the Kids today! You can follow Saira on Instagram and keep up with everything she's up to here. Thank you, Saira, for this incredible and timely conversation! A huge thank you to the support of our partner OfferingTree - an all-in-one, easy to use business platform for classes, courses, memberships and more. Check them out www.offeringtree.com/accessibleyoga to get a discount today!

Regina Jackson: Host of Race2Dinner, conversations on racism -  How many of us have participated in conversations that explore how white women uphold white supremacy?  Join Ramona in her conversation with Regina Jackson as Regina shares how she has found a creative way to have challenging yet hopeful conversations around racism, systems of oppression, and white supremacy with white women through her Race2Dinner events.  During their discussion Ramona and Regina discuss why having these conversations with white women about confronting racism are difficult, but necessary.  Regina is the focal point of the documentary film “De-Constructing Karen” and co-author of “White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better." Originally from Chicago and raised around the world as a child of military, Regina now makes Denver her home. Highlights from our conversation: Documentary film “De-Constructing Karen” Book “White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better” Race2Dinner events How white women contribute to upholding the system of racism How white women can use their power to dismantle racism How the racism of white women impacts women of color How being nice does not break down barriers Resources https://www.race2dinner.com/ 

Next episode available from Monday, April 10th with guest Regina Jackson, Host of Race2Dinner, conversations on racism.

Saira Rao grew up in Richmond, Virginia, the daughter of Indian immigrants. For forty years, she wasted her precious time aspiring to be white and accepted by dominant white society, a futile task for anyone not born with white skin. Several years ago, Saira began the painful process of dismantling her own internalized oppression. In this episode Saira shares her story of how her eyes finally started to open to her own internalized oppression to start speaking up against white supremacy. Saira is the co-founder of Race2Dinner, co-author of New York Times Bestseller White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How To Do Better and Executive Producer of the documentary Deconstructing Karen.

Trigger warning: This episode contains discussion of White supremacy, violence, and racism. Be advised. Central Park Karen. BBQ Becky. These incidents have become tropes. Many of us laugh, if even in an exasperated way, when reminded of these incidents. But there is a deeper and more insidious reality for Black and Brown people. Violence, literal and symbolic alike, stalks us. If we are lucky, we only get angry and frustrated. But like countless others, too numerous to name, the results may be worse. Our guest this week is author, filmmaker, and activist Saira Rao. co-author with Regina Jackson of White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better, co-founder of Race2Dinner, and creator of the film Deconstructing Karen, joins Gerardo to discuss how she began on this path. She shares the deeply upsetting moment following the 2016 Presidential Election, when she discovered her "friends" true beliefs. She lambastes White Supremacy, and calls upon all of us to end it. All this and a Top Five that will surprise you. Get a discount with www.quetzalec.com when you mention us. Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/ttoodopeteachers

"Race2Dinner" is a "program" developed by Saira Rao in which a bunch of white women are invited to a dinner and told how inherently sinister they all are by Saira Rao and co-host Regina Jackson. My panelists today join me in discussing one of the hottest topics of modern day: racism and anti-racism. Oh, and one of them got conveniently bombarded in a comments section based on her skin color, which apparently wasn't racist at all.The Angry Behavior Analyst has officially rebranded. We are now "Honestly Unorthodox." IG: @honestlyunorthodox

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (01/17/2023):  3:00pm- According to journalist Daniel Chaitin of The Daily Wire, Douglas Wise, “[o]ne of the 51 intelligence veterans who signed a letter suggesting the Hunter Biden laptop story could be part of a Russian disinformation operation said [he] knew the contents of the device were genuine at the time.” 3:20pm- During her Tuesday press briefing, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre denied reporter accusations that she had not been “forthcoming” about information regarding President Joe Biden's mishandling of classified documents. On Friday, Jean-Pierre stated that the search for misplaced documents had concluded, but on Saturday it was announced that five additional documents were discovered at Biden's Wilmington, Delaware home.  3:40pm- NBC News' Peter Alexander pressed Karine Jean-Pierre about the White House's claim that Republicans are “faking outrage” over President Biden's mishandling of classified documents—but, as Alexander notes, “why shouldn't Americans be upset” over Biden's negligence?  4:05pm- The World Economic Forum Conference—an international non-governmental lobbying organization—kicked off its annual summit in Davos, Switzerland on Monday. Several American lawmakers will be in attendance, including Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), and U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry.  4:15pm- During the World Economic Forum (WEF), Vice President of the European Commission Vera Jourova suggested that the United States should criminalize “hate speech.” Meanwhile, climate and health researcher Alan Dangour stated that there was a link between global warming and the mental health crisis plaguing Western society.  4:25pm- What is the goal of the World Economic Forum (WEF)? Environmentalism, economic equity, and seemingly a dangerous form of globalization that usurps national sovereignty. Investigative journalist Michael Shellenberger discovered a now deleted video from 2018 where the WEF attempted to predict what the world will look like in 2030. Among the predictions: “You'll own nothing. And you'll be happy.” They also predicted “[t]he U.S. won't be the world's leading superpower.” 4:50pm- While speaking with Brian Stelter at the World Economic Forum, Chairman of the New York Times A.G. Sulzberger called disinformation the greatest challenge facing society. He went on to compare Donald Trump's utilization of the term “fake news” to terminology used in Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia.  5:00pm- Dr. Wilfred Reilly—Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University & Author of “Taboo: 10 Facts You Can't Talk About”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his recent article, “Saira Rao's Latest Book of Grift.” Dr. Reilly writes that in their new book activists Saira Rao and Regina Jackson basically argue, “[t]he United States is a white supremacist, genocidal, racist society, and white female citizens of this modern Reich need to hire Rao and Jackson's Race2Dinner company to reeducate them past their internalized pathologies.” Amazingly, during “Race2Dinner” they don't even serve you dinner—they just yell at you! Dr. Reilly also weighs-in on Hulu's new “1619 Project” documentary series and the recent revelation that Nikole Hannah-Jones was paid over $1 million for 33 speeches in 2021.  5:35pm- Philosopher Sam Harris bizarrely suggested that societally we were “unlucky” that COVID-19 didn't have a higher fatality rate capable of silencing vaccine skeptics.  5:45pm- While appearing on CNN, medical analyst and Washington Post opinion columnist Dr. Leana Wen said she believes the United States is overcounting deaths caused by COVID-19.  6:05pm- According to Fox News, more than a dozen House Democrats are hoping to propose a Constitutional Amendment lowering the voting age to 16-years-old.  6:10pm- The Turkish government has placed a $500,000 bounty on former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom for being an outspoken critic of the country's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.  6:15pm- A Colorado College professor accused the field of astrophysics of being guilty of “systemic racism and white supremacy”—citing the field of study's emphasis on “individualism and exceptionalism and perfectionism.” 6:30pm- According to a report from Breitbart News, Hunter Biden “paid a $49,910 rental deposit to the House of Sweden for an office for the Biden family business's venture with the infamous CEFC China Energy Co.”—which matches the exact amount he paid in monthly rent at Joe Biden's home in Wilmington, Delaware.  6:45pm- CBS News White Correspondent Weijia Jiang grilled Karine Jean-Pierre for her unwillingness to directly answer questions about Joe Biden's mishandling of classified documents.  6:55pm- Who Won Social Media?

Dr. Wilfred Reilly—Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University & Author of “Taboo: 10 Facts You Can't Talk About”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his recent article, “Saira Rao's Latest Book of Grift.” Dr. Reilly writes that in their new book activists Saira Rao and Regina Jackson basically argue, “[t]he United States is a white supremacist, genocidal, racist society, and white female citizens of this modern Reich need to hire Rao and Jackson's Race2Dinner company to reeducate them past their internalized pathologies.” Amazingly, during “Race2Dinner” they don't even serve you dinner—they just yell at you! Dr. Reilly also weighs-in on Hulu's new “1619 Project” documentary series and the recent revelation that Nikole Hannah-Jones was paid over $1 million for 33 speeches in 2021. 

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 3:  Dr. Wilfred Reilly—Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University & Author of “Taboo: 10 Facts You Can't Talk About”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his recent article, “Saira Rao's Latest Book of Grift.” Dr. Reilly writes that in their new book activists Saira Rao and Regina Jackson basically argue, “[t]he United States is a white supremacist, genocidal, racist society, and white female citizens of this modern Reich need to hire Rao and Jackson's Race2Dinner company to reeducate them past their internalized pathologies.” Amazingly, during “Race2Dinner” they don't even serve you dinner—they just yell at you! Dr. Reilly also weighs-in on Hulu's new “1619 Project” documentary series and the recent revelation that Nikole Hannah-Jones was paid over $1 million for 33 speeches in 2021. Philosopher Sam Harris bizarrely suggested that societally we were “unlucky” that COVID-19 didn't have a higher fatality rate capable of silencing vaccine skeptics. While appearing on CNN, medical analyst and Washington Post opinion columnist Dr. Leana Wen said she believes the United States is overcounting deaths caused by COVID-19. 

In this episode of the Embracing Only Podcast with Archita Fritz and Olivia Cream, Regina Jackson of Race2Dinner helps us deconstruct what being a true ally is. She leads off with how her work alongside Sair Rao is not steeped in niceness because being nice has not stopped racism. Thorugh her work and lived experiences over the last 72 years she is on a mission to change the status quo she co-founded Race2Dinner with Saira Roa. They took the experiences from these dinners and developed a documentary with film maker Patty Ivins called Deconstructing Karen. In the words of the filmaker's themselves “It is a provocative documentary, white women experience RADICAL HONESTY ABOUT RACISM…their daily role in upholding it, their conditioning to ignore it and the essential part they can play in tearing down the systems that are killing black and brown people every single day.” How does this translate into the workplace? It provides thought provoking questions to consider if you call yourself an Ally at work It challenges you to start with yourself in deconstructing your beliefs and triggers first It leaves us with key messages to ACT as there is urgency in having honest discussion however uncomfortable that make us feel. Only then can we seek to make the impact we seek within the Employee Resource Groups (ERG's) or diverse teams we are leading in organizations. Finally, a recognition that is a constant journey of learning, recognition and evolution If you are ready to join in on this journey to deconstruct your own racism we encourage you to engage in the following way. Purchase their book “White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better”. You can purchase it here or anywhere you read books. https://www.amazon.com/White-Women-Everything-Already-Racism-ebook/dp/B09RPPV3B8 Watch their movie “Deconstructing Karen”. You can watch it by purchasing it on iTunes or on YouTube Engage with the Race2Dinner Community if you recognize as a white woman. If you are ready to unravel, connect and commit. You can buy one for yourself and gift one to another friend here through January 2023. https://www.race2dinner.com/race2community. Register for the Race2Dinner Self Actualization Program if you identify as a person of color. An opportunity to dive deep, live authentically and free. https://www.race2dinner.com/race2selfactualization Host a Race2Dinner with a group of your girlfriends. Reach out to Saira Rao and Regina Jackson here. They have SOLD Out of their dinner in 2023 but be on the watch out for more in 2024

  In this episode, Angela meets Saira Rao, political activist, author, publisher, and former Wall Street lawyer and television producer.  She is the co-founder of "Race2Dinner", in which she and her partner in the project, Regina Jackson, imagine a world without white supremacy and misogyny.    Saira and Regina attend dinners with 8–10 white women, hosted and catered by one of the women, and lead a conversation aimed at confronting the women with their own racism. An Apple iTunes documentary Deconstructing Karen explores the Race2Dinner concept.  They are also co-authors of White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better.    A long-time supporter of the Democrats, Saira became disillusioned at their failure to recognise, or combat, racism in daily life and in the corridors of power. She ran for Congress in 2018, losing out in the primary to the Democrat incumbent.    

Talking about racism is hard. But ignoring it doesn't make it go away. Empathy requires us to be humble and curious and to sometimes have hard, honest, emotional conversations. Only in acknowledging wrongs can we make things right -and that actually benefits all of us. Today, my guest Saira Rao gets real about the role seemingly well-intentioned and even Liberal white women play in supporting the patriarchy and oppression. Our conversation goes far deeper than DEI efforts - which Saira will share her opinions on. We talk about how Race2Dinner got started, what Saira experienced in her run for Congress a few years ago, how she and Regina's voices have been both censored and maligned by major media, both in the US and the UK. We also talk about why white women's conditioning to be nice and not rock the boat is killing people of color, and the hard choices we need to make if we truly want to save our country and communities. As Saira says in the interview, we are dying and we need to take risks, become aware, and have hard conversations with each other. As she states, once white supremacy goes away, many of our societal problems will go away, too. Key Takeaways:White women have more power than they know, but consistently choose whiteness over everything else. You have the power to talk about racism and to make changes. So do it.It takes all kinds of people, of all backgrounds, to do this work. Start the conversations, point out the inequalities around you, and start doing the work on yourself first.Individualism is colonialist behavior. White supremacy hurts everyone, including white people.There is nothing micro about a microaggression. "The amount of energy white women spend - time, money, and energy - to say ‘not me,' use that energy to go turn other white women - your neighbors, kids, friends, parents, teachers. Get to work. Instead of patting yourselves on the back, start turning other people in your community. Because we can't. You can." —  Saira Rao"Let's start feeling comfortable having these conversations. We're not going to be able to affect any change until we start being honest with ourselves and each other." —  Saira Rao About Saira Rao, Co-Founder, Race2DinnerSaira Rao is the co-founder of Race2Dinner, New York Times Bestselling co-author of White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How To Do Better and co-subject and Executive Producer of the documentary Deconstructing Karen.Saira grew up in Richmond, Virginia, the daughter of Indian immigrants. For forty years, she wasted her precious time aspiring to be white and accepted by dominant white society, a futile task for anyone not born with white skin.  Several years ago, Saira began the painful process of dismantling her own internalized oppression.  Saira is a lawyer-by-training, a former congressional candidate, a published novelist and an entrepreneur.Connect with Saira RaoRace2Dinner: https://www.race2dinner.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/sairasameeraraoLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sairarao/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sairarao/White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How To Do Better: https://www.amazon.com/White-Women-Everything-Already-Racism-ebook/dp/B09RPPV3B8/Documentary: Deconstructing Karen Don't forget to download your free guide! Discover The 5 Business Benefits of Empathy: http://red-slice.com/business-benefits-empathy  Connect with Maria: Get the podcast and book: TheEmpathyEdge.comLearn more about Maria and her work: Red-Slice.comHire Maria to speak at your next event: Red-Slice.com/Speaker-Maria-RossTake my LinkedIn Learning Course! Leading with EmpathyLinkedIn: Maria RossInstagram: @redslicemariaTwitter: @redsliceFacebook: Red Slice

Talking about racism is hard. But ignoring it doesn't make it go away. Empathy requires us to be humble and curious and to sometimes have hard, honest, emotional conversations. Only in acknowledging wrongs can we make things right -and that actually benefits all of us. Today, my guest Saira Rao gets real about the role seemingly well-intentioned and even Liberal white women play in supporting the patriarchy and oppression. Our conversation goes far deeper than DEI efforts - which Saira will share her opinions on. We talk about how Race2Dinner got started, what Saira experienced in her run for Congress a few years ago, how she and Regina's voices have even been censored by the BBC. We also talk about why white women's conditioning to be nice and not rock the boat is killing people of color, and the hard choices we need to make if we truly want to save our country and communities. As Saira says in the interview, we are dying and we need to take risks, become aware, and have hard conversations with each other. As she states, once white supremacy goes away, many of our societal problems will go away, too. Key Takeaways:White women have more power than they know, but consistently choose whiteness over everything else. You have the power to talk about racism and to make changes. So do it. It takes all kinds of people, of all backgrounds, to do this work. Start the conversations, point out the inequalities around you, and start doing the work on yourself first. Individualism is colonialist behavior. White supremacy hurts everyone, including white people.There is nothing micro about a microaggression.  "The amount of energy white women spend - time, money, and energy - to say ‘not me,' use that energy to go turn other white women - your neighbors, kids, friends, parents, teachers. Get to work. Instead of patting yourselves on the back, start turning other people in your community. Because we can't. You can." —  Saira Rao"Let's start feeling comfortable having these conversations. We're not going to be able to affect any change until we start being honest with ourselves and each other." —  Saira Rao About Saira Rao, Co-Founder, Race2DinnerSaira Rao is the co-founder of Race2Dinner, New York Times Bestselling co-author of White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How To Do Better and co-subject and Executive Producer of the documentary Deconstructing Karen.Saira grew up in Richmond, Virginia, the daughter of Indian immigrants. For forty years, she wasted her precious time aspiring to be white and accepted by dominant white society, a futile task for anyone not born with white skin.  Several years ago, Saira began the painful process of dismantling her own internalized oppression.  Saira is a lawyer-by-training, a former congressional candidate, a published novelist and an entrepreneur.Connect with Saira RaoRace2Dinner: https://www.race2dinner.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/sairasameeraraoLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sairarao/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sairarao/White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How To Do Better: https://www.amazon.com/White-Women-Everything-Already-Racism-ebook/dp/B09RPPV3B8/Documentary: Deconstructing Karen Don't forget to download your free guide! Discover The 5 Business Benefits of Empathy: http://red-slice.com/business-benefits-empathy  Connect with Maria: Get the podcast and book: TheEmpathyEdge.comLearn more about Maria and her work: Red-Slice.comHire Maria to speak at your next event: Red-Slice.com/Speaker-Maria-RossTake my LinkedIn Learning Course! Leading with EmpathyLinkedIn: Maria RossInstagram: @redslicemariaTwitter: @redsliceFacebook: Red Slice

In Patty Ivins Specht's latest documentary film, DECONSTRUCTING KAREN, follows the work of Regina Jackson and Saira Rao as they continue to challenge the pall of racism through their RACE2DINNER — a movement to inspire white women to confront themselves and to acknowledge their own racism and complicity in white supremacy. The dinners will remind you of your favorite childhood memory of playing the game Clue. The most dangerous person in the room is never the obvious suspect. What if the bible-thumping, conservative Trump voter isn't any more racist than the liberal yoga teacher who screams “love is love” What if well-intentioned liberal white women actively play a role in upholding racism and white supremacy? In this provocative documentary, white women experience RADICAL HONESTY ABOUT RACISM…their daily role in upholding it, their conditioning to ignore it and the essential part they can play in tearing down the systems that are killing black and brown people every single day. Director, producer and writer Patty Ivins Specht joins us for a conversation on the why confronting white women is vital to breaking the stranglehold that latent and overt racism has on America, connecting with the organizers of RACE2DINNER, Regina Jackson and Saira Rao and her reaction to the spirited conversations showcased in her insightful new film, Deconstructing Karen. For more go to: deconstructingkaren.com

Saira (NOT Sara) Rao grew up in Richmond, Virginia, the daughter of Indian immigrants. For forty years, she wasted her precious time aspiring to be white and accepted by dominant white society, a futile task for anyone not born with white skin. Several years ago, Saira began the painful process of dismantling her own internalized oppression. Saira is a lawyer-by-training, a former congressional candidate, a published novelist and an entrepreneur. Saira is the co-founder of Race2Dinner, the New York Bestselling Co-Author of White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How To Do Better and the subject and Executive Producer of the documentary Deconstructing Karen. In this episode, Anjali and Saira discuss: The role of radical honesty in challenging white supremacy How performative activism upholds the status quo How yoga practitioners can actively disrupt racism in yoga spaces The impact of speaking truth to power Connect with Saira on Twitter or on Instagram @race2dinner @sairasameerarao Purchase Saira's book: White Women Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better Watch Saira's documentary: Deconstructing Karen

Saira (NOT Sara) Rao grew up in Richmond, Virginia, the daughter of Indian immigrants. For forty years, she wasted her precious time aspiring to be white and accepted by dominant white society, a futile task for anyone not born with white skin. Several years ago, Saira began the painful process of dismantling her own internalized oppression. Saira is a lawyer-by-training, a former congressional candidate, a published novelist and an entrepreneur. Saira is the co-founder of Race2Dinner, the New York Bestselling Co-Author of White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How To Do Better and the subject and Executive Producer of the documentary Deconstructing Karen. In this episode, Anjali and Saira discuss: The role of radical honesty in challenging white supremacy How performative activism upholds the status quo How yoga practitioners can actively disrupt racism in yoga spaces The impact of speaking truth to power Connect with Saira on Twitter or on Instagram @race2dinner @sairasameerarao Purchase Saira's book: White Women Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better Watch Saira's documentary: Deconstructing Karen

Episode Description: Being a “Karen” has become a popular term for a white woman who is racist. Now in this provocative documentary, “Deconstructing Karen” , Director/ Producer Patty Ivins, along with Saira Rao and Regina Jackson of “Race to Dinner” , allow white women to experience what RADICAL HONESTY ABOUT RACISM looks like…their daily role in upholding it, their conditioning to ignore it and the essential part they can play in tearing down the systems that are killing black and brown people every single day. Saira and Regina are also NYT best selling authors of the book White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and how to do Better. This episode is a candid conversation about our inherent racism and where we are in America today. Discover how you can stop being “nice” at the expense of your own racism. Show Notes: Watch the Documentary Deconstructing Karen: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/deconstructing-karen/id1654085496?ls=1 Buy the book (if you're white please by 10 copies and give them out like I am) Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better https://amzn.to/3Vaz1lu Guest Bios: Regina Jackson: Born in Chicago in 1950 Regina remembers an America where everything was in Black and white. Burned into her memory are; the beatings and horrific treatment of civil rights workers throughout the south, the Goodman, Chaney & Schwerner murders, the murder of Viola Liuzzo, the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the murders of President John Kennedy and his brother Robert. The violence perpetrated on innocent people going about their lives, by white people. It is these memories that drive Regina to push for real change in America. Which is why she co-founded Race 2 Dinner. Saira (NOT Sara) Rao: Saira grew up in Richmond, Virginia, the daughter of Indian immigrants. For forty years, she wasted her precious time aspiring to be white and accepted by dominant white society, a futile task for anyone not born with white skin. Several years ago, Saira began the painful process of dismantling her own internalized oppression. Saira is a lawyer-by-training, a former congressional candidate, a published novelist and an entrepreneur. Saira and Regina are co-founders of Race2Dinner. Patty Ivins: Patty Ivins is an Emmy-award winning producer, director and writer dedicated to making films about humanity that inspire and challenge audiences, including documentaries about womanhood (Logo's HUNGRY, Discovery's Mean Girls Mind Games, PBS's Girls on the Wall), equality (Logo's Light in the Water) and human rights/white supremacy (Deconstructing Karen). Patty believes in anti-racism work and continues to deconstruct her own inner Karen and to walk in Regina Jackson's wisdom to have the courage to “call a thing a thing.”

Being a “Karen” has become a popular term for a white woman who is racist. Now in this provocative documentary, “Deconstructing Karen” , Director/ Producer Patty Ivins, along with Saira Rao and Regina Jackson of “Race to Dinner” , allow white women to experience what RADICAL HONESTY ABOUT RACISM looks like…their daily role in upholding it, their conditioning to ignore it and the essential part they can play in tearing down the systems that are killing black and brown people every single day. Saira and Regina are also NYT best selling authors of the book White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and how to do Better. This episode is a candid conversation about our inherent racism and where we are in America today. Discover how you can stop being “nice” at the expense of your own racism. Show Notes: Watch the Documentary Deconstructing Karen: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/deconstructing-karen/id1654085496?ls=1 Buy the book (if you're white please by 10 copies and give them out like I am) Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better https://amzn.to/3Vaz1lu Guest Bios: Regina Jackson: Born in Chicago in 1950 Regina remembers an America where everything was in Black and white. Burned into her memory are; the beatings and horrific treatment of civil rights workers throughout the south, the Goodman, Chaney & Schwerner murders, the murder of Viola Liuzzo, the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the murders of President John Kennedy and his brother Robert. The violence perpetrated on innocent people going about their lives, by white people. It is these memories that drive Regina to push for real change in America. Which is why she co-founded Race 2 Dinner. Saira (NOT Sara) Rao: Saira grew up in Richmond, Virginia, the daughter of Indian immigrants. For forty years, she wasted her precious time aspiring to be white and accepted by dominant white society, a futile task for anyone not born with white skin. Several years ago, Saira began the painful process of dismantling her own internalized oppression. Saira is a lawyer-by-training, a former congressional candidate, a published novelist and an entrepreneur. Saira and Regina are co-founders of Race2Dinner. Patty Ivins: Patty Ivins is an Emmy-award winning producer, director and writer dedicated to making films about humanity that inspire and challenge audiences, including documentaries about womanhood (Logo's HUNGRY, Discovery's Mean Girls Mind Games, PBS's Girls on the Wall), equality (Logo's Light in the Water) and human rights/white supremacy (Deconstructing Karen). Patty believes in anti-racism work and continues to deconstruct her own inner Karen and to walk in Regina Jackson's wisdom to have the courage to “call a thing a thing.”

6pm - Setting the Race2Dinner table // Doctors urge caution for holiday gatherings as several respiratory viruses surge // Stressed-Out Americans Plan to Buy Fewer Christmas Gifts, Donate Less to Charity // John explains why he stopped buying people cows // John calls his sister to confirm the story of the year her parents forgot to get the only gift she wantedSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Conversations about racism are tough, but they need to happen. We talk to Laurabel Mba of Race2Dinner NL about how having dinner with each other might help.

Saira Rao, one half of Race2Dinner and the duo behind Deconstructing Karen, has a candid conversation about the impact of white women and what they need to realize in order to become real allies to Black and brown folks. Her book White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How To Do Better was released in November 2022 and is a New York Times Bestseller, proved essential for white women and cathartic for Black and brown women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hey Group Chat! We got a good one for you! This week we sat down with Regina Jackson, a no-nonsense leader who works to give people tools to unlearn their internal white supremacy. Regina is the co-author of White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to do Better, aimed at white women who want to stop being nice. She is also the co-founder of Race2Dinner, a dinner series focused on having difficult conversations with white women about racism, how they uphold it, and the work they need to do to unlearn it. Bring your notes and get ready to hear some truth.   Check out Regina's work: White Women book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/669854/white-women-by-regina-jackson-and-saira-rao/ Race2Dinner: https://www.race2dinner.com Regina's IG: https://www.instagram.com/reginaoak/?hl=en Timestamps: 2:19 - 2:36, 2:53 - 3:12 How has the reception been of this book? How have people been receiving it?   Actually, I don't know if you've checked, but it just came out on the first [of October] and it's already a number 1 bestseller on Amazon, it's a number 1 bestseller in Canada.    You know, what's really interesting is we wrote the book for white women, but what we're finding from black, indigenous, brown, and other women of color is they feel like they are being, for the first time, acknowledged, affirmed, and it's been wonderful. 9:00 - 9:28, 9:34 - 10:03 I was shocked to even read that some of them think that you should pay them for participating in learning from you, very backwards and confusing, but    They don't have to learn anything, they know! They developed it, they benefit from it, they get everything, they uphold it, they know. They have nothing to learn. What they have to do is unlearn their internal white supremacy.    What are your thoughts on people who don't care to learn?   Well, you know, at least we know. At least we know. As Dr. King said, the hardest, worst people in America are white liberals because they believe, they believe they know everything, they believe they're doing the work.  18:00 - 18:28, 18:34 - 19:40 But I know when I would go into job interviews, I remember I had my braids and I was nervous about braids.   You would've thought that they reject you. I get it. I mean, I really do get it but here is what my - What are we teaching to young girls about themselves? What are they seeing? ‘Cause children, you can say anything you want to say, what they do is watch your behavior. What are we telling those young black girls about themselves?    I was just gonna say, there's a part in the book also where you talk about schools and your son's experience in a school with white teachers. What is something that you would - that you would want every white woman teacher to know when dealing with black children?   You know, first of all, I do work with schools. So, I mentor at a high school, there's an elementary school where we consult with them and the principal, a fabulous white woman, is sending her teachers through our Race2Community program for white women. What I would say to them is that our culture is different in the way we communicate, everybody's culture is different. White people is, you know, avoidance, conflict, avoidance and all that. Our culture is in your face, okay. So, if you have a high school boy and he does something, he's gonna get in your face and white women are afraid, they are afraid of these little black boys once they get to be, you know, 5'5 or 5'6 or whatever. ****** Make sure you're following your girls on IG @blackgirlstexting, and on Twitter @blackgirlstext1.   As always, please rate, comment and subscribe to Black Girls Texting on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts, it's really important to us as we continue to grow!   And if you want to see our lovely faces and WATCH this episode, head to our Youtube run up those views, and please like, comment, subscribe!   Want even more?! Go to Blackgirlstexting.com to subscribe to our newsletter and cop some merch!   AND Become a Patron at Patreon.com/blackgirlstexting for weekly bonus episodes, access to live events, exclusive merch and more of the group chat!!

Recommended Resources!SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN - TRUTH vs LIESBOOK: White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better - Regina Jackson and Saira RaoSemicolon Bookstore & Gallery - Click here to purchase the book!Race2Dinner: https://www.race2dinner.com/FREE Critical Thinking Cheatsheet MultipackCOURSE: Unconscious Bias: From Awareness to ActionLINKEDIN COURSE: Unconscious BiasARTICLE: Implicit Bias  - Perception InstituteARTICLE: Schoolkids Are Falling Victim to Disinformation and Conspiracy Fantasies - Scientific American ARTICLE: Sharpening Your Critical Thinking - OpenLearnARTICLE: Study: On Twitter, False News Travels Faster Than True Stories - MITRecommended CYHM EpisodesEpisode 21: The Future of Journalism Episode 17: What's Fueling This Cycle of Distrust?Episode 5: The Dangers of Reputational Damage Caused. by Disinformation

Zach chats with Race2Dinner co-founders Regina Jackson and Saira Rao a second time to talk about their documentary, white terrorism, their new book, and so much more. This episode features explicit language. Listener discretion is advised! Connect with Saira & Regina on LinkedIn. https://bit.ly/2XgzpUP https://bit.ly/3RRscmG Learn more about (and pre-order!) Saira & Regina's new book, "White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better," on Amazon. https://amzn.to/3STon1s

Episode 54 featuring Saira Rao On the fated dinner with the Jans, white feminism, white saviorism, and where we are now. White people can learn more about Race2Dinner here (www.race2dinner.com) BIWOC can learn more about HAVEN at (www.havenmedia.org)⠀ You can find more of Saira on twitter at @sairasameerarao

Meet Saira Rao . . . Saira is a lawyer-by-training; a former congressional candidate; co-founder of Race2Dinner, the dinner party experience aimed at enabling white women to confront their own racism; co-founder of Haven, the collective of BIPOC women rooted towards abolition, liberation and healing through art and storytelling; and also co-author of the upcoming book 'White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better' (released Fall 2022). Saira grew up in Virginia, USA, the daughter of Indian immigrants. For forty years, she wasted her very precious time aspiring to be accepted by a dominant white society, which Saira describes as a futile task for anyone not born with white skin. Several years ago, Saira began the painful process of dismantling her own internalized oppression — and on this episode of The Progressivists Podcast, she and host, Jo Lorenz, discuss the habits of white women that affect BIPOC women, and importantly, how we can move forward. Want to support BIPOC women? Then please donate to Haven. Your donation helps create a space where BIPOC women and non-binary identifying folks can build community and heal.

Joining us this week on the Radicals & Revolutionaries Lab is Saira Rao, co-founder of Race2Dinner and Haven Media. Our host, Jillian Foster, speaks with Saira about her unyielding work attempting to educate white women. She created Haven Media, a community-based in abolition and liberation for BIPOC women, and Race2Dinner, a dinner event where white women talk about their complicity in upholding white supremacy and keeping Black and brown women down. This episode digs into that and more as Saira shares her thoughts on white perfectionism, intersections of substance and process, setting healthy boundaries in the face of capitalism, and critical race theory in our schools. This conversation and Saira's work remind white women that anti-racism work can't possibly begin until you start dismantling internal misogyny and whiteness. Anti-racism work can't start until you love yourself.Connect with Saira:Twitter: @sairasameeraraoInstagram: @sairaraoWebsite: www.race2dinner.com, www.havenmedia.org Join our movement for radically authentic, intentional, interconnected feminism inside Continuum Collective. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Saira Rao is the co-founder of and is vocal about activism, especially when it comes to politics & speaking up against anti-Black racism. We spoke to Saira and Regina Jackson, the founder of Race2Dinner, in early March 2020 about their organization. Today, we build on the conversation further. Saira has a book coming out called “White Women: Everything You Already Know about Your Own Racism & How To Do Better.” Producer & Host: Saadia Khan Associate Producer: Kylee Roberts Content writer: Yudi Liu Editor: Tom Whelan 

Would you pay to attend a dinner party at which you're told that you are probably more racist than you realise? A business established by two women of colour in the USA invites white women to do just that - and hear some hard truths. In this episode, we're talking to Saira Rao and Regina Jackson, founders of the controversial project Race2Dinner. MUSIC: Oh Freedom! (Slave spiritual folk song) by Sound of Joy & Oh Freedom! as sung by the Golden Gospel Singers Don't Shoot the Messenger is produced by Haji Mohamed Dawjee and written and presented by Rebecca Davis with editing by Tevya Turok Shapiro, sound mix by Bernard Kotze and additional support by Kathryn Kotze. This podcast has been sponsored by Ninety One.

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