Podcasts about whiteness studies

Researcher-educator Ali Michael, Ph.D., who has written about concepts such as Whiteness and White Privilege, unpacks what they mean, responding to common critiques. Michael defends educational investment in DEI programs as the U.S. federal government has actively sought to dismantle this work. Also, after spending more than a year meeting with American educators who whose work was impacted by the Oct. 7 attacks and the war in Gaza, she shares some surprising themes that emerged. She also shares how differences over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict surfaced in the early years of her marriage and how she and her partner managed to work through disagreement. Theme song, “Ilu Finu” by Rabbi Miriam Margles. Her album This is the Day is available for purchase at CDBaby: https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/miriammarglesandthehadarensemb Visit our home on the web — Evolve: Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations: http://evolve.reconstructingjudaism.org Subscribe by Email at http://subscribebyemail.com/evolve.fireside.fm/rss Read these show notes on the web at https://evolve.fireside.fm/1 This podcast is produced by Reconstructing Judaism. Visit us at ReconstructingJudaism.org (https://ReconstructingJudaism.org). Special Guest: Ali Michael, Ph.D. .

Racism, immigration, and Critical Race Theory (CRT) are terms that are thrown around daily on the news, in our workplaces, and at our schools. As Catholic Christians, we may be tempted to think, “I need to rise above the politics.” However, these are important topics that are shaping the way individuals process the world around them. In fact, the Church has quite a bit to say from its perspective of Catholic Social Teaching. She roots us in the reality of what these things are and how we can rationally approach discussions regarding the shaping of our nation.Racism and Slavery: we will cover how the Church defines racism an see her tens and tens of condemnations of racism over the past six hundred years.Immigration: let's take a step back and discuss 1) what is a nation, 2) what is a migrant, and 3) what are their rights and duties towards each other. With the foundational principles laid out, we can much better talk sensibly about the direction we want to see our country's policies move.Critical Race Theory: we cover the three principle tenants of CRT and the ways its proponents allege it manifests itself. Then we will look at how CRT is a simple repackaging of Marxism and Postmodernism. And yes, the Church has lots to say about Marxism and Postmodernism.

In this episode, Andy gives a helpful sermon on what critical race theory is and what it means for us as Christians attempting to walk in harmony.    Sermon quotes used:   Voices on Critical Race Theory Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic: What do critical race theorists believe? Probably not every member would subscribe to every tenet set out in this book, but many would agree on the following propositions. First, that racism is ordinary, not aberrational...—“normal science,” the usual way society does business, the common, everyday experience of most people of color in this country. Second, most would agree that our system of white-over-color ascendancy serves important purposes, both psychic and material... Because racism advances the interests of both white elites (materially) and working-class people (psychically), large segments of society have little incentive to eradicate it... A third theme of critical race theory, the “social construction” thesis, holds that race and races are products of social thought and relations. Not objective, inherent, or fixed, they correspond to no biological or genetic reality; rather, races are categories that society invents, manipulates, or retires when convenient... A final element concerns the notion of a unique voice of color. Coexisting in somewhat uneasy tension with anti-essentialism, the voice-of-color thesis holds that because of their different histories and experiences with oppression, black, Indian, Asian, and Latino/a writers and thinkers may be able to communicate to their white counterparts matters that the whites are unlikely to know. Minority status, in other words, brings with it a presumed competence to speak about race and racism. (Critical Race Theory - An Introduction. 6-9 Janel George: CRT is not a diversity and inclusion “training” but a practice of interrogating the role of race and racism in society that emerged in the legal academy and spread to other fields of scholarship. (Kimberlé) Crenshaw—who coined the term “CRT”—notes that CRT is not a noun, but a verb. It cannot be confined to a static and narrow definition but is considered to be an evolving and malleable practice. It critiques how the social construction of race and institutionalized racism perpetuate a racial caste system that relegates people of color to the bottom tiers. CRT also recognizes that race intersects with other identities, including sexuality, gender identity, and others. CRT recognizes that racism is not a bygone relic of the past. Instead, it acknowledges that the legacy of slavery, segregation, and the imposition of second- class citizenship on Black Americans and other people of color continue to permeate the social fabric of this nation. (https:// www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/civil-rights-reimagining-policing/a-lesson-on-critical-race- theory/) Neil Shenvi and Pat Sawyer on essential elements of Critical Theory: 1. Our identity as individuals is inseparable from our group identity and, in particular, whether we are members of a dominant, ‘oppressor' group or a subordinate, ‘oppressed' group. 2. Oppressor groups subjugate oppressed groups by dictating and maintaining society's norms, traditions, expectations, and ideologies. 3. Our fundamental moral duty as human beings is to work for the liberation of oppressed groups. 4. To these core commitments, critical theorists often add several corollaries: • Subjective, ‘lived experience' is more important than objective evidence and reason in understanding oppression. • Privileged groups promote their own agenda under the guise of objectivity. • Individuals who are part of more than one oppressed group experience ‘intersectionality;' their oppression is qualitatively distinct from the oppression of the separate groups to which they belong. https://freethinkingministries.com/critical-theory-christianity/ Samuel Kronen and Nate Hochman: (CRT's) core claims are that racism, whether overt or systemic, lies at the root of all racial disparities; that race and racism shape our political and personal lives; and that the dominant group in society – in this case whites – have a hidden psychological, political, and economic investment in maintaining their privilege at the expense of minorities. Some other principles include intersectionality, the idea that human beings are composed of a multitude of intersecting group identities, some of which are Andy Farmer 3 of 4 2022.05 Critical Race Theory and Covenant Fellowship Church considered victims and others oppressors; standpoint epistemology, the notion that our racial identity informs our worldview in ways that are less accessible to those of other backgrounds; and differential racialization, the attempt to grapple with the different ways that a group has been “racialized” at different times in history to the benefit of the majority culture. In essence, critical race theorists look at two indisputable facts – that the United States of America was historically racist and that racial gaps between whites and blacks persist – and then seek to unearth the connection between these two realities by deconstructing the complex interplay between privilege, identity, and structural oppression. The question is not whether these facts are related, but how they are related. (https://www.acton.org/religion-liberty/volume-33- number-1/critical-race-theory-un-american) Susan Stryker: “Because members of minority groups are, by definition, less common than members of majority groups, minorities often experience misunderstanding, prejudice, and discrimination. Society tends to be organized in ways that either deliberately or unintentionally favor the majority, and ignorance or misinformation about a less common way of being in the world can perpetuate harmful stereotypes and mischaracterizations. On top of that, society can actually privilege some kinds of people over other kinds of people, with the former benefiting from the exploitation of the latter: settlers benefited from the appropriation of indigenous lands, slaveholders benefited from the labor of the enslaved, men have benefited from the inequality of women. Violence, law, and custom hold these social hierarchies in place.” Transgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution, 7-8. Susan Stryker. As quoted by Josh Blount, 11/21 Abby Ferber: Intersectional theories argue that race and gender are intertwined, and neither can be fully comprehended on its own. An intersectional approach sees race and gender as interacting and inseparable, and intertwined with other identity categories such as age, sexual identity, class, disability, etc.. Everyone plays a role in the dynamics of privilege and oppression and can work toward creating change in the ways that systems and institutions are organized to perpetuate inequality. It is only by adopting an intersectional approach, which examines the ways in which race, gender, and other systems of inequality interact and intersect, as part of what Patricia Hill Collins calls a matrix of privilege and oppression, that we can fully comprehend and work to develop successful strategies for combating any and all forms of oppression. (Whiteness Studies and the Erasure of Gender, 2007. P. 268, 280) Carl Trueman: Critical theory is today a diverse phenomenon that draws deeply and variously on strands of Marxist thought, psychoanalysis, feminist theory, postcolonialism, poststructuralism, queer theory, and deconstruction. It embraces a variety of such approaches and continues to develop its conceptual vocabulary and its range of political concerns. Yet at the core of the various approaches of critical theorists lies a relatively simple set of convictions: the world is to be divided up between those who have power and those who do not; the dominant Western narrative of truth is really an ideological construct designed to preserve the power structure of the status quo; and the goal of critical theory is therefore to destabilize this power structure by destabilizing the dominant narratives that are used to justify— to “naturalize”—it. (The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self (pp. 225-226)

The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Episode 74 Critical Education Theory Series, Part 10 Here on the New Discourses Podcast, we are deep into our sprawling series (https://newdiscourses.com/tag/critical-education-theory/) on Critical Education Theory (Critical Pedagogy) and the Identity Marxist corruption of our schools, and at the same time, we're still being gaslighted about whether or not Critical Race Theory is even present in American schools. In this episode of the podcast, James Lindsay reads through part of an academic paper from 2006 about incorporating Critical Race Theory and Whiteness Studies into literacy education in second-grade classrooms. That's seven-year-olds. The point is clear: almost all of our kids go to Paulo Freire's Marxist schools, and Critical Race Theory is definitely a part of that program in today's Race Marxist regime. Support New Discourses: paypal.me/newdiscourses newdiscourses.locals.com/support patreon.com/newdiscourses subscribestar.com/newdiscourses youtube.com/channel/UC9K5PLkj0N_b9JTPdSRwPkg/join Website: https://newdiscourses.com Follow: facebook.com/newdiscourses twitter.com/NewDiscourses instagram.com/newdiscourses https://newdiscourses.locals.com pinterest.com/newdiscourses linkedin.com/company/newdiscourses minds.com/newdiscourses reddit.com/r/NewDiscourses © 2022 New Discourses. All rights reserved.

NAACP /Church Agreement Based On Self-Reliance - Changes Already at Twitter  According to Critical Race Theory and Whiteness Studies, self-reliance is "whiteness". However, this is exactly what the bulk of the NAACP/Church financial agreement is about. The Church is "bucking the system." Has Twitter's algorithm already been changed since the Elon Musk announcement? Left-leaning accounts are losing followers, others are gaining followers.   Website - https://www.cwicmedia.com  

Wie weiß ist Jesus? Critical Whiteness Studies im Kontext der Koloniallinguistik. Unsere Darstellungsformen sind über lange Jahrhunderte geprägt, so dass viele heute nicht hinterfragt werden. Sie sind unmarkiert und bilden den Normalfall ab, den europäischen, den weißen. Die Critical Whiteness Studies wollen genau diese Selbstverständlichkeiten offenlegen. In der Vorlesung sind deshalb bildliche Darstellungen der heiligen Familie der Ausgangspunkt der Überlegungen, wie wir Eigenschaften zuweisen und welche Mechanismen am Werk sind, diese Zuweisungen über lange Jahrhunderte zu stabilisieren und schließlich zu invisibilisieren. Das lässt sich an Bildern unmittelbar erschließen, aber welche sprachlichen Mechanismen gibt es, Eigenschaften zuzuweisen? Die einfachste Form ist diese: Jesus ist X. Eine Konstruktion der Askription. Wirkmächtiger allerdings ist die konsequente adjektivische Attribuierung: Black Jesus. In der Vorlesung gehe ich auf beide Aspekte ein. Vorlesung "Koloniallinguistik" im WiSe 2021 an der TU Dresden. Informationen: https://bit.ly/GLS_Vorlesungen. Videoaufzeichnungen: https://youtube.com/AlexanderLasch. Intro: "Reflections" von Scott Holmes (CC BY via FMA). #Linguistik #OER #Sprache #Kolonialismus

Whiteness in America isn't just the neutral norm against which racial minorities, particularly Black people, are measured. Whiteness in America means having the privilege and power that go along with being part of that supposed norm. And becoming white – not in terms of pigment but of social status – is a choice that nearly every immigrant or refugee group in America has had to embrace or reject. We talk with two scholars in the field of Whiteness Studies, Nell Irvin Painter and Eric Goldstein, about how understanding the construction of white identity in this polyglot country gives us keen insights into its troubled racial history. MUSIC CREDITS Turning to You by Blue Dot Sessions Our Only Lark by Blue Dot Sessions Heather by Blue Dot Sessions A Certain Lightness by Blue Dot Sessions The Crisper by Blue Dot Sessions Throughput by Blue Dot Sessions Pukae by Blue Dot Sessions Four and Fourteen by Blue Dot Sessions The Longshoreman by Blue Dot Sessions Ewa Valley by Blue Dot Sessions Careless Morning by Blue Dot Sessions Morning Glare by Blue Dot Sessions Lick Stick by Blue Dot Sessions

Whiteness in America isn't just the neutral norm against which racial minorities, particularly Black people, are measured. Whiteness in America means having the privilege and power that go along with being part of that supposed norm. And becoming white – not in terms of pigment but of social status – is a choice that nearly every immigrant or refugee group in America has had to embrace or reject. We talk with two scholars in the field of Whiteness Studies about how understanding the construction of white identity in this polyglot country gives us keen insights into its troubled racial history.

The ideas of critical race theory and critical white studies shield a ruling elite from vengeance by attempting to make the mass of white people the scapegoat for their own crimes. Original Article: "Vengeance and Sacrifice: Whiteness as Scapegoat in Critical Race Theory and Critical Whiteness Studies​" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Michael Stack.

The ideas of critical race theory and critical white studies shield a ruling elite from vengeance by attempting to make the mass of white people the scapegoat for their own crimes. Original Article: "Vengeance and Sacrifice: Whiteness as Scapegoat in Critical Race Theory and Critical Whiteness Studies​" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Michael Stack.

Long-time radio host Dom Giordano, an educator in a past life, returns with his fourteenth installment of his podcast centered on the ever-changing landscape of education. This week, Giordano is joined by Christopher Paslay, Philadelphia teacher and author of Exploring White Fragility: Debating the Effects of Whiteness Studies on America's Schools. In Exploring White Fragility, Paslay takes an in-depth look into the concept of 'white fragility' and 'white guilt' as the two phrases have become regular topics in discussions of race. In the book, and on his new YouTube channel, Paslay examines the effects that whiteness studies have on America's schools, and investigates how the antiracist movement to dismantle “white supremacy culture” is impacting student and teacher morale and expectations, school discipline, and overall academic achievement. For more from Paslay, check out his YouTube channel HERE.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Because of recent events that are bringing greater attention to issues that impact African Americans, Black Like Me is highlighting past episodes that are relevant to the current national conversation. Be sure to also listen to Robin DiAngelo's return to the podcast in Episode 126. Dr. Alex Gee brings you an important figure in the White Allyship conversation, Dr. Robin DiAngelo. Their conversation is insightful, truthful, and challenging to the system of racism. Dr. Gee and Dr. DiAngelo share the ability to speak from life experience, both personally and professionally, in an episode that is not to be missed. Dr. Robin DiAngelo is the Affiliate Associate Professor of Education at the University of Washington. Her area of research is in Whiteness Studies and Critical Discourse Analysis, explicating how whiteness is reproduced in everyday narratives. Dr. DiAngelo has numerous publications and books, including Is Everybody Really Equal?: An Introduction to Key Concepts in Critical Social Justice Education, co-written with Özlem Sensoy, and which received both the American Educational Studies Association Critics Choice Book Award (2012) and the Society of Professors of Education Book Award (2018). In 2011 she coined the term White Fragility in an academic article which influenced the national dialogue on race. Dr. DiAngelo’s book, White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism was released in June of 2018 and debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List.

Good morning and welcome back for another issue of Bright Morning. There is no sense dancing around - we have a lot to get through today. Do you remember what we discussed last week, specifically on Critical Race Theory (CRT) and how it is infecting our culture at an accelerating pace? Well, as we have mentioned in this newsletter before, it is almost like the news writes itself, only so that we can be proven right. Allow us to illuminate. But first, are you enjoying what you read here each week? Based on the feedback that we receive, we believe that you are

The Surviving Society team are extremely excited to present #TheSpotlightSeries. In these episodes Chantelle and Tissot take a step back from the mic and handover to both local and global academics, researchers, and community organizers. The Spotlight series continues with the themes from the original Surviving Society podcast focused on race, class, anti- racism and social movements. Guest hosts: Vron Ware has worked as a journalist, photographer and academic in the field of cultural geography and sociology. Her books include Beyond the Pale: white women, racism and history (Verso 1992/2015), Out of Whiteness: color, politics & culture (with Les Back, Chicago 2002), Military Migrants: fighting for YOUR country (Palgrave 2012). Currently professor of sociology & gender studies at Kingston University, she is now working on a book about the English countryside. Luke de Noronha's research focuses on the politics of immigration, racism and deportation, and his book Deporting Black Britons: Portraits of Deportation to Jamaica is out in June 2020 with Manchester University Press.This ethnographic monograph tells the life stories of four men who grew up in the UK, and were banished to Jamaica following criminal conviction. Luke has written for the Guardian, Verso blogs, VICE, Red Pepper, Open Democracy, The New Humanist, and Ceasefire Magazine. He has also produced a podcast with deported people in Jamaica, Deportation Discs (a play on desert island discs).

The Surviving Society team are extremely excited to present #TheSpotlightSeries. In these episodes Chantelle and Tissot take a step back from the mic and handover to both local and global academics, researchers, and community organizers. The Spotlight series continues with the themes from the original Surviving Society podcast focused on race, class, anti- racism and social movements. Guest hosts: Vron Ware has worked as a journalist, photographer and academic in the field of cultural geography and sociology. Her books include Beyond the Pale: white women, racism and history (Verso 1992/2015), Out of Whiteness: color, politics & culture (with Les Back, Chicago 2002), Military Migrants: fighting for YOUR country (Palgrave 2012). Currently professor of sociology & gender studies at Kingston University, she is now working on a book about the English countryside. Luke de Noronha's research focuses on the politics of immigration, racism and deportation, and his book Deporting Black Britons: Portraits of Deportation to Jamaica is out in June 2020 with Manchester University Press.This ethnographic monograph tells the life stories of four men who grew up in the UK, and were banished to Jamaica following criminal conviction. Luke has written for the Guardian, Verso blogs, VICE, Red Pepper, Open Democracy, The New Humanist, and Ceasefire Magazine. He has also produced a podcast with deported people in Jamaica, Deportation Discs (a play on desert island discs).

Episode SummaryIn this episode, Dr. Cornel West and Professor Tricia Rose nail down issues of white allyship, undoing invisible racist ideologies, and the hallmarks of possessive investment in whiteness with their beloved guest Professor George Lipsitz. They provide commentary on the leadership of the Black freedom movement of the past and present as well as the “slow violence” of racism rooted in power, interest, and property. Dr. Cornel West and Professor Tricia Rose hold office hours to offer their takes on the removal of racist monuments and its role in the larger work of dismantling systemic racism. This is an episode of The Tight Rope you will want to return to again and again.   Cornel WestDr. Cornel West is Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy at Harvard University. A prominent democratic intellectual, social critic, and political activist, West also serves as Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard in three years and obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy at Princeton. West has authored 20 books and edited 13. Most known for Race Matters and Democracy Matters, and his memoir, Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud, West appears frequently on the Bill Maher Show, CNN, C-Span, and Democracy Now. West has appeared in over 25 documentaries and films, including Examined Life, and is the creator of three spoken word albums including Never Forget. West brings his focus on the role of race, gender, and class in American society to The Tight Rope podcast.  Tricia RoseProfessor Tricia Rose is Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America at Brown University. She also holds the Chancellor’s Professorship of Africana Studies and serves as the Associate Dean of the Faculty for Special Initiatives. A graduate of Yale (B.A.) and Brown University (Ph.D), Rose authored Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America (1994), Longing to Tell: Black Women Talk about Sexuality and Intimacy (2003), and The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk About When We Talk About Hip Hop and Why It Matters (2008). She also sits on the Boards of the Nathan Cummings Foundation, Color of Change, and Black Girls Rock, Inc. Focusing on issues relating to race in America, mass media, structural inequality, popular culture, gender and sexuality and art and social justice, Rose engages widely in scholarly and popular audience settings, and now also on The Tight Rope podcast.   George LipsitzProfessor George Lipsitz is an American Studies scholar and Professor Emeritus of Black Studies and Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He received his Ph.D in History at the University of Wisconsin, and his current studies focus on social movements, urban culture, African American music, inequality, the politics of popular culture, and Whiteness Studies. Lipsitz has authored numerous books including The Possessive Investment in Whiteness, How Racism Takes Place, Midnight at the Barrelhouse, Footsteps in the Dark, A Life in the Struggle, and Time Passages. Lipsitz also co-authored The Fierce Urgency of Now: Improvisation, Rights and the Ethics of Co-Creation. He serves as a Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African American Policy Forum and is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Fair Housing Alliance. Lipsitz is an intellectual pioneer and respected figure of the Black freedom movement.  Insight from this episode:Questions we must ask ourselves about self definition as the Black freedom struggle and crisis of the current movement passes to another stage. A reframing of “white allyship” and “white fragility” in the context of George Lipsitz’s scholarship on the possessive investment in whiteness. Details on the coordinated crimes of the Pentagon, Wall Street, and the police, specifically the connection between violence abroad and violence “at home.”A call to move beyond symbolic victories when structural changes are needed. Reflections from George Lipsitz on teaching in the prisons and the deeply cynical but astute critics he met there. A behind-the-scenes look at the origins of both Dr. West’s Race Matters and Professor Rose’s Black Noise.  Quotes from the show:“There’s a lot of spinelessness that goes with the polarization and gangsterization of our society. We need people to stand up. Not because they can do it alone, but rather because by doing it, they can inspire others to do it. And so we get enough folk [...] to create countervailing structures, countervailing institutions, along with the countervailing voices and the countervailing examples of the kind of decay and decadence we’re dealing with in the U.S. environment.” –Dr. Cornel West The Tight Rope Episode #11“It’s important for us to make sure we develop the courage and the clarity and the conviction to move the struggle along. This is a hard time for lovers of freedom. This is a hard time for lovers of social justice. This is a hard time for lovers of decency and dignity of humans. But the table is shaking, and the boat is rocking. We have meaningful work to do.” –George Lipsitz The Tight Rope Episode #11“It’s too easy to think about saving white souls or soothing white psyches and neglecting saving Black lives.” –George Lipsitz The Tight Rope Episode #11“You can’t have decent relations when the structure in which you’re operating is already a rigged game, is already meant that one party to this relationship has the power of denying, condescension, pity, and sympathy and the other person is scrambling for rights, recognition, and resources. So first of all it has to be about power and not just about prejudice.” –George Lipsitz The Tight Rope Episode #11On the leadership of the current Black freedom movement: “What we have today are people who are proud to be themselves. These queer, transgender, non-normative young people on the streets of Ferguson and elsewhere are resisting ruinous form of classification and insisting on an expansive and democratic notion of affection, sexuality, romance but also social membership. We have to applaud that. On the other hand, good intentions and spontaneity is not going to be enough in the face of a relentlessly oppressive and powerful, well financed, military, economic, and political system.” –George Lipsitz The Tight Rope Episode #11 “Many will be seduced and bribed into thinking that if they’re visual their politics are viable.” –George Lipsitz The Tight Rope Episode #11On institution building and making bridges for people: “This happens because people choose to take their time and put that kind of energy into each other.” –Tricia Rose The Tight Rope Episode #11“If we get too preoccupied with these symbolic gestures, they do become distractions. And the status quo says, you know what, you all change the monuments you want, but the class hierarchy, the gender-based hierarchy, the imperial hierarchy is just going to stay right in place.” –Dr. Cornel West The Tight Rope Episode #11“It’s hard to think of any human being who really deserves a monument.” –Dr. Cornel West The Tight Rope Episode #11“The monuments become monuments to ideas, and monuments to power relationships, to celebration of domination.” –Tricia Rose The Tight Rope Episode #11 Stay Connected:Cornel WestWebsite: www.cornelwest.comTwitter: @CornelWestFacebook: Dr. Cornel West - HomeInstagram: @BrotherCornelWest Linktree: Cornel West  Tricia RoseWebsite: www.triciarose.comLinkedIn: Tricia RoseTwitter: @ProfTriciaRoseFacebook: Tricia RoseInstagram: @ProfTriciaRoseYoutube: Professor Tricia Rose  George LipsitzUCSB Webpage: George LipsitzBooks on Amazon: George Lipsitz The Tight RopeWebsite: www.thetightropepodcast.comInstagram: @thetightropepodTwitter: @thetightropepodFacebook: The Tight Rope Pod This episode was produced and managed by Spkerbox Media in collaboration with Podcast Laundry. 

Our very first guest is a friend who I have had the privilege to know for almost 14 years now. At work, he goes by Dr. Peter Michael Plourde, but as a Hip Hop fan, he is best known to me by the name "Professor Lyrical". Professor Lyrical is an artist and professor known for leveraging Hip Hop culture to empower citizens to self-advocate for socioeconomic change. Professor Lyrical blends talks and performances into compelling presentations utilized by many institutions looking to harness the power of Hip Hop culture by incorporating it into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education.WHERE TO FIND PROFESSOR LYRICALlyrical@professorlyrical.comwww.professorlyrical.com@professorlyrical on Instagram - www.instagram.com/professorlyricalwww.soundcloud.com/professorlyrical/50barswww.soundcloud.com/professorlyrical/raptivism Increasing STEM degree attainment for underrepresented populations - https://www.academia.edu/36031885/Increasing_STEM_degree_attainment_for_underrepresented_populations_A_thesis_presented_by_Peter_M._PlourdePut’em All to Shame - https://www.amazon.com/Put-Em-All-Shame-Curriculum-ebook/dp/B00EDTBXIWHOMEWORKFor White Folks Who Teach in the Hood, Dr. Chris Edmin - https://chrisemdin.com/product/for-white-folks-who-teach-in-the-hood-and-the-rest-of-yall-too-reality-pedagogy-and-urban-education/Reminist Theory: From Margin to Center, bell hooks#HipHopEd - www.hiphoped.com - Tim Jones & Dr. Chris EdminTwitter @TheRealHipHopEd - https://twitter.com/TheRealHipHopEd, Join that chat on Tuesdays at 9pmGloria Ladson Billings, University of Wisconsin, Madison - https://naeducation.org/our-members/gloria-ladson-billings/ Immortal Technique - https://twitter.com/ImmortalTechMEDIA REFERENCES#BlackintheIvory - https://twitter.com/hashtag/blackintheivory On Twitter, Black Scientists Call Out Racism in Academia, Cassie Freund - https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/black-scientists-on-racism/Woke Chaos and Naked Power, Ben Shapiro - https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2020/06/13/Ben-Shapiro-Woke-chaos-naked-power/stories/202006130003Public Health Officials Face Wave Of Threats, Pressure Amid Coronavirus Response - https://khn.org/news/public-health-officials-face-wave-of-threats-pressure-amid-coronavirus-response

Because of recent events that are bringing greater attention to issues that impact African Americans, Black Like Me is highlighting past episodes that are relevant to the current national conversation. Dr. Alex Gee brings you an important figure in the White Allyship conversation, Dr. Robin DiAngelo. Their conversation is insightful, truthful, and challenging to the system of racism. Dr. Gee and Dr. DiAngelo share the ability to speak from life experience, both personally and professionally, in an episode that is not to be missed. Dr. Robin DiAngelo is the Affiliate Associate Professor of Education at the University of Washington. Her area of research is in Whiteness Studies and Critical Discourse Analysis, explicating how whiteness is reproduced in everyday narratives. Dr. DiAngelo has numerous publications and books, including Is Everybody Really Equal?: An Introduction to Key Concepts in Critical Social Justice Education, co-written with Özlem Sensoy, and which received both the American Educational Studies Association Critics Choice Book Award (2012) and the Society of Professors of Education Book Award (2018). In 2011 she coined the term White Fragility in an academic article which influenced the national dialogue on race. Dr. DiAngelo's book, White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism was released in June of 2018 and debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List. alexgee.com patreon.com/blacklikeme

This week, Misty and Lisa are delighted to bring to you the New York Times Bestseller White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo. Robin DiAngelo has her PhD in Multicultural Education, and is currently Affiliate Associate Professor of Education at the University of Washington, Seattle. She researches Whiteness Studies and Critical Discourse Analysis (which is evident in this book!), and has been published many times. She’s a consultant, educator and facilitator on issues of racial and social justice, and has been doing so for over two decades. In 2011, she coined the term White Fragility in an academic article which influenced the international dialogue on race. Misty and Lisa cover major topics from the following chapters in this White Fragility book review: Introduction: We Can’t Get There from Here The Challenges of Talking to White People About Racism Racism and White Supremacy Racism After the Civil Rights Movement How Does Race Shape the Lives of White People? The Good/Bad Binary Anti-Blackness Racial Triggers for White People The Result: White Fragility White Fragility in Action White Fragility and the Rules of Engagement White Women’s Tears Where Do We Go from Here? If you’d like to learn more about the author or buy her books, you can visit her website here. And don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review Go Help Yourself!

Guest Hosts - Dr Debbie Bargallie is a descendent of the Kamilaroi and Wonnarua peoples of the North-West and Upper Hunter Valley regions of New South Wales, Australia. Her doctoral thesis is the 2019 winner of the prestigious Stanner Award, and will be published by Aboriginal Studies Press in 2020 as Unmasking the Racial Contract: Indigenous voices on racism in the Australian Public Service. She is currently a Postdoctoral Senior Research Fellow at the Griffith Institute for Educational Research at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. Dr Alana Lentin is Associate Professor in Cultural and Social Analysis at Western Sydney University. She is a European and West Asian Jewish woman who is a settler on Gadigal land. She works on the critical theorization of race, racism and antiracism. Her new book Why Race Still Matters is out in the UK in April 2020 (Polity). She is a graduate of the European University Institute where she earned her PhD in political and social sciences in 2002, and the London School of Economics (1997). Prior to joining the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at Western Sydney University, she was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Sussex University (2006-2012). Before this she held a Marie Curie EC Research Fellowship at the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford (2003-2005). In 2017, she was the Hans Speier Visiting Professor of Sociology at the New School for Social Research in New York and has previously been a visiting scholar at the Institute for Cultural Inquiry in Berlin (2010). She is co-editor of the Rowman and Littlefield International book series, Challenging Migration Studies and former President of the Australian Critical Race & Whiteness Studies Association (2017-20). She is on the editorial board of Ethnic and Racial Studies, Identities, Journal of Australian Studies, Critical Race and Whiteness Studies, and the Pluto Books series, Vagabonds. Her current research examines the interplay between race and digital technology and social media. Her most recent research project analysed the use of ‘antiracism apps' for education and intervention. Recent books include The Crises of Multiculturalism: Racism in a neoliberal age (with Gavan Titley 2011) and Racism and Sociology (2014 with Wulf D. Hund). She has written for The Guardian, OpenDemocracy, ABC Religion and Ethics, The Conversation, Sociological Review and Public Seminar. She has been interviewed for The Minefield on ABC Radio National, local ABC radio, Japanese television and Korean radio among others. She teaches a Masters course, Understanding Race which is accompanied by a series of blogs and an open syllabus available at http://www.alanalentin.net/teaching/. Her personal website where she blogs extensively is www.alanalentin.net

Guest Hosts - Dr Debbie Bargallie is a descendent of the Kamilaroi and Wonnarua peoples of the North-West and Upper Hunter Valley regions of New South Wales, Australia. Her doctoral thesis is the 2019 winner of the prestigious Stanner Award, and will be published by Aboriginal Studies Press in 2020 as Unmasking the Racial Contract: Indigenous voices on racism in the Australian Public Service. She is currently a Postdoctoral Senior Research Fellow at the Griffith Institute for Educational Research at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. Dr Alana Lentin is Associate Professor in Cultural and Social Analysis at Western Sydney University. She is a European and West Asian Jewish woman who is a settler on Gadigal land. She works on the critical theorization of race, racism and antiracism. Her new book Why Race Still Matters is out in the UK in April 2020 (Polity). She is a graduate of the European University Institute where she earned her PhD in political and social sciences in 2002, and the London School of Economics (1997). Prior to joining the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at Western Sydney University, she was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Sussex University (2006-2012). Before this she held a Marie Curie EC Research Fellowship at the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford (2003-2005). In 2017, she was the Hans Speier Visiting Professor of Sociology at the New School for Social Research in New York and has previously been a visiting scholar at the Institute for Cultural Inquiry in Berlin (2010). She is co-editor of the Rowman and Littlefield International book series, Challenging Migration Studies and former President of the Australian Critical Race & Whiteness Studies Association (2017-20). She is on the editorial board of Ethnic and Racial Studies, Identities, Journal of Australian Studies, Critical Race and Whiteness Studies, and the Pluto Books series, Vagabonds. Her current research examines the interplay between race and digital technology and social media. Her most recent research project analysed the use of ‘antiracism apps’ for education and intervention. Recent books include The Crises of Multiculturalism: Racism in a neoliberal age (with Gavan Titley 2011) and Racism and Sociology (2014 with Wulf D. Hund). She has written for The Guardian, OpenDemocracy, ABC Religion and Ethics, The Conversation, Sociological Review and Public Seminar. She has been interviewed for The Minefield on ABC Radio National, local ABC radio, Japanese television and Korean radio among others. She teaches a Masters course, Understanding Race which is accompanied by a series of blogs and an open syllabus available at http://www.alanalentin.net/teaching/. Her personal website where she blogs extensively is www.alanalentin.net

In this episode, I speak with best selling author, activist, and speaker, Robin DiAngelo.Dr. DiAngelo is Affiliate Associate Professor of Education at the University of Washington. In addition, she holds two Honorary Doctorates. Her area of research is in Whiteness Studies and Critical Discourse Analysis. She is a two-time winner of the Student’s Choice Award for Educator of the Year at the University of Washington’s School of Social Work. She has numerous publications and books, including What Does it Mean To Be White? Developing White Racial Literacy. In 2011 she coined the term White Fragility in an academic article which has influenced the international dialogue on race. Her book, White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism was released in June of 2018 and debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List. In addition to her academic work, Dr. DiAngelo has been a consultant and trainer for over 20 years on issues of racial and social justice.

Dr. Alex Gee brings you an important figure in the White Allyship conversation, Dr. Robin DiAngelo. Their conversation is insightful, truthful, and challenging to the system of racism. Dr. Gee and Dr. DiAngelo share the ability to speak from life experience, both personally and professionally, in an episode that is not to be missed. Dr. Robin DiAngelo is the Affiliate Associate Professor of Education at the University of Washington. Her area of research is in Whiteness Studies and Critical Discourse Analysis, explicating how whiteness is reproduced in everyday narratives. Dr. DiAngelo has numerous publications and books, including Is Everybody Really Equal?: An Introduction to Key Concepts in Critical Social Justice Education, co-written with Özlem Sensoy, and which received both the American Educational Studies Association Critics Choice Book Award (2012) and the Society of Professors of Education Book Award (2018). In 2011 she coined the term White Fragility in an academic article which influenced the national dialogue on race. Dr. DiAngelo's book, White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism was released in June of 2018 and debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List.

*A WTD Classic Episode from the Vault. This conversation was originally recorded in May 2017, and released as a 2-part podcast. Given the popularity of and demand for this episode we wanted to release it as one whole podcast for more people to easily share and use as a resource. Have we got a treat for you this week! Ashley, Elijah, and Ryan talk with Dr. Robin DiAngelo, author of What Does It Mean to Be White and Is Everyone Really Equal, about prejudice, racism, discrimination, white fragility, and white privilege. Dr. DiAngelo received her PhD in Whiteness Studies from the University of Washington in 2004, and she's been wrestling with her own whiteness for even longer as a diversity trainer. — — — — — — — — — — —  Show Notes: Robin DiAngelo - https://robindiangelo.com Articles: 1. Why It's So Hard to Talk to White People About Racism - https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/white-fragility-why-its-so-hard-to-talk-to-white-people-about-racism-twlm/ 2. No, I Won’t Stop Saying White Supremacy - https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/no-i-wont-stop-saying-white-supremacy-wcz/ Books: 1. What Does It Mean To Be White - https://www.amazon.com/What-Does-Mean-White-Counterpoints/dp/1433131102/ 2. Is Everyone Really Equal? - https://www.amazon.com/Everyone-Introduction-Concepts-Education-Multicultural/dp/080775269X/ Videos: 1. What Does It Mean to Be White In a Society That Proclaims Race Meaningless - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-pZH-S4jk 2. Understanding White Fragility with Dr. Robin DiAngelo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeGFk780bH0&t=17s 3. Why do White People Insist Race Doesn’t Matter - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uviA_FGLcyE — — — — — — — — — — —  The WTD crew doesn’t have it all figured out but we’re trying to talk about and give voice to these conversations in public. So shout out to all of our listeners! We’re so fortunate that y’all take time out of your week to listen to us. Thank you for listening and please share us with your circles — birthday present, anniversary gift, or just a simple conversation starter…WTD is there for every occasion! Or if you wanna get at us (and we know you do) you got options: Email: holla@wetalkdifferent.com Facebook: facebook.com/wetalkdifferent Twitter: twitter.com/wetalkdifferent Instagram: instagram.com/wetalkdifferent/ Website: wetalkdifferent.com You can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes, SoundCloud, or Stitcher so you'll never miss an episode! Please leave a review on iTunes as it helps surface our podcast to other listeners. iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wetalkdifferent/id1161601126 SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/wetalkdifferent Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/wetalkdifferent Also please join our Facebook group to discuss the episodes with the WTD team and other WTDers —  https://www.facebook.com/groups/wetalkdifferent/

Ashley, Elijah, and Ryan continue their conversation with Dr. Robin DiAngelo, author of What Does It Mean to Be White and Is Everyone Really Equal, about prejudice, racism, discrimination, white fragility, and white privilege. Dr. DiAngelo received her PhD in Whiteness Studies from University of Washington in 2004, and she's been wrestling with her own whiteness for even longer as a diversity trainer. — — — — — — — — — — —  Show Notes: Robin DiAngelo - https://robindiangelo.com Articles: 1. Why It's So Hard to Talk to White People About Racism - https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/white-fragility-why-its-so-hard-to-talk-to-white-people-about-racism-twlm/ 2. No, I Won’t Stop Saying White Supremacy - https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/no-i-wont-stop-saying-white-supremacy-wcz/ Books: 1. What Does It Mean To Be White - https://www.amazon.com/What-Does-Mean-White-Counterpoints/dp/1433131102/ 2. Is Everyone Really Equal? - https://www.amazon.com/Everyone-Introduction-Concepts-Education-Multicultural/dp/080775269X/ Videos: 1. What Does It Mean to Be White In a Society That Proclaims Race Meaningless - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-pZH-S4jk 2. Understanding White Fragility with Dr. Robin DiAngelo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeGFk780bH0&t=17s 3. Why do White People Insist Race Doesn’t Matter - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uviA_FGLcyE — — — — — — — — — — —  The WTD crew doesn’t have it all figured out but we’re trying to talk about and give voice to these conversations in public. So shout out to all of our listeners! We’re so fortunate that y’all take time out of your week to listen to us. Thank you for listening and please share us with your circles — birthday present, anniversary gift, or just a simple conversation starter…WTD is there for every occasion! If you wanna get at us you got options: Website: wetalkdifferent.com Email: holla@wetalkdifferent.com Facebook: facebook.com/wetalkdifferent Twitter: @wetalkdifferent You can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes, SoundCloud, or Stitcher so you'll never miss an episode! Please leave a review on iTunes as it helps surface our podcast to other listeners. iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wetalkdifferent/id1161601126 SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-313380625 Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/wetalkdifferent Also please join our Facebook group to discuss the episodes with the WTD team and other WTDers —  https://www.facebook.com/groups/259510101160665/

Have we got a treat for you this week! Ashley, Elijah, and Ryan talk with Dr. Robin DiAngelo, author of What Does It Mean to Be White and Is Everyone Really Equal, about prejudice, racism, discrimination, white fragility, and white privilege. Dr. DiAngelo received her PhD in Whiteness Studies from University of Washington in 2004, and she's been wrestling with her own whiteness for even longer as a diversity trainer. — — — — — — — — — — —  Show Notes: Robin DiAngelo - https://robindiangelo.com Articles: 1. Why It's So Hard to Talk to White People About Racism - https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/white-fragility-why-its-so-hard-to-talk-to-white-people-about-racism-twlm/ 2. No, I Won’t Stop Saying White Supremacy - https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/no-i-wont-stop-saying-white-supremacy-wcz/ Books: 1. What Does It Mean To Be White - https://www.amazon.com/What-Does-Mean-White-Counterpoints/dp/1433131102/ 2. Is Everyone Really Equal? - https://www.amazon.com/Everyone-Introduction-Concepts-Education-Multicultural/dp/080775269X/ Videos: 1. What Does It Mean to Be White In a Society That Proclaims Race Meaningless - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-pZH-S4jk 2. Understanding White Fragility with Dr. Robin DiAngelo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeGFk780bH0&t=17s 3. Why do White People Insist Race Doesn’t Matter - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uviA_FGLcyE — — — — — — — — — — —  The WTD crew doesn’t have it all figured out but we’re trying to talk about and give voice to these conversations in public. So shout out to all of our listeners! We’re so fortunate that y’all take time out of your week to listen to us. Thank you for listening and please share us with your circles — birthday present, anniversary gift, or just a simple conversation starter…WTD is there for every occasion! If you wanna get at us you got options: Website: wetalkdifferent.com Email: holla@wetalkdifferent.com Facebook: facebook.com/wetalkdifferent Twitter: @wetalkdifferent You can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes, SoundCloud, or Stitcher so you'll never miss an episode! Please leave a review on iTunes as it helps surface our podcast to other listeners. iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wetalkdifferent/id1161601126 SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-313380625 Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/wetalkdifferent Also please join our Facebook group to discuss the episodes with the WTD team and other WTDers —  https://www.facebook.com/groups/259510101160665/

Please join us as we discuss white identity politics. This 3 part series will discuss how the establishment profits from identity politics. We will discuss how capitalism was built on slave labor and is currently fueled by anti-blackness.  The political elite continues to exploit and manipulate the proletariat for their own selfish agenda. How did European immigrants became 'white' and at what cost?How is white supremacy perpetuated by honorary white people?What role does people of color play in capitalism?Are (some) white people victims of identity politics? Does it adversely impact their lives?What are social contracts? How are they negotiated?Are people of color truly attempting to end white supremacy or are they trying to get a seat or better seat at the table?Are the black political elite overseers that profit from telling poor and working class blacks to forget about and/or pray about being oppressed?And much more...