Recast - Putting the Revolution Back In Racial Reconciliation (feat. Austin Channing Brown)
Instead of the episode we had scheduled for this week, we wanted to amplify voices of those doing important work around racial justice. As a result, we’re rereleasing our interview with Austin Channing Brown from 2018. Below you’ll find a list of resources we’ve seen recommended by racial justice activists & leaders.
Things we mention in this episode/other resources:
- List of Anti-racism resources for white people
- Austin Channing Brown’s book: I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
- Austin references the work of Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil
- Michelle Alexander's book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
- Episode 25 of CXMH - Race, Faith, & Mental Health (feat. Dr. Sherry Molock & Dr. Amber Thornton)
- Be the Bridge
- Video from Brandon Johnson: Mental Health Tips for African Americans to Heal after Collectively Witnessing an Injustice
- Harvard’s Implicit Bias Test (specifically the one regarding race)
- podcast & therapist directory from Melanin & Mental Health
- podcast & therapist directory from Therapy for Black Girls
Connect with Austin on her website, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or buy I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness on Amazon.
Quotes:
- “I have found that studying history is really helpful for understanding our present.” (tweet)
- “It’s so much easier to point to the bigot. It is much harder to see how harm can be hidden by niceness.” (tweet)
- “It doesn’t require meanness for racism and for racist decisions to still be made.” (tweet)
- “What would it look like to actually treat white folks and people of color the same?” (tweet)
- “Our history is so informative for both how we got here and who we’ll choose to be next.” (tweet)
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Intro/Outro music for this episode is ‘Fall Down’ by Rivers & Robots.