On the heels of the tragic deaths of Ahmaud Abery, George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, Dr. Judy sits down with two accomplished guests, award-winning filmmaker, writer, and director Reinaldo Marcus Green and Catholic priest Fr. Tom Gibbons and Vice President of Paulist Productions, to inspire meaningful, insightful, and non-defensive dialogue about systemic racism, social injustice and the inequities in American culture today. As the news cycle abruptly shifted from the COVID-19 crisis to a decades old-pandemic, racism; America watched as the empty streets of national stay-at-home orders turned into flooded boulevards filled with protestors united in their fight against injustice. In this challenging time, how do we resist the urge to look the other way, come to grips with our own ethical and moral responsibility and failures, and strengthen hope for change?If you question your individual role in this critical “woke” moment or are looking for answers to tough questions you don’t dare ask, this episode offers the opportunity to hear from two thought leaders, one African American and Puerto Rican, the other self-described “100% Irish,” with vastly distinct and influential public platforms, who, like Dr. Judy, feel passionately about educating and healing a devastated nation. All three of them come to the table with honest, unfiltered admissions of their own triumphs and even potential missteps – and discuss why recognizing each of our imperfections and connecting with a source bigger than ourselves can help us to move forward to enact reform to a broken system. This episode will empower you to recognize and hone your ability to initiate radical transformation and fight injustice. Each person can make a powerful difference, and it starts one step at a time, with one conversation or one simple act. In this episode, we discuss:  Why George Floyd became the tipping point (3:30) How privilege leads to sometimes unintentional blind spots (10:45) The origins of Rei’s film (13:00) What happens to people who videotape police brutality? (18:30) Why racial discourse shouldn’t be binary (22:10) What causes people to shut down during difficult convos – and how we recover (25:30) Why discomfort is good and how to find willing audiences (27:20) The personalization of race-related conversations (33:35) When do children learn racism and injustice? The answer may surprise you (34:30) Enlisting something bigger than ourselves for real change (37:00) Who Rei reached out to when the riots started (42:00) Fr. Tom’s spiritual advice to live by (44:20) SuperCharged Tips to Fighting Injustice (45:52) https://www.drjudyho.com/https://www.instagram.com/drjudyho/https://twitter.com/drjudyho            https://www.facebook.com/doctorjudyhohttps://www.instagram.com/stage29podcastshttps://twitter.com/stage29podcastshttps://www.facebook.com/Stage29Podcasts/https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07MBBQQVH/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_rhttps://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-reinaldo-marcus-green-monsters-and-men-20181003-story.htmlhttps://www.facebook.com/tgibbons72https://www.facebook.com/pg/Tom-ilies-107291040934979/about/https://instagram.com/tgibbonscsp?igshid=1si7tcxg5fzjchttps://www.paulistproductions.orgImplicit Association Testhttps://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/Intersectionality Score Calculatorhttps://intersectionalityscore.comSystemic Racism Educational Short Videoshttps://www.raceforward.org/videos/systemic-racismCampaign Zero https://www.joincampaignzero.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices