Resmaa Menakem on Trauma & White Body Supremacy - Resmaa Menakem - 315
Somatic Abolitonist, Resmaa Menakem, shares a true story about racial discrimination between the police and his family.
He also challenges the hell out of me.
Man, this was a good one, very intense. I learned a ton.
I continue to learn about how me, as a white heterosexual male, can improve in the area of race, equity and diversity.
This is a pretty charged episode. Trigger warning.
Check it out.
Shownotes:
- 5:25 Introduction Resmaa Menakem
- 9:35 Fearing racism deep-rooted in society
- 15:05 The necessary work to make a shift in society
- 21:30 How white people can address racial problems and understand black people
- 34:00 How trauma stays in people’s bodies and transforms through time
- 35:00 Cultural baggage
- 37:20 Racism manifested in police agencies
- 49:05 Diversity, equity, and inclusion trainings
- 58:10 What does the work of healing cultural trauma looks like for white people
- 1:11:35 How training black people differs from training white people
- 1:21:50 Action step
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