This week's revolutionary is Liz Kleinrock, an anti-bias and anti-racist (ABAR) educator. By day she's an elementary school teacher; outside of school hours she holds workshops for adults, is a TED speaker, and founded Teach and Transform.
We discuss the challenges of unlearning racism, growing up isolated in your own community, and why teaching empathy should start young.
Some Questions I Ask:
- What does being a teacher mean for you? (0:41)
- What are some obstacles to teaching ABAR to adults? (4:21)
- What can you tell us about being a trans-racial adoptee? (10:57)
- Did you feel equipped, as a child, to handle the conversations around racism that were thrust upon you? (15:07)
- How do you feel about the way the term “intersectional” is used today? (22:05)
- What is Teach and Transform? (29:24)
- What are some challenges around teaching consent? (35:01)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- Why children are easier to teach than adults (3:03)
- How fear of failure perpetuates racism and white supremacy (6:15)
- About Liz’s experience growing up and experiencing everyday racism (12:55)
- The complicated nature of living at the intersection of being Korean and being Jewish (17:49)
- How being a teacher helped Liz learn to dismantle systems of oppression (26:45)
- About Liz’s upcoming book (33:42)
- Why building empathy has to start early (40:18)
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