Closing out Black History Month, Kim and Dan revisit their previous episode Black History in America. Based on listener feedback, they realized they didn’t cover Black history very well, getting off topic (no surprise if you know Dan and Kim) and highlighting White privilege. With that in mind, your hosts revisit Black History Month and unpack what privilege looks like in the real world, and offer stories and resources for White America to learn about our Black history.
Update: Rose Anderson contacted us to share a resource of links to more than 150 Black-owned businesses we thought we’d share. Thank you Rose!
“If we spend all of February pretending like we knew all of these things and all of these stories, we’re going to spend the next 11 months not growing.” Kim
“Black America is still facing that trauma constrantly, and until we acknowledge that, we can’t fix it.” Dan
“Stop and listen.” Dan
“What we can do is recognize it. Root it out. Fix the systems that oppress, and deal with those things.” Dan
“This stuff did not happen that long ago. It happened much closer to you than you think.” Kim
“You’re gonna have your feelings hurt for like three seconds when somebody tells you, you coulda done better. And then you can do better.” Kim
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