254 Discussing Whiteness and Humanity.

In preparation for our collaborative episode with Aph Ko next week, we’re talking about Whiteness with a capital W – What is it? Who is it? What is White privilege? How does it relate to our humanity and who has access to human rights? How does racialization link to animalization, and why should vegans care? Listen to find out!

In This Episode

Updates

* Correction: By Any Means Necessary = Malcolm X, not MLK(Thanks, Amy!) * Addition to previous advice: Tell fat-shaming doctors to put it on your chart! (thanks, Nicole!)

Episode Outline

* Definition* White privilege * White Identity & White Pride* Performing Whiteness * White people bullshit

References 

Books

* Aphro-ism by Aph & Syl Ko* Racism as Zoological Witchcraft by Aph Ko* Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Stings* The History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter

Videos

* Thought Slime video on White Identity |Thought Slime (YouTube)* 4 Reasons “White Pride” Makes People Uneasy | Decoded (YouTube)* Big Think Interview With Nell Irvin Painter | Big Think (YouTube)* THE HISTORY OF WHITENESS | Kat Blaque (YouTube)* Matt McGorry Reading Passage from Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia | Matt McGorry (Instagram)

Essays/Articles

* Where We’re Going, Where We Are: On Harriet Tubman, Wal-Mart and The North Star by Max S. Gordon (Medium)* Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Saxons by Nell Irvine Painter (The Journal of American History)* Mom Was a Brown-Skinned Asian Migrant. She Was Also Racist. Now What? by Kate Rigg (Medium)