My Racist Friend

Episode 2.18: Soul Survivor

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Amy reflects on the childhood memory shared by Don in the previous episode and the difficulty in reconciling racism in someone she loves. Together, they revisit a painful moment for Don at an awards program in which they both participated, and Amy tries to reconcile the racism she carries.

Additional resources:

  • "The Violence of white (and non-Black PoC) Apologies" (Medium, by Ciarra Jones, June 9, 2020)
https://medium.com/@ciarrajones/the-violence-of-white-and-non-black-poc-apologies-d1321c0ccb8e

  • "Fact Check: 'Irish Slaves' meme repeats discredited article" (Reuters, June 19, 2020)
    • https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-slaves/fact-check-irish-slaves-meme-repeats-discredited-article-idUSKBN23Q1LQ

  • "Loving John Hughes Movies While Black" (Medium, by mauludSADIQ, January 23, 2017)

    https://medium.com/the-brothers/loving-john-hughes-movies-while-black-1c4acba2e628

  • "America to Me" (Wikipedia)
    • https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_to_Me

  • "About Positive Discipline" 

    https://www.positivediscipline.com/about-positive-discipline

  • Black Lives Matter Bloomington - Donations

    https://blm.btown-in.org/

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