I sit down with my friends, Trudy Evans and Jordan Greene, to open up about the heartache amongst the black community which we've all become more aware of recently. We have a necessary conversation about the history and reality of black lives in hopes to inspire us to all work and educate ourselves to be better allies against racism. Because this is such a sensitive topic and I want to ensure that this is impactful, I've structured this episode differently than most, but hopefully, it can help, even one person, see a new perspective and ignite the change we need.

References:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/19/us/police-videos-race.html

https://www.benjerry.com/whats-new/2016/systemic-racism-is-real

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/01/us/tulsa-race-massacre-1921-99th-anniversary-trnd/index.html

https://www.aclu.org/other/cracks-system-20-years-unjust-federal-crack-cocaine-law

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/gerrymandering-alive-well-coming-battle-will-be-bigger-ever-n1106951

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-11/50-years-after-the-fair-housing-act-redlining-persists

https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/05/29/case-reparations-tulsa-oklahoma#

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/19/us/police-videos-race.html

https://theconversation.com/exploiting-black-labor-after-the-abolition-of-slavery-72482

https://happiful.com/free-guide-released-to-help-parents-talk-to-children-about-black-lives-matter/

https://www.dictionary.com/e/pop-culture/white-privilege/

https://www.collegeart.org/pdf/diversity/white-privilege-and-male-privilege.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9U6ztcoomw