232: Confronting Structural Inequality & White Supremacy

<p><span class="s1"><span data-contrast="auto">Thank you to this episode's sponsor, </span><span data-contrast= "auto">TherapyNotes</span><span data-contrast="auto">. Get a 2</span><span data-contrast="auto">-</span><span data-contrast= "auto">month free trial of </span><span data-contrast= "auto">TherapyNotes</span><span data-contrast="auto"> by going to </span><a href="http://www.therapynotes.com/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><span data-contrast= "none">www.TherapyNotes.com</span></a><span data-contrast= "auto"> and using the promo code </span><span data-contrast= "auto">TherapyChat</span><span data-contrast= "auto">.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></p> <p><span class="s1"><span data-ccp-props="{}"><span class= "TextRun SCXW113441160 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW113441160 BCX0">Episode 232: Confronting Structural Inequality & White Supremacy</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW113441160 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></span></p> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="auto">I. I am a white person, and I have my own internalized biases, including racism. I am continually working to confront my own biases and to do better</span><span data-contrast="auto">, and I do my best to challenge racism when I see it</span><span data-contrast= "auto">.  I am not an expert in anti-racism work but as a social worker and activist, I do have a lot of education and experience in social justice work. I cannot and won't pretend to have the lived experience of a Black or Brown person living in America</span><span data-contrast="auto"> and I will give a long list of resources at the end of this episode, that is not an exhaustive list by any means</span><span data-contrast="auto">. As I posted on social media</span><span data-contrast= "auto"> earlier in the</span><span data-contrast= "auto"> week, we have two Americas. One that works for white people and one that works against Black people. After the recent deaths of George Floyd,