A Failure to Act is a Failure to Care

<p>Renowned speaker and educator Catrice Jackson says white apathy is the pandemic we're not talking about. <br>--</p><p>Feven Gerezgiher reports: </p><p><br></p><p>On the most recent episode of Racial Reckoning’s weekly podcast <a href="https://racialreckoningmn.org/2021/09/25/soul-unfiltered/">Bearing Witness</a>, hosts Anthony Galloway and Georgia Fort discussed anti-racism work with renowned educator, speaker, and writer Catrice Jackson. Jackson says one of the principles of her teachings is “a failure to act is a failure to care.”</p><p><br></p><p>“So I don’t really care what people say - I watch what they do,” she said. “And as it relates to white apathy, this sense of just not really caring about what’s happening - specifically to black and brown bodies across the country - is one of the worst pandemics that we face.”</p><p><br></p><p>Jackson leads anti-racism workshops and has authored several books on white allyship. She also organizes a reparations initiative to purchase houses for Black women. Jackson says she struggles with balancing her time between directly supporting Black communities and doing the critical work of engaging white biases.</p><p><br></p><p>“I know we cannot do this without the collective white body having some kind of buy-in. And in order for them to buy in, they have to understand why they need to buy in,” she said. “And they have to be led by someone who’s a part of the movement. Because if you put white folks in a room trying to solve problems for black and brown people, we already know what happens. They cannot do it without us.” </p><p><br></p><p>You can find the full Bearing Witness interview with Catrice Jackson on most major podcast platforms and on <a href="https://racialreckoningmn.org/2021/09/25/soul-unfiltered/">our website</a>.</p><p><br></p>