How We’re Learning to be Anti-Racist

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On this week’s episode the Gals are discussing how they’re taking actions and learning about systematic racism and ways that they can be anti-racist. They are sharing their plans and the resources they are learning from.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We want to let our community know that while we might not be sharing as much publicly right now our DMs and inboxes are open and we’d love to hear from you.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The most effective adaptation of racism over time, is the idea that racism is conscious bias held by mean people. This “good/bad binary,” positing a world of evil racists and compassionate non-racists, is itself a racist construct, eliding systemic injustice and imbuing racism with such shattering moral meaning that white people, especially progressives, cannot bear to face their collusion in it.” - White Fragility</span></p> <p>"Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself." - Rumi</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Books:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor  by Layla F Saad</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">How to Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X Kendi</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">*when possible we suggest looking to support your local bookstore or a blackowned bookstore</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Shows, Movies & Docs: </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">#blackAF </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">13th </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Podcasts:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Balance Black Girl Podcast:</span> <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/balanced-black-gi