Liz Kleinrock

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This week's revolutionary is Liz Kleinrock, an anti-bias and anti-racist (ABAR) educator. By day she's an elementary school teacher; outside of school hours she holds workshops for adults, is a TED speaker, and founded Teach and Transform. We discuss the challenges of unlearning racism, growing up isolated in your own community, and why teaching empathy should start young. Some Questions I Ask:<ul><li>What does being a teacher mean for you? (0:41)</li><li>What are some obstacles to teaching ABAR to adults? (4:21)</li><li>What can you tell us about being a trans-racial adoptee? (10:57)</li><li>Did you feel equipped, as a child, to handle the conversations around racism that were thrust upon you? (15:07)</li><li>How do you feel about the way the term “intersectional” is used today? (22:05)</li><li>What is Teach and Transform? (29:24)</li><li>What are some challenges around teaching consent? (35:01)</li></ul> In This Episode, You Will Learn:<ul><li>Why children are easier to teach than adults (3:03)</li><li>How fear of failure perpetuates racism and white supremacy (6:15)</li><li>About Liz’s experience growing up and experiencing everyday racism (12:55)</li><li>The complicated nature of living at the intersection of being Korean and being Jewish (17:49)</li><li>How being a teacher helped Liz learn to dismantle systems of oppression (26:45)</li><li>About Liz’s upcoming book (33:42)</li><li>Why building empathy has to start early (40:18)</li></ul> Resources<a href="https://www.teachandtransform.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Teach and Transform</a><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/liz_kleinrock_how_to_teach_kids_to_talk_about_taboo_topics/up-next" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Liz's TED Talk</a><a href="https://twitter.com/teachntransform" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Follow Liz on Twitter</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/teachandtransfo

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