One of the things we’ve done in the past couple of years is run a program called Understanding Whiteness. The thing is, we each ran one separately—Greg ran one for men and Shannon for women and those socialized females.
In this episode, we wanted to share a bit about how it was we came to run those programs, as well as why we did them as we did. We explore a few our learnings and continue some of our inquiry about what it means to be in anti-racism work as white-bodied folks.
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Some links for things mentioned in this episode:
Wing Luke Museum - An Asian museum in Seattle, WA. A great resource for the history of the oppression of Asian immigrants and Asian Americans in the US>
Decitizenizing Asian Pacific American Women - Not mentioned in the episode, but a great article on the oppression of Asian Pacific women in the US.
Harpers, Book of the Living - an article about the house museums in New Orleans.
CHAZ/CHOP - The Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (or Occupied Protest) - An area of Seattle that was occupied by protesters in support of the Movement of Black Lives protests after George Floyds murder. This was a controversial protest that led to some unrest, but raised a lot of interest in mutual aid and communal support.
Rev. angel Kyodo williams - A remarkable anti-racist and Zen Buddhist teacher. We attended one of her workshops and doing more is high on our list.
Unpacking Whiteness, with Anna-Brown Griswold - An excellent program that dives into the history of white supremacy. Anna-Brown is a wonderful teacher and facilitator who also incorporates somatics into the work.
Seeing White Podcast - An excellent resource for white-bodied folks to learn the history and legacy of white supremacy in the US.
This episode was recorded on January 2, 2023
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