WEBVTT - The Demands of Fighting Racism are Solvable

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<v Speaker 1>Pushkin, this is solvable. I'm Ronald Young Jr. They're calling

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<v Speaker 1>me the N word because they want me to feel bad,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm not going to give them that opportunity, and

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<v Speaker 1>so I try to think about the why, which then

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<v Speaker 1>allows me to separate the offensive comment from feeling offended.

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<v Speaker 1>In the summer of twenty twenty, while in the throes

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<v Speaker 1>of the global pandemic, many Americans found themselves wrestling with

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<v Speaker 1>another virus of sorts, racism. I would say to black

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<v Speaker 1>people that I don't expect anyone else to free us.

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<v Speaker 1>That we freed ourselves during the Civil War, and we're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna have to free ourselves, you know, from racism too.

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<v Speaker 1>But on the other hand, I do not think it

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<v Speaker 1>is all on us. With the killing of George Floyd,

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<v Speaker 1>the killing of a mod Arbory, and the killing of

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<v Speaker 1>Brianna Taylor, the phrase Black Lives Matter suddenly became mainstream.

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<v Speaker 1>The stark nature of inequity and injustice became apparent for

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<v Speaker 1>many who had tried to ignore it for so long,

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<v Speaker 1>even for people accustomed to doing the work of anti racism,

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<v Speaker 1>and especially for black folks doing that work. The mainstreaming

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<v Speaker 1>of the movement has been both energizing and emotionally exhausting.

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<v Speaker 1>We may easy to take breaks, and that's okay. People

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<v Speaker 1>should listen to their bodies and to their feelings, and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, knowing that three months from then, or a

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<v Speaker 1>year from then, or in a different type of way,

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<v Speaker 1>that that baton, you know, is going to be picked up.

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<v Speaker 1>Doctor IBRAMX Kendy as a professor, scholar, writer, and most

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<v Speaker 1>recently the host of the Pushkin podcast Be Anti Racist.

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<v Speaker 1>When it comes to teaching anti racism to all, he

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<v Speaker 1>has had to become a kind of endurance athlete, and

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<v Speaker 1>we do all need to be a part of the solution.

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<v Speaker 1>The demands of fighting racism are solvable. How are you

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<v Speaker 1>settling into your new role as a Pushkin podcast host?

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<v Speaker 1>Is this your first podcast, by the way, that you've hosted, Yes, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So how are you settling into your new role? I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like I'm settling, and I mean podcasting obviously it's

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<v Speaker 1>something quite different than anything you know, I've ever done,

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<v Speaker 1>and so it's it's a learning curve and hopefully everyone's

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<v Speaker 1>bearing with me. Hey, I think you're doing a great

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<v Speaker 1>job be Anti Racist as the name of your show.

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<v Speaker 1>I know that you didn't always imagine yourself doing the

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<v Speaker 1>work that you do today. Tell us a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>about what you would have wanted to do if not

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<v Speaker 1>working in anti racistool. I grew up a huge New

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<v Speaker 1>York Knicks fan and played basketball, and so I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I would have loved to be the next John Starks

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, or Alan Houston. I of course that

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<v Speaker 1>didn't work out, and I actually even even initially was

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<v Speaker 1>thinking about being an actually intern to be a sports reporter. Nice,

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<v Speaker 1>but I think the more I wrote about sports, the

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<v Speaker 1>more I became interested in writing about race and race

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<v Speaker 1>in sport, and ultimately I dropped the sport. But I

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<v Speaker 1>do sometimes, of course, write about sports understandable. I deal

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<v Speaker 1>with race every day. Being black, I deal with it

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<v Speaker 1>all the time, but I'm not necessarily an expert. After

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<v Speaker 1>the killing of George Floyd, there was a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>opportunities for me to talk to white folks about race,

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<v Speaker 1>whether they were showing up in my inbox actually questions

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<v Speaker 1>or apologizing for white privilege and all those I started

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<v Speaker 1>an anti racist book club, going through the books that

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<v Speaker 1>we're reading. Of course, one of them was Yours How

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<v Speaker 1>to Be Anti Racist? Going through those conversations for me,

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<v Speaker 1>I did it for a while. We did it for

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<v Speaker 1>about six months or so, and then I got tired

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<v Speaker 1>of doing it. I couldn't do it anymore. I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>this is this is too much. I'm like, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to talk about racing people. I don't want to

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<v Speaker 1>have to explain this to white folks, especially. I just

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<v Speaker 1>didn't want to do it anymore. So I'm wondering, for

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<v Speaker 1>somebody like you who does this twenty four to seven

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<v Speaker 1>all the time, did you find that, maybe in the

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<v Speaker 1>last year that this particular work has been more demanding

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<v Speaker 1>and more taxing than usual, especially with everyone asking so

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<v Speaker 1>many questions. So I think it has certainly been more

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<v Speaker 1>demanding on my time. So it's just been harder to

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<v Speaker 1>navigate it, you than before. The combination of that with

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<v Speaker 1>trying to be responsive to the growing number of people

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<v Speaker 1>who are becoming aware that there's a racism problem and

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<v Speaker 1>who are trying to sort of understand it, and then

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<v Speaker 1>even recently trying to be responsive to the all out

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<v Speaker 1>effort to close those eyes that had been sort of

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<v Speaker 1>opened a year ago. At the same time, I also

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<v Speaker 1>recognize that, you know, I'm a scholar of race and racism,

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<v Speaker 1>and so this is in a way sort of you

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<v Speaker 1>know what I do, and I try to find soulless,

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<v Speaker 1>and I try to ensure that I'm physically and emotionally

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<v Speaker 1>capable to do this work, just like there are other

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<v Speaker 1>professionals who who have to sort of think about that too.

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<v Speaker 1>Whether you know a cancer doctor who day in and

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<v Speaker 1>day out they deal with cancer, and I, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>as somebody who has battled cancer, you know, I know

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<v Speaker 1>how hard it is for our caretakers to really fight

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<v Speaker 1>this just brutal disease, and just like it's hard for

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<v Speaker 1>people who are fighting the disease of racism. In the

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<v Speaker 1>months after George Floyd was killed, I noticed that there

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<v Speaker 1>was a trend amongst especially amongst white folks in corporations

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<v Speaker 1>to not only support Black Lives Matter, but we saw

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<v Speaker 1>some forms of racial reckonings and racial reconciliations across some organizations,

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<v Speaker 1>and the fervor has kind of died down a little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>I imagine you had a feeling as you saw it rise,

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<v Speaker 1>what's it like to also see it fall, what it's

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<v Speaker 1>like as it's been just a bitter and brutal, really backlash.

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<v Speaker 1>And so I don't think we should just imagine it

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<v Speaker 1>sort of happened by happenstance, and so within for instance,

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<v Speaker 1>days of George Floyd's murder and people demonstrating against that murder,

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<v Speaker 1>you had the President of the United States, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>calling them thugs, or you had him saying that, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>when the looting starts, to shooting starts, and by the summer,

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<v Speaker 1>efforts to hold people accountable suddenly became cancel culture, which

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<v Speaker 1>was horrible. And then those there were simultaneous and growing

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<v Speaker 1>attacks on the sixteen nineteen Project, attacks on the teaching

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<v Speaker 1>of the history of slavery, or even about racism in schools,

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<v Speaker 1>and of course that's the attacks that we're facing today,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's it's just been it's been brutal to see

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<v Speaker 1>because in most of these cases, those who were attacking,

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<v Speaker 1>whether it was Black Lives Matter demonstrators or sixteen nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>Project or anti racism or even now critical race theory,

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<v Speaker 1>we're defining in a way or describing in a way

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<v Speaker 1>that was not truthful, and then attacking their own definitions

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<v Speaker 1>and defining in a way that would anger people and

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<v Speaker 1>cause resentment, when that's actually in many cases not what

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<v Speaker 1>people were doing or saying. Do you feel like this

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<v Speaker 1>makes your job harder or does this feel like kind

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<v Speaker 1>of just another day at the office. I'd say it's both.

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<v Speaker 1>On the one hand, it certainly makes my job harder

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<v Speaker 1>when other people have framed me in a particular way,

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<v Speaker 1>that's false. They they're coming with a particular perspective, they're

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<v Speaker 1>coming to hear the research or the evidence or the logic.

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<v Speaker 1>When approaching people who who have not read my work,

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<v Speaker 1>that just makes it harder to have those conversations. But

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<v Speaker 1>on the other way, and it's another day at the office,

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<v Speaker 1>because this is what happened prior to George Floyd's murder.

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<v Speaker 1>This is what's happening over the course you know of history.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, Marks the King was consistently during his lifetime

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<v Speaker 1>called an extremist, call an outside agitator, abolitionist. It was

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<v Speaker 1>imagined where being divisive, I mean, this is what happens

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<v Speaker 1>to people who are trying to create justice and equity.

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<v Speaker 1>In terms of your headspace, if you could talk a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit more about how you manage the actual fight

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<v Speaker 1>in your head when it comes through having to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about what racism is explaining to folks and how that

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<v Speaker 1>is taxing on you as a fellow black person. How

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<v Speaker 1>that's taxing on you to actually have to give those

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<v Speaker 1>answers and do that work. My work isn't necessarily directed

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<v Speaker 1>specifically towards towards white people. I've encouraged even people of

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<v Speaker 1>color to be anti racist, And it is a different

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<v Speaker 1>type of conversation with different communities, which I think if

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<v Speaker 1>I was just having the same conversation with the same community,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it would be much more taxing. I would

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<v Speaker 1>also add that I tried to separate statements about me

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<v Speaker 1>or about black people that are offensive from feeling offended.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's it's it's it's rare that just because somebody

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<v Speaker 1>sort of calls me an idiot or calls me the

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<v Speaker 1>end word, or threatens me in a particular way, or

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<v Speaker 1>describes black people in a particular way, that I personally

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<v Speaker 1>would feel bad because of that, And so I tried

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<v Speaker 1>to make that separation. I think that's helped me. How

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<v Speaker 1>do you make that separation because you just you might

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<v Speaker 1>have said a key there that I don't I don't

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<v Speaker 1>even know I could do that, because if somebody calls

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<v Speaker 1>me an idiot or system about black people are automatically offended.

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<v Speaker 1>What it is is I try to see what they're

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<v Speaker 1>saying as a reflection first and foremost of what is

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<v Speaker 1>wrong with them, And then I try to think about

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<v Speaker 1>why are they doing that? So, why is it that

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<v Speaker 1>someone is tweeting at me a personal attack as opposed

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<v Speaker 1>to engaging with my specific ideas? And I know that

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<v Speaker 1>you know it's it's a way to discredit me because

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<v Speaker 1>they don't want to engage with my ideas, right, Or

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<v Speaker 1>why is someone you know calling me the N word?

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<v Speaker 1>They're calling me the N word because they want me

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<v Speaker 1>to feel bad, and I'm not going to give them

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<v Speaker 1>that opportunity. And so I try to think about the why,

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<v Speaker 1>which then allows me to separate the offensive comment from

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<v Speaker 1>feeling offended. Can you tell me a day that you

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<v Speaker 1>felt like the work that you're doing is paying off.

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<v Speaker 1>I think there's a lot of teachers that have store

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<v Speaker 1>is like this, where they just feel like they've been

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<v Speaker 1>working with their students and all of a sudden, you

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<v Speaker 1>see them get it. You know, you see something happen.

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<v Speaker 1>You're just like, this is what teaching's all about. Do

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<v Speaker 1>you have a moment like that, especially in a work

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<v Speaker 1>where sometimes it could be a little amorphous or nebulous

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<v Speaker 1>to actually see like the clear fruits of your labor.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember last June, and I don't remember the day

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<v Speaker 1>when I came across a poll that showed that I

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<v Speaker 1>think it was seventy six percent of Americans had told

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<v Speaker 1>the posters that systemic racism exists and it's a huge problem.

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<v Speaker 1>It was the highest recorded percentage of Americans, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>ever recorded. I just remember almost being simultaneously in disbelief

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<v Speaker 1>and hopeful that this clear governing majority could could take

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<v Speaker 1>this nation to a place of justice, that we can

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<v Speaker 1>sort of transform that awareness into action. What do you

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<v Speaker 1>do when you're done for the day, when you don't

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<v Speaker 1>have any more interviews, when you don't have any any

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<v Speaker 1>anything to write in the moment, what do you do

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<v Speaker 1>to recharge and to renew yourself in order to get

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<v Speaker 1>ready and energize for the fight for tomorrow. So I

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<v Speaker 1>tried to wind down with a sangria, but I like

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<v Speaker 1>the night. I also, before I go to bed, I

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<v Speaker 1>tried to to read quite a bit, because I think

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<v Speaker 1>reading and focusing on a book, particularly a good book,

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<v Speaker 1>just settles me, you know, settles my mind. So I think,

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<v Speaker 1>between a sangria and hanging with my family, of course

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<v Speaker 1>you know I'm reading. I think that's what sort of

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<v Speaker 1>settles me each night. Has there ever been a moment

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<v Speaker 1>for you where you just you, You've thought, you know what,

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<v Speaker 1>I've had enough of this. I'm again managing the book club.

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<v Speaker 1>That was the moment for me that I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know it. On the individual level, I'll do this

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<v Speaker 1>like I'll talk to folks if they want to talk.

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<v Speaker 1>But I don't know if I can. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if I'm just not equipped for this. I'll do like normal, average,

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<v Speaker 1>everyday black folks who want to get involved in the

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<v Speaker 1>work of anti racism, how do we solve for those

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<v Speaker 1>feelings of exhaustion. We may need to take breaks, and

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<v Speaker 1>that's okay. People should listen to their to their bodies

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<v Speaker 1>and to their feelings. And you know, knowing that three

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<v Speaker 1>months from then or a year from then, or in

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<v Speaker 1>a different type of way, that that baton, you know

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<v Speaker 1>it's going to be picked up. It can be burdensome

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<v Speaker 1>when we feel it is it is on us. I

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<v Speaker 1>would say to black people that I don't expect anyone

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<v Speaker 1>else to free us, that we freed ourselves during the

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<v Speaker 1>Civil War and we're gonna have to free ourselves, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>from racism too. But on the other hand, I do

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<v Speaker 1>not think it is all on us, you know. I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's important for Asian Americans who are facing anti

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<v Speaker 1>Asian racism to ally with with black folks facing anti

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<v Speaker 1>black racism. It's it's important for white Americans who who

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<v Speaker 1>are facing the collateral damage from racism to be like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what, this country is, democracy itself, even for

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<v Speaker 1>people like me, is being threatened. So we need to

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<v Speaker 1>sort of ally and come together to fight for you know,

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<v Speaker 1>our democracy. I expect and hope that other groups will

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<v Speaker 1>do this in other groups are doing this. I know

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<v Speaker 1>there's a lot of listeners that are listening right now

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<v Speaker 1>that probably want to be involved in the work. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>we could point them in the direction of the podcast

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<v Speaker 1>be anti Racists. We could point them in the direction

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<v Speaker 1>of the books of course, how to be an anti Racist.

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<v Speaker 1>And there's a bunch of other especially I like to

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<v Speaker 1>call them race one on one books that listeners can read,

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<v Speaker 1>and we can, you know, we can link to those.

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<v Speaker 1>But what do you think, like, what's an everyday action

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<v Speaker 1>that a listener can take in order to get involved

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<v Speaker 1>with either work of anti racism work? Or even trying

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<v Speaker 1>to recharge themselves to be ready for more anti racism work.

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<v Speaker 1>I think we should all think about our own backyard,

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<v Speaker 1>our own organizations, and identify the people or even the

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<v Speaker 1>organizations that are fighting for racial justice or fighting for

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<v Speaker 1>racial equity, and then to think about, you know, in

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<v Speaker 1>what's small or large way, can I support these people,

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<v Speaker 1>Can I support this organization to give ourselves, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>in that way? And I think if we're all doing that,

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<v Speaker 1>then we're going to have people in every backyard, in

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<v Speaker 1>every institution who are trying to create, you know, an

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<v Speaker 1>equitable injust world. Thank you so much for being with us,

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<v Speaker 1>Doctor Kendy, Oh, you're welcome. Thank if you have me.

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<v Speaker 1>Doctor Abramxic Kendy is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor and

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<v Speaker 1>the Humanities at Boston University and the founding director of

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<v Speaker 1>the buth Center for Anti Racist Research. He's a contributor

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<v Speaker 1>writer at the Atlantic and a CBS News correspondent. He

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<v Speaker 1>is the author of many books, including Stamp from the Beginning,

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<v Speaker 1>The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, which won

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<v Speaker 1>the National Book Award for non Fiction, and he's written

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<v Speaker 1>four Number one New York Times bestsellers, including How to

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<v Speaker 1>Be an Anti Racist. Be sure to check out our

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<v Speaker 1>show notes to find a great list of resources where

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<v Speaker 1>you could continue to learn about anti racism and help

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<v Speaker 1>others to become anti racist too. And his podcast be

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<v Speaker 1>Anti Racist has a terrific collection of listener guides which

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<v Speaker 1>include discussion questions for listeners who are ready to get

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<v Speaker 1>into the work with friends and family. This stuff is

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<v Speaker 1>not easy, y'all. Even with doctor Kendy's great advice, sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>we might need a little more direct support to get

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<v Speaker 1>through the hard spots and curveballs the world throws. Next week,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm talking with doctor Joy Harden Bradford about therapy stegma

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<v Speaker 1>for black folks and how to transcend it in order

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<v Speaker 1>to get the help you need. I hope you'll join us.

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<v Speaker 1>Solvell Senior Producer is Jocelyn Frank, Research by David John,

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<v Speaker 1>Booking by Lisa Dunn. Our Managing Producer is Sasha Matthias,

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<v Speaker 1>Tammy Wynn, Heather Faine, Carly Migliori, Eric Sandler, Maggie Taylor,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Ronald Young Jr. Thanks for listening.