Ruth King on Healing Racism (Re-release)
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Healing Racism: A Journey Within
This chapter explores the metaphor of racism as heart disease, drawing parallels between personal healing and the need for compassion in race relations. It highlights the importance of addressing underlying emotions, understanding racial identities, and acknowledging the privileges that shape our perspectives on race.
We’re re-releasing another episode this week as we continue to be in the midst of a crisis point of racial injustice here in the United States. Ruth King is another leading voice on this important issue and we hope that you find wisdom and healing in her words.
We hope you’ll take some time to pause, listen to what she has to say, and consider the ways in which you might take some action to further healing and justice at whatever scope and scale you are able.
To that end, we’ve created a small resource guide to point you in a few directions that we think might be helpful as you look to further educate yourself on what action steps to take.
Donate to or get involved with:
Southern Poverty Law Center- The Southern Poverty Law Center is dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our society. Using litigation, education, and other forms of advocacy, the SPLC works toward the day when the ideals of equal justice and equal opportunity will be a reality. https://www.splcenter.org/
NAACP Legal Defense Fund- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. is America’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice. Through litigation, advocacy, and public education, LDF seeks structural changes to expand democracy, eliminate disparities, and achieve racial justice in a society that fulfills the promise of equality for all Americans. https://www.naacpldf.org/
Campaign Zero- Funds donated to Campaign Zero support the analysis of policing practices across the country, research to identify effective solutions to end police violence, technical assistance to organizers leading police accountability campaigns and the development of model legislation and advocacy to end police violence nationwide. https://www.joincampaignzero.org/
Ideas of other ways to get involved:
Sign the petition for George Floyd- Yes millions have signed and so can you.- https://www.change.org/p/mayor-jacob-frey-justice-for-george-floyd
I found this to be a great article that had lot’s of action to take- 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
So many of the changes we need to see regarding police brutality have to happen at the local level. That is good news because it’s easier to get involved and have more impact. This page has Campaign Zero’s list of issues by city and state:
There are so many books out there but here are some books that come highly recommended:
“White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism” by Robin DiAngelo
“How to Be an Antiracist” by Ibram X. Kendi
“Raising White Kids” by Jennifer Harvey
“So You Want to Talk About Race” by Ijeoma Oluo
“The Fire Next Time” by James Baldwin
“Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race” by Reni Eddo-Lodge
“Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates
“Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You” by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
“The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” by Michelle Alexander
The End of Policing- Alex S. Vitale (free book)
In This Interview, Ruth King and I Discuss Healing Racism and …
- Her book, Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism From The Inside Out
- The value of being curious about the good and bad wolves inside of us
- Racism being a heart disease that is curable
- Her open heart surgery at the age of 27
- Rage being an exit route
- Rage being energy moving through the body
- Habitual patterns of racism being a layer on top of the real issue that we can’t tolerate – they are defense mechanisms
- Racial affinity groups
- 6 hindrances
- The structure of racism
- Racism vs Prejudice
- Racist vs Racism
- Understanding our own experience with racism and talking about it
- What it’s like to be “membered”
- Individual vs group identity
- Diversity within the body of color
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