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[Unedited] Resmaa Menakem with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett

CHAPTER

White Body Supremacy

The book is about the ways in which we hold our race and see other people. The white body sees itself as fragile and vulnerable, it looks to police bodies for safety and protection. It sees black bodies as dangerous and needing to be controlled, yet also as potential sources of service and comfort. "This is not racialization. Is not just attributable to a particular a, a vocation or identity," she says.

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