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Resmaa Menakem — ‘Notice the Rage; Notice the Silence’

On Being with Krista Tippett

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White People's Tears Can Move a Nation

"Bodies of culture are uncomfortable every day. White people have the luxury of not being so right," he says. "White tears, white woman's tears, can move a nation." He adds: 'A black woman's tears ain't going to move nothing'

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