IRPJ.org hosts Felicia Murrell (with Bradley Jersak)
Felicia Murrell (she/her) is the Author of Truth Encounters
She is also a Copy Editor/Proofreader, The Bee Company www.yzcounsel.com
Felicia and Brad discuss:
* our common humanity & the beauty of racial diversity
* fusion vs. homogeneity (whether by assimilation or segregation)
* race, racism (vs. prejudice), and systemic racism
* seeing race as a construct without practicing erasure
* what is 'Black'? color, culture, shared history
* critical race theory: its history, how it's weaponized & used as a distraction
* learning to hold fear and anger rather than repressing, fixing, or being ruled by it.
* overcoming racism with love rather than inverting power
* self-giving love and power with
* the legacy of Howard Thurman (Jesus and the Disinherited)
RESOURCES
Howard Thurman, Jesus & The Disinherited (Beacon Press)
Dr. Barbara Holmes, Crisis Contemplation: Healing the Wounded Village (CAC Publishing) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1623050553/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i0
Dr. Barbara Holmes, Race & The Cosmos (CAC Publishing)
Rhonda Magee, The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming our Communities through Mindfulness
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