Talking to our Kids about Racism with Robin DiAngelo, PhD

For more than two decades Dr Robin DiAngelo, a white mother, childbirth educator turned racial and social justice educator and author of White Fragility from Seattle, Washington in the US has been examining how from her birth onwards, she subconsciously played a role in perpetuating racial inequality in her society. When she stepped into a new job in the mid ‘90’s she embarked on a massive learning journey to discover that she, as a vegetarian, yoga practising, liberal minded femininist, had a lot to learn.

In this show we will be examining the most fundamental of our social fractures, racism, racial inequality, your role in it, and what you can do as a parent or someone who spends time with children can do about it.

Note: Robin participated in this interview from her home in Seattle, Washington and acknowledged the traditional owners of that land, the Duwamish people. She pays rent to the Duwamish people under this scheme: https://www.realrentduwamish.org/

References:
www.robindiangelo.com

Me and White Supremacy www.laylafsaad.com

Ibram X Kendi, PhD: https://www.ibramxkendi.com/

Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations, and false beliefs about biological differences between blacks and whites
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27044069

Bias at the intersection of race and gender: Evidence from preschool‐aged children https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/desc.12788

Resources for parents and more: https://robindiangelo.com/resources/

Produced and presented by Sally Cusack
Copyright PBB Media and Sally Cusack 2020
www.pbbmedia.org

First aired on 99.9 BayFM Byron Bay Australia on 03/02/2020.

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