103: Diversity and inclusion with Jennifer Borget: Why Racial Inclusion Matters and How to Be Better About It

Mint Arrow Messages

PodcastOne

Education

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In September of 2019, I invited a friend of mine, Jennifer Borget, to have a conversation with me about racial inclusivity and how to teach my kids to be more racially inclusive.

As we talked about what to air and who we might interview for this year’s upcoming Martin Luther King Day, the first since the death of George Flloyd, I felt really strongly that re-airing this episode would be the best thing to share today.

So many people weren’t listeners when this episode first aired. And even for those who were, this information is so needed, and especially relevant, as more people in 2021 are willing and wanting to be more inclusive and understanding of people whose backgrounds are different than theirs.

As you take the time to listen to Jennifer’s words, I hope you’ll find some actionable takeaways that will help you and your children create more awareness, love, understanding, and inclusion in the days, years, and decades to come. At the end of the day, let us all remember humanity, and remember what it's like to care about your neighbors and just open your heart to loving others.

In this episode, you will hear:

How Jennifer's blog has evolved over the years
Her stance on being called African-American vs. Black
What having an interracial marriage is like
How to teach kids about race and empowering them to embrace their history
How to answer your kid’s question on skin color
How to prepare kids for situations in school
Honing in on the message of self-love
Her reaction to Disney casting a Black actress in Little Mermaid
Taking the time to reach out and talk to someone who doesn’t look like you
Not being afraid of having these conversations
Jennifer’s list of must-read children’s books on diversity
What people should avoid saying or doing
What she hopes the world will be like
Hate isn’t the opposite of love, it’s fear.

Supporting Resources:

Jennifer’s blog: www.cherish365.com

Instagram: @jenniferborget

https://www.instagram.com/jenniferborget/?hl=en

Jennifer’s list of must-read children’s books on diversity https://cherish365.com/20-must-read-childrens-books-black-history-month/

Cinderella with Brandi Norwood and Whitney Houston https://amzn.to/2l4JXFG

Subscribe and Review

Have you subscribed to our podcast? We’d love for you to subscribe if you haven’t yet. We’d love it even more if you could drop a review or 5-star rating over on Apple Podcasts. Simply select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps spread the word about the podcast.

Episode Credits

Produced by Emerald City Productions

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	In September of 2019, I interviewed a friend of mine, Jennifer Borgie, to have a conversation with me about racial inclusivity and how to teach my kids to be more racially inclusive.
0:10.9	As we talked about what to air and who we might interview for this year's upcoming Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the first since the death of George Floyd, I felt really strongly that re-airing this episode would be the best thing to share today.
0:25.0	So many people weren't listeners when this episode first aired, and even for those of you who were,
0:30.2	this information is so needed and especially relevant as more people in 2021 are willing and wanting to be more inclusive
0:37.2	and understanding of people whose backgrounds are willing and wanting to be more inclusive and understanding of people whose
0:39.0	backgrounds are different than theirs. I hope as you take the time to listen to Jennifer's
0:43.7	words, you'll find some actionable takeaways that will help you and your children to create more
0:48.6	awareness, love and understanding and inclusion in the world we are all creating in the days and years and decades to come.
1:02.6	You guys, this is going to be such an awesome episode today.
1:06.2	I'm so excited to have my friend Jennifer, who I know from my days at BYU, we were in the broadcast
1:13.4	program together. She is going to share some amazing wisdom as a mom and a content creator.
1:19.9	I cannot wait for you guys to get to know her. So Jennifer, tell everybody who you are and what
1:24.8	you're up to. Okay. Thanks so much, Corinne. Yeah, I'm Jennifer Borgie. It's funny because listening to your podcast is when I learned how to pronounce your last name correctly. Oh, how funny. I thought it was Stoke forever. And I was like, oh, gosh, it's not. So, yeah, Borgie is how you pronounce my last name.
1:46.3	I actually did know that.
1:47.4	I should have said it because I knew that.
1:48.8	No, it's okay.
1:49.4	I mean, we know because we, but I was just like, how did I not know that?
1:53.5	I must not have heard it.
1:55.2	It's okay.
1:55.8	I thought.
1:58.0	So yeah, Jennifer Borgie, that's my handle on Instagram.
2:02.1	I have a blog, Cherish 365.com, which is, basically, I started it 10 years ago as babymaking machine before I had my first child.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from PodcastOne, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of PodcastOne and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.