2.9: How to be a Liberator

First Name Basis Podcast

Jasmine Bradshaw

How To, Parenting, Education, Kids & Family

5 • 629 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

We had an amazing conversation on Instagram and I really didn’t want you to miss it! I shared a post about resisting the temptation to be seen as a savior and becoming a liberator instead. Then, one of the members of our First Name Basis fam asked what it looks like to be a liberator and we launched into an awesome conversation about 5 things that we can all do to be liberators.

The five things we discuss are:

Learn: Learn about the issues facing marginalized communities and about the privileges you hold.
Listen: Diversify your social networks and your social media
Walk with us and amplify our voices: People with power, privilege and resources are accustomed to their voices being the loudest in the room. To be a liberator you have to be willing to take a back seat and amplify the voices of those in marginalized communities
Redistribute your resources: Support businesses owned by People of Color, and support nonprofit organizations that are run by People of Color and are doing the work to support under-resourced communities.
Be civically engaged: Keep up with current events and vote for leaders who listen to and support marginalized communities.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to the First Name Basis podcast, Season 2, Episode 9, How to Be a Liberator.
0:13.0	Welcome to First Name Basis, a community of parents committed to making the transformation from good intentions to confident action.
0:22.5	Join us each week as we cover critical topics and answer the questions you've never felt comfortable asking.
0:28.1	We'll use the lessons we learned to teach our children about race, religion, and culture.
0:33.0	I'm your host, Jasmine Bradshaw.
0:48.4	Thank you. your host, Jasmine Bradshaw. Hello, First NameBasis, fam. I am so glad you are here. So yesterday on Instagram, we were having a really good conversation
0:57.2	about what it looks like to be a savior versus what it looks like to be a liberator. And I had so
1:03.2	many people who had asked me to save it. We did an Instagram live and at this point it has expired.
1:08.7	And I know that some of you might not have gotten to see it.
1:11.8	So I decided, you know what, I'm just going to pop it into a podcast episode. Not going to do any
1:16.4	editing. It's just going to be quick and dirty so that you can be part of this conversation too.
1:21.3	So I'm just going to start by reading the post that sparked the whole thing. I posted,
1:30.4	I really hope I didn't make the black community sound weak.
1:34.8	That was the first thing I said to my husband after hitting publish on this week's episode.
1:40.7	Sometimes when we talk about systemic racism, we can fall into the trap of believing that the black community needs saving. This could not be further from the truth. When you sit in the
1:46.3	weight of what we've gone through, you can't help but acknowledge that we are a community of survivors.
1:52.3	The fact that we continue to rise speaks volumes of our resilience. We do not need you to save us. We need
1:58.7	liberation from the racist systems that plague our society.
2:02.4	In his book, How to Be an Anti-Racist, Ibram X. Kendi tells the story of his dad asking
2:07.2	James Kohn, scholar and theologian, his definition of a Christian.
2:11.9	Cohn responds, quote, a Christian is one who is striving for liberation, end quote. I pray that through the power of my
2:20.1	savior, I can be a liberator. I don't need to be a savior that's already been taken care of.
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