4.12: 3 Things I Wish White Moms Knew About Black Motherhood

First Name Basis Podcast

Jasmine Bradshaw

How To, Parenting, Education, Kids & Family

5 • 629 Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Every mother experiences motherhood differently — no two journeys are the same. And there are some things that Black mothers experience that mothers who hold white privilege don’t fully understand.

We need to take the time to listen to the Black moms in our community to learn how we can use our power to change the systems that are oppressing them and their children.

I invited my friend Sheryl Ellsworth onto the podcast this week to share her experience as a Black mom raising two ADORABLE Black children. In this conversation, Sheryl shares three things she wishes white mothers knew about what it’s like to be a Black mom to Black children:

Black mothers are raising children with rules from an unwritten rule book.
There’s a constant battle for Black mothers between preparing their kids for the racist experiences they will encounter while also preserving their joy.
White moms need to invest in and focus on anti-racist education.

Beyond Sheryl’s first-hand knowledge as a Black mother, she also has crucial insight gained as a former educator who now works as a project manager for a pipeline that is trying to increase BIPOC representation in her state (Utah) and is seeking to make it an inclusive place for BIPOC families to live, work and raise their kiddos.

I hope this episode gives you a chance to reflect on the privileges you hold and how you can use your privilege to dismantle racist systems.

Song Credit: “Sleeper” by Steve Adams” and “Dive Down” by VYEN

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0:00.0	You're listening to the First Name Basis podcast, season four, episode 12.
0:05.5	Three things I wish white moms knew about black motherhood.
0:16.0	Teaching our children to be inclusive and anti-racist starts with us within the sacred walls of our home.
0:24.2	First-name basis is designed to empower you with the confidence you need to be a leader in your
0:29.2	family and a change maker in your community. Together, we will wrestle with hard questions and use the
0:35.4	answers to create the world we want, a world that
0:39.1	reflects our values of inclusion, compassion, and courage. I'm your host, Jasmine Bradshaw,
0:46.0	and I am so excited to be on this journey with you. Hello, First NameBasas fam. I am so glad you are here. Oh my goodness, I cannot wait for you to hear this
1:00.4	episode because I feel like it has been such a long time coming. I have had the idea for this episode
1:06.4	forever and seeing it come to fruition has been absolutely amazing so i've invited my friend
1:13.3	sherri lsworth to come on the show and talk about three things that white moms need to
1:18.9	understand about black motherhood because as you know we do not all experience motherhood
1:25.2	in the same way and i didn't even feel comfortable doing this
1:28.3	episode myself because as someone who is black biracial, my children are going to experience
1:33.5	something completely different than children who are black. So if you've been following me for
1:40.6	a while, you know that I have two little daughters. One is four and one is one.
1:45.5	And my older daughter, Violet, she is white presenting. So a lot of times when people see her,
1:50.8	if I'm not right next to her, they don't actually know that she has a black mom. And then my daughter
1:57.3	Holly, she is definitely brown.
2:04.6	Like when you look at her, you can totally tell that she is black biracial.
2:07.5	So I have a unique challenge as a mom.
2:12.8	I am raising one child who holds white privilege and one child who doesn't necessarily.
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