4.15: Anti-Racism is a Both/And Situation

First Name Basis Podcast

Jasmine Bradshaw

How To, Parenting, Education, Kids & Family

5 • 629 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

When I first started learning about anti-racism, before I ever started First Name Basis, I remember thinking, “I wish I could just turn it off sometimes and enjoy things.”

That line of thinking reveals just how early I was in the process and shows that I still had a lot of maturing to do when it came to anti-racism.

What I’ve come to learn since then is it can’t be done one way or the other — anti-racism or enjoyment. It has to be a both/and situation.

We must commit ourselves to anti-racism and to finding the enjoyment we deserve in life. We must remember and give ourselves space to enjoy things and try to change them at the same time.

In this episode we will talk about:

Why it’s pretty much impossible to avoid seeing things that are racist. (Spoiler alert: It’s because it’s systemic.)
Thoughts on setting boundaries for you and your family.
Encouragement to either start or continue on your anti-racism journey.
How working for change looks different based on what privileges you hold.

As a reminder, this is the final episode in Season 4. Can you believe that?! I hope you enjoy the end of the year with your family. Season 5 launches January 4, and I can’t wait to continue this journey with you.

Articles, Studies & Podcasts Referenced In The Episode

First Name Basis Podcast, Season 3, Episode 9: “Racism 101”

First Name Basis Podcast, Season 2, Episode 14: “What is Privilege and What Do I Do With It?”

First Name Basis Podcast, Season 4, Episode 8: “Can We Talk About White Privilege?”

First Name Basis Podcast, Season 3, Episode 7: “Service Not Saviorism”

Toni Morrison’s interview with British journalist Jana Wendt

The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda by Ishmael Reed

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

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to the First Name Basis podcast, Season 4, Episode 15.
0:05.8	Anti-racism is a both-and-situation.
0:15.7	Teaching our children to be inclusive and anti-racist starts with us within the sacred walls of our home.
0:23.9	First-name basis is designed to empower you with the confidence you need to be a leader in
0:28.7	your family and a changemaker in your community. Together, we will wrestle with hard questions
0:34.4	and use the answers to create the world we want, a world that reflects our
0:39.3	values of inclusion, compassion, and courage. I'm your host, Jasmine Bradshaw, and I am so excited
0:47.3	to be on this journey with you. Hello, First NameBases fam. I am so glad you are here. Guess what, y'all? This is the last
1:00.4	episode of season four. Can you even believe that? We are moving on to season five. We're taking a little
1:07.9	break for the holidays. And then we will start season five on January 4th of
1:12.9	2022. First of all, how is it 2022? What in the world? So I'm so excited to be celebrating the end of
1:20.8	season four with you, and I was wondering if you might do me a favor. As some of you might know,
1:26.9	one of the best ways to help others find the
1:30.5	podcast and enjoy the podcast is through leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. So if you are listening
1:37.6	on Apple Podcasts, will you take a minute today to leave a review a first-day basis? Just tell us
1:42.6	what do you like about the show? What would you love to
1:44.9	hear more of? Give us your feedback. We want to hear it all. So all you have to do is on your Apple Podcasts
1:51.8	app, search for first name basis, or if you're already listening, you just scroll to the bottom of our
1:57.1	page. And then there will be an opportunity for you to click the number of stars out of five
2:01.7	so choose out of five stars how many you would love to give us and then you can tap write a review
2:06.7	and you can leave a review there and i just have to say thank you so much we have been on such a
2:13.2	journey this season we have gone from microaggressions to responding when our children say racist
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