4.2: Black Lives Matter And The Family Pt. 1: Enslavement

First Name Basis Podcast

Jasmine Bradshaw

How To, Parenting, Education, Kids & Family

5 • 629 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The summer of 2020 was difficult and emotionally taxing for So. Many. Reasons. But one of the hardest things for me was hearing white parents say that they could not support Black Lives Matter because they believed that Black Lives Matter wanted to destroy families, which simply is not true.

Where does this myth come from? Why would anyone think Black Lives Matter doesn’t support families?

It pretty much all stems from one quote on the organization’s website that was misinterpreted and misunderstood.

I’ve heard from a lot of you saying that you need help understanding this topic. There is so much to dissect that I decided to break it down into two episodes: “Black Lives Matter and the Family Pt. 1: Enslavement” and “Black Lives Matter and the Family Pt. 2: Over-Policing and Mass Incarceration.”

In Part 1, you will learn:

What Black Lives Matter actually said and how it’s been misinterpreted.
More about the history of Black families in our country.
How enslavement affected Black families.

Season 4 Song Credit: “Sleeper” by Steve Adams” and “Dive Down” by VYEN

Articles, Studies & Podcasts Referenced In The Episode

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

“How Slavery Affected African American Families” by Heather Andrea Williams from UNC Chapel Hill

“The Enslaved Family,” National Humanities Center

“The Nuclear Family Was A Mistake” by David Brooks in The Atlantic

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0:00.0	You're listening to the First Name Basis podcast, Season 4, Episode 2, Black Lives Matter and the family, part one, enslavement.
0:14.2	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
0:29.1	family and a change maker in your community. Together, we will wrestle with hard questions and
0:35.0	use the 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,
0:45.9	and I am so excited to be on this journey with you. Hello, First Name Basis fam. I am so glad you are here. I cannot believe that it is episode two of
1:00.5	season four. I'm just so grateful. I'm so grateful for this community for this first name basis family.
1:06.6	When I started the first name basis podcast, I had no idea we would make it for seasons,
1:13.6	and it just feels like such a celebration moment.
1:22.7	And this episode, Black Lives Matter and the family, has been in the works for a long time.
1:29.6	Last summer, when the Black Lives Matter movement was making so much incredible progress,
1:35.5	I heard from a lot of you that you needed help understanding the connection between Black Lives Matter and the family. Now, before I get into the episode, I do need to give you a trigger
1:41.5	warning. For all of my black and indigenous people of color out there,
1:47.0	please know that I love you and I support you. And in this episode, you're going to hear things
1:52.7	that are going to be heavy and difficult. And I absolutely understand if you need to take a step
1:58.2	away or take a step back. Just do what is right for you. We are going to be
2:03.7	talking about enslavement and I absolutely understand if this is not something that you can hold right now.
2:09.6	So just know that that is what's coming. Okay, tomorrow we are doing a Patreon Q&A.
2:17.7	So every single month, my husband and I get on our first name basis Patreon community
2:23.1	and answer any and all questions that the parents, teachers, and caregivers have over in that space.
2:30.5	So Patreon is your opportunity to support the first name basis podcast and also have access to a
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