5.8: White Children & Uncomfortable History: What Do We Do?
First Name Basis Podcast
Jasmine Bradshaw
5 • 629 Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2022
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Since the push for anti-racism has become more mainstream some white children (and adults) are learning about the true history of the United States for the very first time. This has proven to be pretty dang uncomfortable for them. So uncomfortable that state legislatures have created bills that would allow white parents to sue the school if the history lessons their children learn make them feel uncomfortable. Most of us can see that this is not the right move, but what should we do when it comes to teaching white children the truth? Press play to learn what white children need to understand in order to respond to the uncomfortable truths they are facing.
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Articles, Studies & Podcasts Referenced in the Episode
First Name Basis Podcast, Season 2, Episode 5: “A Conversation With My Dad About Black History Month”
“Florida seeks to block uncomfortable themes in schools. Its history is full of them,” Washington Post
First Name Basis Podcast, Season 3, Episode 29: “Critical Race Theory in School”
“Florida bill bans businesses and schools from making anyone feel guilt about race” by Greg Allen, NPR
“White Supremacy Culture” by Tema Okun
“The Milgram Shock Experiment” by Saul McLeod, Simply Psychology
First Name Basis Podcast, Season 2, Episode 14: “What Is Privilege & 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 1, Episode 4: “Using Your Culture to Build Your Child’s Sense of Self”
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 5, Episode 8, White Children and Uncomfortable History. |
| 0:08.4 | What do we do? |
| 0:14.0 | Teaching our children to be inclusive and anti-racist starts with us within the sacred walls of our home. |
| 0:24.1 | 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 |
| 0:34.9 | use the answers to create the world we want, a world that |
| 0:39.0 | 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 NameBasas fam. I am so glad you are here. I'm really excited for this episode |
| 0:59.0 | today because I actually was able to take a question that I've been getting really often and turn it |
| 1:05.8 | into an episode. So let me share the question with you because I feel like it's something that either you |
| 1:12.1 | relate to or something that you've probably heard or maybe someone has even asked you this question. |
| 1:18.5 | Okay, so the question is, I've listened to most of your podcasts. One comment I found very intriguing |
| 1:24.2 | was when you discussed not liking black history in school yourself because |
| 1:27.9 | it made you stand out. And your dad brilliantly suggested bringing in examples of history to be proud of. |
| 1:34.0 | I've heard several comments from white peers in the last month along the lines of, quote, |
| 1:38.7 | I feel like I can't be proud of who I am. This is raw and it may sound pathetic, but white history worldwide is not easy either. |
| 1:47.9 | Honestly, I have never liked most of history because it's full of terrible evil primarily by |
| 1:53.4 | white people that look like me, which is probably why a lot of people grow up to ignore the subject |
| 1:59.7 | altogether. So my question is, |
| 2:01.7 | how can heart history be presented to young white children in a way where they can separate |
| 2:06.5 | themselves from the evils in the past and be the change and still be proud of who they are? |
| 2:12.9 | So that question I actually got from Patreon every single month in our Patreon community, we have a Q&A. |
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