Black Men Speaking Out - Michael Taylor and Jon Walton - 295

Relationship Coaching School Podcast

Jayson Gaddis

Relationships, Relationshippodcast, Sex, Relationshipadvice, Society & Culture, Jaysongaddispodcast, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 981 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2020

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

In episode 295 of the podcast I continue our race conversation with Michael Taylor and Jon Walton, 2 friends of TRS whose life’s work is to educate others and lift up people of color.

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Shownotes:

4:20 Introduction to Michael Taylor and Jon Walton

7:30 The roots of racism and white supremacy

12:00 Michael and Jon's experiences with racism

20:30 Is the reactivity around these problems necessary?

25:50 What can white people do?

33:25 Why we judge other people based on the color of their skin

41:00 How can white people get involved in supporting anti-racism without white-centering?

45:10 How to engage in challenging conversations around racism?

1:01:50 Is it necessary for white people to apologize to Black people?

1:04:00 Advice to deal with race issues in interracial relationships

1:09:00 About police brutality and how the media portrays Black people

1:16:45 Final thoughts

1:21:55 Action step

Useful Links:

https://www.shatteringblackmalestereotypes.com/

https://www.jontwalton.com/

Transcript

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0:00.0	I love what will smit said he says racism not getting worse is just getting filmed
0:04.1	and so what's happening is now because of technology white people get to see
0:09.2	what we've been saying since the 50s. Yeah. Greetings and welcome back to another episode of the
0:34.8	relationship schools podcast what's up Jason Gatis here and glad to be here
0:39.9	thanks for listening thanks for subscribing and sharing with your friends.
0:45.0	This podcast as you know is all about helping each other love better, relate to each other,
0:50.4	better, go deeper with each other, take responsibility for our part of a conflict, work through
0:57.0	conflicts, set boundaries.
0:58.9	So we provide you with a lot, a lot of relationship resources that hopefully help you in your life, right?
1:05.4	And we are in a very stressful time with racism going on, the death of George Floyd, the pandemic, COVID-19, masks, am I going to get sick?
1:17.8	Am I not going to get sick?
1:18.8	Someone died in my family?
1:20.3	You know, like we're all going through this together and I, you know, thanks for being here as maybe one resource because you see relationships as a way through this.
1:31.0	If we stay connected to each other, if we learn how to collaborate better,
1:35.2	these kind of things, you know? All right. In the last episode I wanted to make sure that I got a few
1:41.2	Voices of Color here on the podcast to help us make sense of this world we live in right now from a black perspective.
1:50.0	Obviously I can't speak to that. So our guests have been really gracious to educate me as a white man, but hopefully you. I don't, wherever you are on the spectrum of race, whatever the color of skin you have, whatever your gender is,
2:09.3	however you identify.
2:10.8	I just hope that this serves in some way. In this episode I've got two black men, Michael
2:17.8	Taylor and John Walton. I want to say a few words about each. Michael Taylor, I met many years ago.
2:24.0	He's been on the podcast before.
2:25.9	Super optimistic, upbeat guy.
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