Conversations about Race and Gender: Confronting Biases, Fostering Empathy, and Raising Socially Conscious Kids with Liz Kleinrock

Badass Basic Bitch

Brianna Dunbar-DeMike

Self-improvement, Entrepreneur, Life Coach, Career, Mom Boss, Mom, Working Mom, Parenting, Education

4.2 • 529 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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In this week's episode, we are joined by the incredible Liz Kleinrock, a renowned educator and advocate for antiracist and antibias work. Liz shares her journey, starting from her upbringing and how her identities shaped her perception of herself and her career path. Together, we delve into the importance of recognizing and addressing implicit biases, exploring strategies for identifying and checking our own biases, and discussing why it's crucial for adults and parents to reflect on their bi...

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0:00.0	What's up, Badi Bees?
0:11.3	I'm Brianna, mom, wife, serial entrepreneur, and host of the badass basic bitch podcast.
0:18.5	Each week, I sit down with a seemingly ordinary woman who's doing extraordinary things,
0:24.2	and I get to share her story with you. So let's go. Buckle up as we're going to get real and dive into
0:31.5	the shit nobody talks about. Welcome to the Batty B Club. Is there an opportunity to educate your kid about it?
0:40.6	And if you're not offering that additional lesson, for me, that's very much a wasted opportunity.
0:44.8	You can say, you know, everybody's skin colored exactly like you did.
0:48.3	People's skin color looks different.
0:49.5	There are a lot of different reasons why people's skin color looks different.
0:52.8	You talk about the amount of pigment or
0:54.3	melanin in their skin. We can talk about where their ancestors lived in relation to the equator,
0:59.1	like more sun, darker skin tones, 100%. And it's not being afraid to go into those details.
1:09.7	Welcome back to another episode of Badass Basic Bitch.
1:12.5	On today's episode, we have with us Liz Kleinrock.
1:15.8	Liz is a trans racially adopted Korean, Jewish, queer, anti-biased and anti-racist, nationally recognized educator, author, and consultant.
1:26.8	And today we are going to be discussing
1:28.3	how parents and educators can navigate conversations with children about topics such as gender and
1:34.8	race. Liz, thank you so much for being with us today. Thank you so much for having me. It's an honor
1:40.4	to be here. It took me about 10 tries to get this intro done because I am tired.
1:45.8	You crushed it though. You crushed it. I put my focus face on and I said, I'm doing this.
1:53.1	Oh my gosh. Okay. Why don't you tell us more about yourself and your background? Sure. So I think you
1:59.8	hit most of like the main social identities that I
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