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At Home with Linda & Drew Scott

Conversations on Race - Part 3: Kenny Leon on the Power of Story to Change the World

At Home with Linda & Drew Scott

Drew Scott

Drew Scott, Jonathan Scott, Hgtv, Home & Garden, Society & Culture, Linda Scott, Parenting, Kids & Family, At Home With Linda & Drew Scott, Property Brothers, Leisure

4.6656 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In this special series of At Home: Conversations on Race, we have the honor of hearing from experts and leaders to help us navigate our own path to racial justice. 


Kenny Leon is a Tony Award winning Broadway and film director. His extensive work include A Raisin in the Sun, starring Denzel Washington, The Mountaintop, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett, and American Son, starring Kerry Washington. 


Kenny shares his thoughts and experiences with us, and through it recognizes the healing that can come from this. He believes it’s never too late to do the right thing. In many cases it takes the white community saying that these issues are not just black issues because we are all connected to each other.


Conversations on Race:

Part 3: Kenny Leon on the Power of Story to Change the World

https://youtu.be/Xx8JPK1q7jM


Follow and learn from Kenny Leon and his initiatives: 


Kenny Leon

https://www.kennyleon.com/

https://www.instagram.com/iamkennyleon/

https://twitter.com/iamKENNYLEON


True Colors 

https://truecolorstheatre.org/

https://www.instagram.com/truecolorstheatre/

https://twitter.com/kltruecolors


Watch: 

American Son 

https://www.netflix.com/title/81024100


Support: 

Donate to support inclusive theatre company that celebrates the rich tradition of black storytelling while giving voice to bold artists of all cultures.

https://truecolorstheatre.org/support/

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Thank you for joining us at home. We are dedicating the next few episodes to conversations on race.

0:06.1

Our goal for this podcast from the very beginning was to simply have meaningful conversations about the foundations of home life.

0:12.0

Because we really believe that the values we learn at home are those that we often live by and carry with us into the world.

0:17.8

So we would like to share with you our journey in learning more about the systemic racism that has brought us to this day. Sadly, we as a whole have led atrocities

0:25.9

against all minorities, particularly black people compound for far too long. And in our ignorance,

0:31.8

the lives of many innocent people have been tragically lost to violence. We hope that by sharing

0:36.3

our learning process, we can encourage you to look deeper as well,

0:39.5

to reflect on our own biases,

0:41.7

to be curious and challenge our own ideologies,

0:44.9

and to listen and to open our minds and hearts

0:47.6

to just have these difficult conversations.

0:50.9

And we're confident that this is the path

0:52.9

to positive change and that it can all start with each one of us right at home.

0:56.6

We'd like to thank each of our experts in this series.

0:59.1

We look to them for insight on how we can better communicate and for the tools each of us can practice to eradicate racism and create a just society for all.

1:07.8

We're truly thankful for their selflessness to share their knowledge with us.

1:10.6

In this episode, we chat with Kenny Leon on the power of story to change the world.

1:14.9

Kenny is an award-winning Broadway, TV, and film director who has brought to life impactful

1:19.4

stories such as American Sun with Kerry Washington and Fences with Denzel Washington and

1:24.1

Viola Davis. If you'd like to learn more, we will be sharing resources on our website at home podcast.net

1:29.3

and on social media.

1:30.8

And listen to our other guests in this series, Jane Elliott on One Human Race.

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