Eliminate Invisible Distractions

Black Girl Burnout

Kelley Bonner

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 762 Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Today I want to talk to you about identifying distractions that are associated with racism. In reality, racism is a distraction. It keeps you in a disruptive cycle of proving and explaining yourself, repeatedly. However, as Toni Morrison says, “there will always be one more thing”. I am going to cover 3 strategies that will help you to end the toxic cycle of racial distractions in your life. If you feel as though your visions and goals are out of reach due to the false thoughts implemented by racism, this episode is for you. Once you realize that you absolutely can end the cycle of uncertainty, dismissal, and being ignored, your life will change in a positive way. So, my question for you today is, how is racism distracting you? Let’s talk about it. Our Sponsors: * Check out Super.com and use my code super.com/credit for a great deal: https://super.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Black Girl Burnout podcast.
0:09.7	This is Kelly here.
0:12.1	Today I want to talk to you about distractions.
0:17.1	And one particular distraction, the distraction of racism.
0:23.1	There is this incredible quote by Tony Morrison,
0:28.1	and it goes like this.
0:30.6	The function, the very serious function of racism, is distraction.
0:37.2	It keeps you from doing your work.
0:39.9	It keeps you explaining over and over again your reason for being.
0:45.3	None of this is necessary.
0:47.8	There will always be one more thing.
0:50.4	This quote is so powerful because so often we feel that we have to prove ourselves and that the nature of racism, the nature of discrimination, isn't its own self a great distraction.
1:03.3	In this quote, she talks about how somebody says you have no language and you spend 20 years proving that you do.
1:10.6	Somebody says you have no art, so you dredge that up. Somebody says that you have no language and you spend 20 years proving that you do. Somebody says you have no art,
1:12.2	so you dredge that up. Somebody says that you have no kingdoms, so you dredge that up. And that's when
1:18.4	she ends the quote by saying none of this is necessary. There will always be one more thing.
1:23.9	So today I wanted to really talk about how that can show up in our lives.
1:28.7	And as a result, burn us out.
1:32.1	There is nothing more painful and more exhausting and depleting than to be a question
1:40.1	mark to people.
1:42.1	Then to never be solid in your identity, never be sure of who you are because someone is
1:47.0	reflecting back to you, uncertainty, dismissal, cruelty, or ignoring your gifts.
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