Emmanuel Acho - Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
At Home with Linda & Drew Scott
Drew Scott
4.6 • 656 Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2021
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
New York Times bestselling author of Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man, Emmanuel Acho joins Linda and Drew to chat about how we can all come together to mend the racial divide in our world.
Emmanuel’s honest dialogue offers us accessible tools, vocabulary and perspective.
He also discusses cancel culture, how to actually be an ally and how to talk to people who don't want to listen when it comes to racism.
Connect with Emmanuel:
https://instagram.com/emmanuelacho?igshid=xnogxrb1v3h0
https://twitter.com/EmmanuelAcho
https://uncomfortableconvos.com/
Listen:
Listen / watch all of Emmanuel’s uncomfortable conversations at his YouTube channel!
Reflect:
Check you own biases. It may be difficult but it's a good place to start.
There are several online quizzes available (these might give you a bit of info about the questions to ask yourself during situations; remind you to be more mindful of your reactions and feelings so you can identify any biases).
Begin:
- Attend (virtual) workshops that focus on race-related issues
- Avoid using stereotypical, micro-aggressive comments and phrases like “You don't talk like you're black”.
- Take an ethnic cooking class
- Have intentional conversations on race with friends, family and colleagues.
Resources:
Get the book, Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
https://www.booksamillion.com/p/Uncomfortable-Conversations-Black-Man/Emmanuel-Acho/9781250800466
Learn about the tools our friends at the Lion’s Story share to help build racial literacy. We practice sports, writing, playing a musical instrument… we should also practice ways to solve racially stressful moments.
https://instagram.com/thelionsstory?igshid=lerj4h7gr79x
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody. |
| 0:03.0 | Welcome to At Home with us. |
| 0:06.0 | Linda and Drew Scott. |
| 0:07.3 | This is a show where we chat with artists, experts, dreamers, and doers, and leaders and change makers. |
| 0:14.0 | Makers and shakers. |
| 0:15.2 | Makers and shakers, yes. |
| 0:16.7 | Makers of impact that they'll create in the world starting at home. |
| 0:20.8 | We find inspiration in the big and the small moments in success and failures. |
| 0:26.3 | And we're always looking for ways that we can better our relationships with ourselves, our communities, and our planet. |
| 0:32.2 | And me? |
| 0:33.1 | And you, specifically you. |
| 0:34.9 | Thank you. |
| 0:36.0 | Yeah, we truly believe that any difference we want to make |
| 0:38.8 | out there in the big, great world, it starts right here at home and with ourselves. |
| 0:44.3 | One conversation at a time. Like this conversation right now. Speaking of conversations, |
| 0:51.8 | we are well into the month of love, although, I mean, when is it not month of love? I think every month is a month of conversations. Uh-huh. We are well into the month of love. |
| 0:55.0 | Although, I mean, when is it not a month of love? |
| 0:57.1 | I think every month is a month of love for us. |
| 0:59.1 | Are you just being extra sweet? |
| 1:00.7 | I'm being very sweet. |
| 1:02.0 | Are you trying to get brownie points for something? |
| 1:04.6 | Well, we're leading up to, you know, Valentine's isn't far off. |
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