Ep. 124 – Mindful of Race with Ruth King

Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg

Be Here Now Network

Beherenow, Religion & Spirituality, Beherenownetwork, Buddhism, Meditation, Society & Culture, Sharonsalzberg, Metta, Salzberg, Compassion

4.6 • 682 Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

For episode 124 of the Metta Hour, Sharon is re-releasing a previously released episode of the podcast from 2018, featuring a conversation with author, teacher, and activist, Ruth King.

Ruth King is an international teacher in the Insight Meditation tradition, blending mindfulness and meditation principles with an exploration of racial conditioning and its impact. She is the author of “Mindful of Race,” published in June of 2018. In this conversation, Ruth and Sharon speak at length about racial conditioning and racial justice, the nuance of identity, and Ruth’s work rebuilding communities with new understanding and connection.

Learn more about Ruth and her work at https://ruthking.net.

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1:48.1	backslash Sharon.
1:54.2	Hi, this is Sharon.
1:56.8	And what we're doing for this particular broadcast
1:59.3	is we're rebroadcasting a podcast that I had the chance to record in December of 2018 with Ruth King, who had just had a book come out called Mindful of Race.
2:11.7	And I would highly recommend that you consider her book if you don't already have it, because I think it may be a really good
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