Ep. 537 - Understanding the Inside/Outside Ways of Fighting for Change
The Breakdown with Shaun King
The North Star
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2021
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I share a painful, personal story about a lesson that I learned about organizing for change as an outsider and organizing for change as an insider. In the winter of 2014, I found myself in a deep funk after failing in so many fights for families fighting for justice. And I got a call from The White House that forever changed the way I saw my role in this movement. I wanted to speak like and lead like Malcolm, but have the access to rooms of power and privilege like Martin. It didn't work. Let me unpack and explain how that informs almost everything I do as a leader today.
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| 0:00.0 | When you think of Canada, a lot of things probably come to mind. |
| 0:04.0 | But did you know that when you expand your business to Canada, |
| 0:07.0 | you're expanding to the G7 country with one of the lowest corporate tax rates? |
| 0:12.0 | That means competitive business costs for your business. |
| 0:15.0 | So no matter where you're located, we make it easy for you to expand to the best country in the G20 for doing business. |
| 0:22.0 | Invest in Canada. |
| 0:24.0 | Your second home. |
| 0:26.0 | Learn more at investcanada.ca slash expand. |
| 0:30.0 | Some of us are insiders. |
| 0:34.0 | We're at the table. |
| 0:36.0 | We're in the meeting. |
| 0:38.0 | We are appointed to cabinets and administrations and boards and councils. |
| 0:46.0 | Some of us are playing the inside game. |
| 0:50.0 | And some of us are not. |
| 0:52.0 | We're pushing from the outside as organizers and activists. |
| 0:57.0 | And I want to teach you for a moment how that works. |
| 1:02.0 | I want to share a story that I don't think I've ever shared here on the breakdown podcast. |
| 1:07.0 | And I want to tell you why neither group is better than the other, |
| 1:12.0 | but both groups always think they are. |
| 1:15.0 | Let me unpack and explain it. |
| 1:17.0 | And talk to you about how I think we can influence the incoming Biden Harris administration. |
| 1:24.0 | This is Sean King. You are listening to? |
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