So I don't usually do an introduction to a solo episode because that's sort of redundant.

But I feel the need to do one for this episode.

I am touching on something pretty important.

And, you know, I've been toying with whether to release this episode at all.

And let me sort of explain to you what my entire thought process has been throughout this.

My process has been, I am a white woman and I consider myself an ally. And I think it's important for me to

stand up and speak up about things that are going on in the world today. I'm also aware of being a

white woman and not wanting to center a conversation around my white experience. And I've been going back and forth about

do I talk about this by myself or do I bring a black woman on to have this conversation,

which I do want to do in the future. As a white ally, I often struggle, and I think a lot of us do,

in this place between I want to speak up,

and I want to take the labor off of the backs of black women and people of color to

explain shit to other white people, right? And as a leader with a platform, it's important

for me to use my voice and use my platform to have really

hard and important conversations, such as conversations on matters of race and privilege.

And, you know, so there's that, right? It's like, I am a white person. It is my job as an ally

to have these fucking hard conversations as a white ally.

And then also, right, but am I in doing so, centering the conversation on me as opposed to

inviting a black person on to have this conversation.

But does that put the labor back on them?

Right.

So I think a lot of white people struggle with this. And here's what I think. Here's what I really think. As I've been toying with

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