Racism Is A Distraction
Black Girl Burnout
Kelley Bonner
4.7 • 762 Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to the Black Girl Burnout Podcast. In this episode, Kelley addresses a topic that we need to talk about. The concept of racism is a distraction. It is possible that such a strong proclamation may make some of you feel uncomfortable. However, it is time for us to address the fact that the societal narrative being told about black people is largely inaccurate and designed to make us feel “lesser than”. This episode is for you if you are ready to learn how to opt out of racism and unhappiness during Black History Month. More, more, and still more is within your reach in 2024. Tune in today and prepare yourself to engage in realistic strategies that can help you with opting into a life filled with abundance and joy.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Black Girl Burnout podcast. |
| 0:11.8 | Kelly here. |
| 0:12.9 | And today we need to talk about it, y'all. |
| 0:15.5 | Today we are going to talk about racism. |
| 0:19.2 | And we're going to talk about how to opt out of unhappiness. And yes, I'm going to link |
| 0:25.5 | those two things together in Black History Month of all places. But if we cannot talk about |
| 0:31.3 | opting out of unhappiness and racism in Black History Month, I don't know when we're going to be able to have this conversation. |
| 0:40.1 | And I am going to make a pretty strong proclamation that for some of you is going to be uncomfortable. |
| 0:48.0 | That's okay. |
| 0:49.6 | I'm okay with you all being a little uncomfortable. |
| 0:52.3 | I'm uncomfortable. |
| 0:53.6 | I've been uncomfortable with this topic, with my navigation of it. |
| 0:59.8 | And I promise you it's worth the conversation. |
| 1:04.6 | And it is all coming to you from the goodness of my heart and the dedication that we all have to opt out of struggle. |
| 1:15.8 | And so to give you some context about what I'm going to talk about, |
| 1:20.1 | we're talking about opting out of unhappiness, |
| 1:22.6 | and we are going to link that to racism with the following quote. |
| 1:26.7 | And this quote is from |
| 1:27.7 | Tony Morrison. She was a very famous and decorated writer. And she made this very powerful |
| 1:35.3 | quote. And it goes like this. The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. |
| 1:47.3 | It keeps you from doing your work. |
| 1:50.3 | It keeps you explaining over and over and over again your reason for being. |
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