Hello and welcome to the Yarniaks podcast.

This is episode number 220, which we are recording on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020.

I'm Gail.

And I'm Charlene.

And today we're going to kick things off a wee bit differently.

Instead of talking about what we're wearing, we're going to talk a little bit about what we're

feeling. So over the last week in America, there has been a lot of civil unrest, a lot of protests,

and a lot of people speaking out against racial injustice

because of the killing of George Floyd. And we don't want to be silent about that. And we're

going to keep it short and just from the heart because that's what we do. And I just want to say that I've been doing my best

to educate myself and learn about my white privilege and how I can be a better human since last

January when this discussion started in the knitting community and I'm very grateful that it did start because

I wasn't aware of a lot of things about myself and society and the world in general. And this is

acting as a very strong reminder that I will never stop learning. My learning is just beginning,

and it's been over a year. I haven't even dipped my toe in the amount of learning I need to do.

And my family has been learning with me, and I'm participating in protests here locally and I'm doing all I can to learn

and act and to just be quiet and listen. And like Gail, I feel I also have a lot to learn.

We're always learning and hopefully whatever path you choose, there are lots

of ways to get there, to become more anti-racist. There are lots of ways and you can choose a path

that challenges you. Hopefully, if it it's reading if it's protesting if it's learning

in whatever way hopefully everyone on their own personal path to become more anti-racist will

choose something that is a challenge to them because I feel

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