We are Part of the Problem (And How to be Part of the Solution)

From the Heart with Rachel Brathen

Rachel Brathen

Society & Culture

4.7 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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How many times have you thought that racism was perpetrated by a select group of ‘bad’ people, that you were completely separate from it, or even that racism didn’t exist at all? The truth is, as white people we have inherent biases and prejudices within us and whether we like it or not, we benefit from that privilege every day. Once our eyes are open to our privilege and to the injustice that comes along with it, we can begin to make real change - but along the way, we are going to make mistakes. Join Rachel in this week’s episode of the Yoga Girl Podcast where she humbly shares mistakes she has made as a western, Swedish, white yoga influencer, what she has learned from those mistakes, how the process opened her eyes to the global system of racism and how she is doing the work on a daily basis in order to listen, share resources, and use her platform to amplify BIPOC. This episode will remind you to create daily habits that help you to understand the far-reaching effects of systemic racism, listen, share resources, make mistakes, but keep the flame of change burning. Keep listening, re-learning and integrating your education on anti-racism in your day to day life. No problem can ever be solved by sweeping it under the rug. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.0	Welcome to a brand new episode of The YoarGirl Podcast. Thank you so much for tuning in with
0:40.0	Meet Today. I know I said last week on the show I was going to have a guest this week. We had
0:45.6	some rebookings and some things shift in the schedule so I'm going to have a guest on next week
0:52.0	and the week following. It's kind of appropriate because it gives me a moment to speak to you
0:59.6	guys from the heart which I think is in a space we are all in right now. I feel like everyone has this
1:09.1	longing to listen from the heart and to speak from the heart and it's showing up in all sorts
1:15.2	of different ways. I was excited for this week's episode of The Podcast to be a big episode
1:21.7	on anti-racism and I shared last week that I have committed to not having huge conversations
1:27.9	around this without having a black person present to guide and then this week I have again learned a
1:34.3	lot so actually I am going to share a little bit more right now in terms of my own learnings, my own
1:41.7	experience as a white woman navigating this conversation and supporting this movement from afar.
1:48.1	Some beautiful advice that I have received. A woman you should all follow on Instagram is Bex Life.
1:54.2	I just want to do a little shout out for Rebecca. She's been super super helpful in terms of
2:01.1	questions that I've been navigating especially in terms of talking on such a big platform.
2:05.6	And today what I plan to share a little bit about is some mistakes that I've made.
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