S1:E1 - White Fragility, George Floyd, and Color Blindness Black & White & Read All Over

RAO team asks Carrie Brownstein to be their pal. Also: Donald discusses George Floyd, police militarization, and how he approaches teaching during periods of heightened racial tension. Bailey goes over key terms found in White Fragility. 

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Donald’s Sources 

https://mappingpoliceviolence.org/

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-06-04/police-killings-black-victims

https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/indianapolis-shooting-police-chief-comments/

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-myth-of-systemic-police-racism-11591119883

Bailey’s sources

https://robindiangelo.com/about-me/

https://robindiangelo.com/resources/

https://www.beacon.org/assets/pdfs/whitefragilityreadingguide.pdf

DiAngelo, Robin J. White Fragility: Why It's so Hard for White People to Talk about Racism. Allen Lane, an Imprint of Penguin Books, 2019.

https://onbeing.org/programs/claudia-rankine-how-can-i-say-this-so-we-can-stay-in-this-car-together-jan2019/