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Laura Cathcart Robbins is back on the show this week! She joins me for an essential conversation about racism, how the lack of conversations about race can be scarring for children, and the pain and trauma of race relations between black and white women. Laura is a freelance culture writer and host of the popular podcast, The Only One In The Room. I am thrilled to have her back on the show!
And just to be clear: If we are going to make the world a better place and make ourselves better humans, we must continue to have conversations about race and do the work. Because when we are talking about women’s empowerment, we’re talking about feminism, and when we’re talking about feminism, we’re talking about patriarchy; and when we’re talking about patriarchy, we’re talking about white supremacy. It’s all connected.
In this episode you’ll hear:
- What white parents should be teaching their children about racism. (5:06)
- Why black women find it hard to trust white women. “Some of us are dealing with unprecedented grief. We are broken with pain and unvalidated anger.”(20:12)
- Laura offers an intimate glimpse into her interracial relationship and how the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery affected it. (36:10)
Resources mentioned in this episode:
TheOnlyOnePod.com
Laura's Huffpost article that went viral
Laura on Instagram
Laura on Twitter
Laura on Facebook
Laura’s article about Talking To Our Children About Racism
Episode 367: The Only One in the Room with Laura Cathcart Robbins
Brené Brown’s Facebook live on the events in Charlottesville, VA in 2017
Dr. Tee Williams – Foundations of Social Justice
White women, I’m glad you’re showing up, but I’m not sure I trust you yet
I Have A White Boyfriend. Does That Make Me Any Less Black?
Laura Cathcart Robbins is a freelance culture writer and host of the popular podcast, The Only One In The Room, living in Studio City, California. She has been active for many years as a speaker and school trustee and is credited for creating The Buckley School’s nationally recognized committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Her recent articles in the Huffington Post on the subjects of race, recovery, and divorce have garnered her worldwide acclaim. She is a 2018 LA Moth StorySlam winner and currently sits on the advisory board for the San Diego Writer’s Festival and the Outliers HQ podcast Festival. Laura is also a founding member of Moving Forewords, the first national memoirist collective of its kind. Find out more about her on her website, or you can look for her on Facebook, on Instagram and follow her on Twitter.
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