“White Folks Don’t Care”

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“Robin DiAngelo, the author of “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism,” doesn’t mince words. “I actually don’t think that most white people care about racial injustice. I really don’t,” she says.”

Listen to this interview between Jonathan Capehart and Robin DiAngelo. Jonathan Capehart is an African American journalist and opinion writer for the Washington Post. In this interview, Robin DiAngelo, who is identified as white speaks of her work on racial justice with white people. She is both funny and profound. At the end of the interview you will hear the impact her words, the words of a white woman, directed to Jonathan Capehart, a black man. She demonstrates how we can make a difference, one conversation at a time.

Below are two links to the same podcast: one that takes you to the Washington Post and the other to Apple podcasts.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/author-white-fragility-doesnt-think-most-white-people/id1143265842?i=1000476515293

https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/cape-up/the-author-of-white-fragility-doesnt-think-most-white-people-care-about-racial-injustice/?itid=sf_cape-up

If the links don’t work for the way you access podcasts, you may need to search for the Podcast, Cape Up with Jonathan Capehart and look for the interview with Robin DiAngelo published on June 2, 2020. You can listen to this over any computer.

I’ll be curious to hear your reactions.

Holy One,
Reveal to me the fear and racism that lives in me. Help me to see truths that are painful and to live with love and compassion toward myself and those around me. Amen.

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