White People Make Everything About Race
A podcast for well meaning white folks, trying to make sense of their own racial identity.
Episodes 1-7 of season 2, “Is White Privilege a Lie?" are available now!
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If you’re white like me, at some point you’ve probably been told it’s not polite to talk about race. But have you ever really thought about race? About your own race? About what it means for you?
Welcome to a show that asks the question: what does it mean to be well meaning and white in a society that has failed to fully address racial disparities?
Learn more at whitepeoplemakeeverythingaboutrace.com.
White People Make Everything About Race
Latest Episodes
Season 2 Preview: Is White Privilege a Lie?
Hi everyone and welcome to a preview of our new season of White People Make Everything About Race.This season is going to take a different format from last time.Last season I had some incredible guests who came on the pod to sha...
Season 2, Episode 1: Is White Privilege A Lie?
White privilege. Does it exist? Is it a lie? With the unfairness and rage many white people are feeling; the broad legal and cultural attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion that are happening throughout the country; and ...
Season 2, Episode 2: Why Whiteness?
In the Virginia Colony, a social and economic system centered on the elites was intentionally racialized to keep it that centered on the elites. Racial anxiety was manufactured and then it was stoked to keep people divided.Fast forward t...
Season 2, Episode 3: Redlining, The 'burbs, and The Northern Confederacy
Since the fall of the Confederacy, maybe the most shocking and enduring example of national policy rooted in racial discrimination is the practice of government sponsored redlining. I learned about redlining when I was 22, and it ha...
Season 2, Episode 4: The Five Phantoms - Inheritance
For those of us who are identified as white, life appears to have less friction if we don’t acknowledge that privilege exists.But multiple forms of privilege and power are always present, in every situation and every interaction.P...
