Coffee Talk: Racial Injustices - We Must Talk About It
In this AZ Coffee Talk, we take a step away from our regular programming, and are joined by one of our fantastic friends and colleague, Judie Saunders, Esq., to have a candid conversation about the long-standing systemic and brutal racism that plagues our past and our present, and shine a light on the ways in which we can support the Black community, fight racism on all levels and provide a future that is safe for ALL during this lifetime and in generations to come.
We get real on the role that a history of psychological warfare has played in creating the injustices, the barriers we need to overcome and the validation the black community is finally experiencing.
Some of the questions we cover:
What are the behaviors we need to practice?
What are the systemic changes we need to make from the ground up - starting in education?
What are the changes to the court system that would help to remove barriers which create a cycle of racial injustices?
And most importantly, we cover real, actionable things you can do to support these changes.
During this Coffee Talk, we reference a number of resources and articles, which we are providing links to here, but if watching this raises other questions or if you are someone experiencing racism and need legal help, please reach out. We can refer you to the appropriate legal counsel.
For further exploration on...
What systemic racism really looks like, read What a 1968 Report Tells Us About the Persistence of Racial Inequality, from NPR.org.
How we've reached our current crisis in policing, watch the "60 Minutes" interview with Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense.
What it means to "defund the police," take a look at this article from the Brookings Institute, "What does 'defund the police' mean and does it have merit?"
A historical look back of the psychological warfare the black population in America has had to struggle with for hundreds of years, listen to the The New York Times podcast "1619".
How white people's reactions to the assumptions about race feed into the racial inequality, read White Fragility, and while you're on this site, explore the amazing list of books that can help you educate and reshape your perspective.
And after you've tackled the resources above, you can continue the journey using this comprehensive list from Korn Ferry on eradicating racism in the corporate world.