7. The Reality of Racism

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In today’s episode my dear friend Vernisha Garner sits down with me and we transparently discuss her experiences with racism and the effects it has on her life and mental health.

Follow Vern-

Twitter: @Nishalynette

Instagram: @vernishalynette

Facebook: Nisha Lynette

Link to purchase The Significance of a Heart-

Blog- www.muthashood.com

Links to Donate to assist with the Black Lives Matter Movement-

Change Today Change Tomorrow- https:://change-today.org

Until Freedom- www.louisville87.com

Black Visions Collective- www.blackvisionsmn.com

GoFundMe for Odessa Riley (David McAtee’s Mother)- https://www.gofundme.com/f/justicefordavidmcatee

Reclaim the Block- reclaimtheblock.org

Campaign Zero- joimcampaignzero.org

Black Lives Matter- blacklivesmatter.com

Communities United Against Police Brutality- cuapb.org

NAACP Legal Defense Fund- naacpldf.org

American Civil Liberties Union- aclu.org

Educational tools for White Folx:

Books-

White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

How to Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X Kendi

The New Jim Crow- by Michelle Alexander

Stamped by Ibram X Kendi

Podcasts-

1619 (New York Times)

About Race

Code Switch (NPR)

Intersectionality Matters by Kimberle Crenshaw

Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast

Pod for the Cause (Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights)

Pod Save The People (Crooked Media)

Seeing White

Parenting Forward (EP 5)

Fare of the Free Child Podcast

Films/Shows-

13th (Netflix)

American Son (Netflix)

Dear White People (Netflix)

If Beale St Could Talk (Hulu)

King in the Wilderness (HBO)

See You Yesterday (Netflix)

The Hate You Give (Cinemax)

When They See Us (Netflix)

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