Jews Talk Racial Justice - Ep 1: Join the Conversation From the Beginning
QUICK EPISODE OVERVIEW
The week when it all started (sort of). April and Tracie introduce themselves, share more about how they connected, and their vision for sharing and modeling conversations about race for the Jewish community and our neighbors.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
April and Tracie decided to launch the podcast to share and model how to have important conversations about race. Are you having these conversations? Who with?
April tells Tracie that she appreciates the thoughtful feedback she gives her. What does thoughtful feedback look like to you? How do you best receive feedback?
Building on what April and Tracie say about themselves, how do the intersections of your backgrounds, identities, and experiences impact how you practice racial justice?
April mentions that sometimes people get stuck in their racial justice practice when they have certain questions or just need little more information. What burning questions do you have as you move forward?
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INSIGHTS FROM THIS EPISODE
“In April of 2015, I was watching, like the rest of the world, the unrest and then what turned violent here in Baltimore with the rest of the country, and I started to cry. Something clicked in my brain, and I experienced it as God speaking to me saying, like, ‘Now, you’re crying, right? A man is dead, and he’s just the most recent person.’ And so, in that moment of shame, and anguish, and everything else, it refocused my path, because I felt it as a call from the divine.”
“I’m hoping that we can model having open, comfortable conversations around a topic that, in general, Americans have been taught not to talk about.”
“There are a lot of people who have lots of questions about these things that are stuck around being able to move forward when all they need is a little bit more information, or insight, or a funny story, or anecdote that helps them work their way around something that feels very hard, and helps them to see that, ‘Yes, that may have been legitimately scary, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t move through it, and get to the other side with greater insight.’”
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