Jews Talk Racial Justice - S2E3: Flip the Script on Urgent Action
“I can't do this alone - and I'm not supposed to.” - April N. Baskin
Read MoreJews Talk Racial Justice - S2E2: There is no Jewish Space Laser. Period.
After Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene's tweet about the 2018 California Wildfires being caused by a space laser controlled by the Rothschild family ignited a slew of jokes on social media, April and Tracie take some time to think about different reactions to antisemitism.
Read MoreJews Talk Racial Justice - S2E1: Tu B'Shevat and the Wisdom of Trees
“Rootedness in the context of capitalism, and racism, and patriarchy is so undervalued, because to be rooted is to be powerful, and systems of oppression don't work well when people are powerful. And yet, that is how we cultivate spiritual, emotional, mental, and even racial justice power, by steady, slow, irreversible, consistent progress.” - April N. Baskin
Read MoreJews Talk Racial Justice - Ep 20: The Insurrection and the Delusion of White Supremacy
“There are folks who keep saying ‘this isn't who we are.’ I don't think that's true. This is exactly who we are, but it's not who we have to be. We can be better.” - Tracie Guy-Decker
Read MoreJews Talk Racial Justice - Ep 19: Jews Talk Black Lives Matter
“So what’s my response when someone asks for a more palatable phrase? ‘You know what? Let's figure that out later. Right now, let's do what we need to do to dismantle the structures that are allowing Black people to be endangered on our streets.’” - Tracie Guy-Decker
Read MoreJews Talk Racial Justice - Ep 18: Hamilton and White Comfort
“I think that a component of white supremacy culture is this right to comfort, and therefore, if something makes me uncomfortable, it must be wrong.” - April N. Baskin
Read MoreJews Talk Racial Justice - Ep 17: BOTH Ownership AND Community
“This is a learning journey and a healing and incremental, ongoing learning process for all of us, but that you will commit to taking ownership of being on that journey.” - April N. Baskin
Read MoreJews Talk Racial Justice - Ep 16: Ways of Knowing and Finding Ease
“I think that there are ways in my life where I bring immense effort, where there's a way to achieve arguably more than I'm achieving right now if I can physically and spiritually embody more trust and still show up to work. But it's, like, am I looking for rocks to lift? Or am I am I noticing that there is actually keys in the ignition of a lift next to me, and if I just paused enough to notice, there's resource right there, that rather than me trying to lift boulders, by engaging what already is and slowing down enough.” - April N. Baskin
Read MoreJews Talk Racial Justice - Ep 15: Oil, Co-Creating, and Having What We Need
“I would wanna ask you what's one day's worth of oil in your life? What is one skill, one bit of knowledge you do have that it's easy to overlook?” - April N. Baskin
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