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Sway Them in ColorAuthor: Christina Blacken
Our brains are wired to focus on what is wrong, but this means we often miss the cultural and ethical wisdom right in front of us about what is working, good, and new to find real solutions to our problems. This podcast features inspiring personal development tips and stories of overlooked ethical and cultural wisdom told live from incredible unconventional leaders, as well as curated from original poetry, social justice book reviews, and overlooked historical recaps, written and produced by Christina Blacken, founder of The New Quo Learning Community, which is a weekly email newsletter and monthly coaching community that helps mission driven folks use the power of personal storytelling and overlooked ethical and cultural wisdom to create a better future. The Tell it Proud podcast will inspire you with overlooked topics that crusty, inequitable leaders often want erased or ignored, because they change the status-quo for the better. *Formally known as the Sway Them In Color Podcast, which you can find older episodes of with that title. Language: en-us Genres: Business, Education, Management, Self-Improvement Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Being Liberal is Not an Oppression Pass
Thursday, 16 April, 2026
Today's episode is a throwback to one of my favorite episodes I produced on a previous podcast of mine called Sway Them in Color. In this solo episode, I unpack the concept of what I call an oppression pass, which is the belief that because you are liberal, marginalized yourself, like black people/have one black friend/are married to a black person/have black children you don't participate in or perpetuate in white supremacy. My dear friends, I'm here to let you know oppression passes are being handed out like it's six flags, but they don't exist. In this episode I unpack five key narrative myths many liberal people, in particular white people (although anyone who claims to be liberal can fall into these traps), believe around racism that keeps white supremacy alive including: myth 1: I know/am married to/friends with a black person, therefore I am not racist myth 2: systemic racism doesn't exist, social outcomes are always from individual effort/character flaw myth 3: the only form of protest that's acceptable is peaceful protest myth 4: I am marginalized myself (gay, poor, have a disability etc) therefore I can't be racist myth 5: I identify as a liberal, thus I am not racist
