Complacency
☆
☆
☆
☆
☆
“Per ep 22. As a biracial individual raised in a white neighborhood, I completely understand and also find myself being complacent at times. Honestly, I don’t feel it’s a bad thing to be temporarily complacent. It doesn’t make you a bad person. It’s important to bounce back if you were to somehow be offensive, but forgetting to go the extra mile to include someone should simply be treated as lessons learned. The person that you truly are will show through your progressive action. Complacency, in my opinion, is a level of comfort that our mind and body constantly seeks. We cannot be on guard 100% of the time and stay healthy. And if we’re not healthy, we are unable to give the proper attention to issues that might so desperately need the healthy you. One of the best things to learn and grow with is the threshold at which you will speak up. It could take the form of outspoken denouncement, private teaching moments, or taking the time to have an open and honest check-in/feedback session.
I’m in the middle of this episode and I’ll be finishing it shortly. You may know this already but, again from my perspective, one thing I think is most important to express to you both is... being white is not a bad thing nor should you ever feel guilty for being white. It’s how you were born. But you can choose what you do with who you are. Being compassionate, open to leaning, and willing to help when you mentally and/or physically can (even if it’s sporadic), is a great and helpful thing. So many people don’t even feel comfortable enough to acknowledge basic privileges or attempt to justify what they do by passing on blame or responsibility to someone else. But no fault doesn’t always equal no responsibility.
As always, it’s good to know there are people out there working on themselves with humility to acknowledge imperfection and a willingness to look out for others. Thanks!”
jesse.331 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/06/19
More reviews of The Interracial Jawn
☆
☆
☆
☆
☆
“I found this show today and really enjoyed the episode. It gives me a lot to think about and is very encouraging. I didn’t know I needed it!”
1234.5678 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/05/22
☆
☆
☆
☆
☆
“Terrific podcast at shaking out the cobwebs of white supremacy and privilege.
@UnrulyRev and @VeryWhiteGuy take on #WhitePrivilege, often from a UU viewpoint, in an accessible way, even for those of us not conversant with UUism.
It's a great place to begin building better white people. (See...”Read full review »
L'Activa via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
10/16/17
☆
☆
☆
☆
☆
“Pseudo-profound, narcissistic narrating male who has the constant need to self-identify as a very very white guy, and keeps on referring to himself as white. Intentions may be good, however context is poor and faux intellectual. The fact that you have a black partner isn’t sufficient to make a...”Read full review »
Helena Schwartz via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/22/19
Do you host a podcast?
Track your ranks and reviews from Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more.
See hourly chart positions and more than 30 days of history.
Get Chartable Analytics »
See hourly chart positions and more than 30 days of history.
Listen now
Links
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
Patreon
Genres
Artwork or description wrong?
Request an update »
Updates may take a few minutes.
Do you host a podcast?
Track your ranks and reviews from Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more.
See hourly chart positions and more than 30 days of history.
Get Chartable Analytics »
See hourly chart positions and more than 30 days of history.
