Question.1272 - Summary: In this episode, Chenjerai Kumanyika asked John Biewen, “How attached are you to the idea of being white?” It is from this point that the two of them revisit an unfinished conversation from a previous episode. (podcast linkLinks to an external site.) Share an example of the current cost of racism to white people. If you need ideas to work with then read this post by Paul KivelLinks to an external site.. If you've identified as white, or if you see yourself as a person of color who has benefitted from proximal whiteness, then what do you feel you must (or must not) forfeit to repair what this construct places on society?
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