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b'Many, if not most, white people don\'t think of themselves as racialized. Race, we might tell ourselves, is an issue for people who have different skin colors than ours: black people, Hispanic people, Asian people, indigenous people, etcetera. But, of course, white is a racial category. (Important side note: race, for the record, is not a biological thing; it\'s socially constructed.) Sadly, the white people who seem to have most clearly grasped that white is a race are white nationalists. But now it\'s time for white people to see whiteness, to talk to one another about it. This, many people in the racial justice world argue, is the key first step towards white people engaging fully in creating a more equitable society. My guest is Eleanor Hancock, who is the Executive Director of a group called White Awake, which employs "educational resources and spiritual practices" to engage white people "in the creation of a just and sustainable society." Eleanor was recommended to me by Sebene Selassie, who is one of the core teachers on the Ten Percent Happier app. Eleanor and I talk about why this work is so important, why so many white people resist it, the barriers white people face when they begin the work, the role of meditation, and the problematic aspects of white wokeness in these discussions.\\nWhere to find Eleanor Hancock & White Awake online:\\nWebsite: https://whiteawake.org/\\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/White-Awake-325759947539605/\\nFor updates on upcoming courses from White Awake, check our their website and social media pages.\\nOther Resources Mentioned:\\nAssata Shakur / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assata_Shakur\\nCOINTELPRO / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO\\nKara Dansky / https://www.shambhalamountain.org/teacher/kara-dansky/\\nAnne Braden / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Braden\\nAnn Atwater / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Atwater\\nC. P. Ellis / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._P._Ellis\\n7 thoughts on \\u201cRoots Deeper than Whiteness\\u201d / https://whiteawake.org/2018/10/27/roots-deeper-than-whiteness/\\nNeoliberalism / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism\\nBacon\'s Rebellion / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon%27s_Rebellion\\nJacqueline Battalora / https://www.speakoutnow.org/speaker/jacqueline-battalora\\nDown Home NC / https://downhomenc.org/\\nWhat is white supremacy? By Elizabeth \'Betita\' Martinez / http://www.pym.org/annual-sessions/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2017/06/What_Is_White_Supremacy_Martinez.pdf\\nIan Haney L\\xf3pez / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Haney_L%C3%B3pez\\nSolidarity for Survival / https://www.davidbfdean.com/ian-haney-lopez\\nDefund Police: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Says Budgets Wrongly Prioritize Cops Over Schools, Hospitals / https://www.democracynow.org/2020/6/1/keeanga_yamahtta_taylor_defund_us_police\\nBirth of a White Nation / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riVAuC0dnP4\\nWho Invented White People? / http://uuwhiteness.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/READING_-Who-Invented-White-People.pdf\\nHandout 2: Not Somewhere Else, But Here | Building the World We Dream About | Tapestry of Faith / https://www.uua.org/re/tapestry/adults/btwwda/workshop7/handout2\\nWhite Awake Summer Study & Action Group / https://mailchi.mp/whiteawake/study-support-action-summer-2020\\nResources to support:\\nList of Bail Funds for Protestors across the Country / https://bailfunds.github.io/\\nNational Bail Fund Network / https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/nbfn-directory\\nThe Bail Project / https://bailproject.org/\\nColor Of Change / https://colorofchange.org/\\nAdditional Resources:\\nTen Percent Happier Live: https://tenpercent.com/live\\nCoronavirus Sanity Guide: https://www.tenpercent.com/coronavirussanityguide\\nFree App access for Health Care Workers: https://tenpercent.com/care\\nFull Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/eleanor-hancock-254\\n\\nSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.'