Lisa Bloom, civil rights attorney at The Bloom Firm, legal analyst for NBC News and Avvo, and author of Suspicion Nation: The Inside Story of the Trayvon Martin Injustice and Why We Continue to Repeat It (Counterpoint, 2014), talks about the role of white people in dialogues about race and justice.
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Now, inspired partly by a caller during our #RadioTalksRace special: white ppl discuss race. http://t.co/f8dtDtMb0d pic.twitter.com/lHmYihSnst
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 14, 2015
It’s not fair or right that African Americans should have to shoulder the burden of talking about race in America, says @lisabloom.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 14, 2015
What stops most white people from entering race dialogue is "fear of saying the wrong thing." @lisabloom
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 14, 2015
.@BrianLehrer @LisaBloom Very true. Also many whites have had limited exposure to black people, w/out meaningful relationships.
— Michael J. Agovino (@SoccerDiarist) July 14, 2015
@BrianLehrer @LisaBloom it is unfair but when blacks speak about race we sometimes get accused of not letting go or playing the race card!
— Natalia Ciccone (@CicconeTalia) July 14, 2015
Caller John says he’s had purposeful conversations w/ black friends about race, but not white friends, mostly because "we never needed to."
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 14, 2015
…caller John goes on: white ppl need to reflect. Having bias doesn’t make you racist – addressing it makes you responsible. #RadioTalksRace
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 14, 2015
John caller: as wmoc, I hear news stories and fear he is black. At least you wonder what color rather than fear he is white @BrianLehrer
— Blu_wire@11 (@Blu_wire11) July 14, 2015
This terrible 'black man as criminal' stereotype is something we really have to get rid of if we want to overcome racism, says @LisaBloom.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 14, 2015
.@LisaBloom says white people can learn a lot from reading books about African American experience... (1/2)
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 14, 2015
..@LisaBloom suggests: The New Jim Crowe by Michelle Alexander Who’s Afraid of Post-Blackness by Michael Eric Dyson More suggestions? (2/2)
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 14, 2015
@BrianLehrer Latter is by Toure. Love MED too.
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) July 14, 2015
@BrianLehrer @LisaBloom pic.twitter.com/UNfLEKCwF9
— LJ Johnson (@lorrainej1227) July 14, 2015
@BrianLehrer @LisaBloom Poetry by POC. Anything by: @jerichobrown @theferocity @nayyirahwaheed Langston Hughes. Suheir Hammad. Audre Lorde.
— Ang M (@keepitriel) July 14, 2015
Maybe most impt 1st step white folk can take is to listen & amplify POC voices. @BrianLehrer @LisaBloom
— Emily C. Welch (@EmilyWelch) July 14, 2015