People are listening and watching you for a reason and it's really helpful. Check it out. White people discover things. Sign up. Rachel Cargle: I'm gonna grab my wine for this conversation. It'll look like voices of black women and girls just being wildly heard. How it works. Rachel Cargle: Yeah. There's so many people here. We don't need someone to be our friend. Rachel Cargle: I'm still learning how to navigate it. To listen is to close our mouths and quicken our ears. Rachel Cargle: But it's all rooted in two things. Participating in this will be your first small step in working towards dissolving these systems, institutions, and ideologies that continue to negatively affect Black women and their communities yet benefit white people in this country. So really, these last two years have just been me fusing these two parts of myself and how I'm showing up in both of those spaces. Rachel Cargle: They really, truly do. I took a course last semester and we were talking about decolonizing things like motherhood, decolonizing womanhood, decolonizing areas of our existence that we don't even consider. Rachel Cargle: Can I speak about that really quickly? And so looking at who your heroes are, who you celebrate, who's valid. Like, "I know what you need so I'm going to take action," without picking up the empathy part of the equation to say, "I know what's happening. When Feminism Is White Supremacy in Heels. I mean, there have been spaces in which white women felt they needed a safe space to talk about race. The best compliment I've ever gotten after a lecture is a black girl who came up to me and said, "Wow, I have never been in a room of white people and felt so comfortable." You have to be actively anti-racist, or you're complicit in the system. Reading the comment section can be … So look into that and consider who those are because even ... Rachel Cargle: I'm speaking from the space of black women who are doing race-based work, but that's not the only people you should listen to, the black women talking about race. How Racism and Patriarchy Is Taught at School. Support Rachel's Work Tangibly . In honor of Black History Month we are calling on you to #DoTheWork! Rachel Cargle: So think about how wild it is that they took something away from people of color, and now we have to pay and we don't even have access to it. But I think that it came up that people were ... that was the first time they were coming up against that conversation. Rachel Cargle: Well, I think it's super important not to forget what this country was founded on. Rachel Cargle's Program. In decolonizing intellect, in decolonizing heroes, white people are not the knowers and everything else is to be known. I think we have a way of telling people, like, prescribing wellness. I've been in spaces where I've been like, "Oh, no. So what is the other required reading in our class, Teacher Cargle? I mean, I could go on and on and on, but the way in which mainstream wellness culture is showing up is doing more harm than helping, I think, in many ways. We need someone to be breaking down the system with us. But we do demonize accountability, I think, in our culture all the time and nobody wants to be held accountable. Kerri Kelly: Okay. I mean, that happens even today. And so unless you're knowing and you're only doing something off of how you feel and then taking action, then you just want to feel better. That's how the world works now, like in academia and the world. I always say when I come into spaces, "I am here in conversation and in community," because that's how we're all showing up in order to start talking, and then my little brown fingers can be crossed that it will lead to more action. But I do know a few things. Atmos: Black Cowboys. It's like, who fucking cares? White women are never unsafe in the conversation of race. Right before I came here, I ran into Brittney Cooper and I was like-. At-Nehisi Coates in his book Between the World and Me ... which is required reading in my world, not that I have a class or anything, but ... he says that one of the most tragic things about humanity is that white people really think they're white. I never considered this." My free 30 day #DoTheWork challenge has officially launched and 2600 of you humans can take a peek in your inbox to hear from me and find your first course of action: positioning yourself as an ally. 64.4k Likes, 525 Comments - Rachel Elizabeth Cargle (@rachel.cargle) on Instagram: “The complete and updated #DoTheWork 30 day course. I'm talking to the people in the room and the people who you have connections with. Thank you for that. It's not just the people who are out here on the front lines doing the work whose voices are valid in this space. How will you know you've been successful? Kerri Kelly: That's right. That's not just an intellectual thing. You could've went back to your life. Rachel Cargle: So until the entire thing is broken down, we have not made the progress necessary to do what this anti-racism work is, which is to protect black people. We talked about decolonizing domesticity, the fact that in Africa, a lot of people in various countries in Africa, they eat with their hands. Rachel Ricketts is an activist, writer, and speaker who offers a … You can buy it now at Whole Foods for $8. 48. What it looks like ... Well, I want to talk on the so-called allyship. Rachel Cargle: What's even weirder, I have people who DM me like, "Rachel, I was sitting next to you on the plane but I was too scared to say something." You can follow Rachel on Instagram @rachel.cargle, and check out her website at rachelcargle.com to attend a lecture and download her social syllabus on how to be an ally to black women. Rachel Cargle: And it also perpetrates the idea that black women are dangerous, like if we're in your space we're dangerous and white women need a safe space. And that's just a normal ass thing to do there, but colonizers came in and made school children learn how to eat with forks and spoons in order to decide how they existed in the world. I always enjoyed it, and it felt very wispy, like what I was writing didn't really mean anything. Why are people profiting off of how I feel about my natural body hair? Kerri Kelly: This conversation is fierce and it's important. So that's that. Rachel Cargle: Thank you. This way, we can help create a kinder world through change and impact all month long. It's not an academic space. Even who do we deem as a valid source of knowledge today? Hello. The racism is still very much here, it just manifests in new ways. Let's talk about race." These "syllabi" should act as an on-ramp to continued pursuit of knowledge for the … No. Thank you. I’m directing, I’m demanding, and I am standing in high expectation for those who are existing within and benefiting from white privilege to … Rachel Cargle: Or if I'm having an event or a ... say I have a sleepover and I post it on Instagram. Become A Better Ally With Rachel Cargle’s 30 Day #DoTheWork Challenge . Some introspection of mine, and a bit of #mybodystory___How I know that 2016 grew me and changed me And I'm like, "This isn't for you." Every single black woman is a fucking expert in this and if you're not listening to her, if you're only listening to me, a light-skinned, Ivy League educated, well written, well spoken, super cute black girl, then you're only listening to me 'cause you find me palatable. Kerri Kelly: You were saying before that you didn't choose to work with white women, but here you are, and that if your vision was realized, your community, your spaces would look really different. But even that doesn't feel like enough. And if you look at the heroes of the suffrage movement when they were going out to campaign, they were obviously campaigning to white men, which were the people who had the power at the time. It's how we show up, it's how we respond, it's what we do every day. I saw the way that little black boy got harassed at that bodega in Brooklyn and that white woman had no consequences." How much is the class that you're taking, and can the actual people of color from the origin countries of yoga come and afford to take what they have fucking gifted you with? The patriarchy's literally killing us all. Whose books are you reading? But also, like I said, it's so deeply meaningful when I have 16-year-old black girls say, "I didn't know I could talk to white people like that." There are a lot of incredible black women who are in those conversations doing that work, and I encourage you to go into their spaces and learn from them to have more of a perspective about decolonizing the wellness space in particular, 'cause they would know more than I know. So you caring all of a sudden, you coming to this moment ... which a lot of white women say it's from the election, and which that shows us that they didn't care about all of us until they were personally affected. Rachel Cargle: He was palatable. So can you give folks and idea of what white fragility looks like in action? And so those are very practical ways that it shows up ... Rachel Cargle: ... in the ways that my white friends interact with me. Real “allyship” looks like going to get our people, paying our privilege forward and listening - really listening - to Black women and following their lead. May 28, 2020 No Comments . Rachel Cargle: As I'm getting more into the academy, I'm learning so much that every canon of every field of work is filled with white people, mostly white men, and that is honored as the understanding, the theory of that field. Rachel Cargle: So consider how you're really showing up. Kerri Kelly:But it does feel like, ultimately, allyship is about relationship, authentic relationship, learning how to be in relationship, learning how to locate yourself socially in relationship, learning how to get out of the way. Now I know. Educator Rachel Cargle has created a comprehensive list of 30 things that you can do called #DoTheWork challenge. Add a payment method. I'm like, "Girl, talk to them like that.". And so you have to be incredibly critical in how you rationalize what's happening, because it's not like there was ... One, it's not like this was eight million years ago. I will be highlighting one of the challenges every week on my Instagram @wayfaretowellnes. Participation is a small … And I feel like the only way to get to a place of clarity is to actually ask that question every minute of every day. Rachel Cargle: I'm a nanny at the time. Kerri Kelly: It didn't happen when Trump got elected. But it really affects people and how they show up and whether they even want to go to a place 'cause they have to explain themselves or have fear of how other people will take them. The Great Unlearn – RACHEL CARGLE Monthly self paced, self priced learning collective, committed to celebrating and highlighting the genius of academics of colour. And that's why the work is so hard and it's so exhausting and it's so mentally straining, because I'm not where I want to be, which is usually in a room full of women of color, which is where I feel safest and most heard and most loved and most taken care of. So if you are looking to have this ... if your feminism only is looking to get what men have, to get what white men have, then I don't even want that feminism because it automatically means you're gonna have to oppress someone. It’s about protecting Black lives. Kerri Kelly: This podcast is gonna change everything. I hope that through my course your heart and mind will unlearn, expand, grapple, dissect, engage, and build a critical awareness that will change the way you move through the world as an ally. We saw that in the 53% of white women who voted for Trump, and it wasn't much better in this last election. Images. This week's call to action is to do the work. But in these countries that were colonized, that was the norm. The "Do The Work" course is an action based learning tool to analyze "how race relations play out over history and manifest themselves in modern times." And then another woman said, "Not this white woman." I want to talk about decolonizing wellness. Let's all just adjust. And check out her website for events, lectures and social syllabi on allyship and inclusive feminism. And now it's like if there's a little girl from India who can't afford a yoga class, she's shunned even though it's probably part of her culture 100%. So consider how so much of what you have ... even something as much as fruit water. I don't know this from personal experience being a white woman, but I know that choosing to do the work that you do, especially given the fact that you spar with white fragility every day on your social media feed, must be really intense. Rachel Cargle: So say it out loud. But if you really look into who gets chosen to be cared about and why they're chosen. Kerri Kelly: I've heard you say that we need new heroes. So just being aware of how I exist in the world and the fact that I rarely want to be in a place where I'm the only black person in the room. And then I would say an apology. Rachel Cargle: Yeah, for sure. It didn't dissipate at any point, and so-. Whenever I go out and speak ... and I didn't say it here, but ... this is not a room full of the good white women and we're talking about everyone else. Public Address on Revolution. Rachel states “Once again, this Black History Month I’m not using my platform to teach. I still use the word allyship, but I am happy to share the way a lot of other activists of color have showed up to have this conversation in saying we don't need allies, we need accomplices. Kerri Kelly: Knowing what you know now, what would you say to your younger self? Kerri Kelly: You all know that picture, right? Because they ... Rachel Cargle: ... understand themselves as the default and it's wild. I'm doing it for the black person that their kid’s playing with. But what it really did, it gave me all the teaching material I could ever need. This is obviously International Women's Month, and I really want to begin with the history of women's rights in this country, because like with all American history, we seem to have some amnesia about how things really went down and how we got here. They had never really considered how their white feminism played into race relations in the country, and I think I got, like, 40,000 followers that weekend, of white women like, "Wait, I never thought about this. Or even ... let's talk about the Oscars. I'm gonna take it all the way back to the continent of Africa in which so much colonization happened. We see it with tone policing, we see it with white tears. You're a nanny at the time. It only exists after you've discovered it? Here’s another list … If you take any one of those out, you're either doing it for your ego ... this is either a self help space for you, or you're ... it's either for your ego or for, like, a self help. Kerri Kelly: I'm super happy that you're here. I always wrote. So that's who it's for, and I want that to be known and clear and understood, that even though my work is white facing, the work that I do is for my community of color. Get started in 2 minutes. Wait, hold on. It's a start to it, but you coming to this does not make you an ally. Omstars welcomes Rachel Cargle to our teaching family with her powerful new course, Unpacking Racism. I made a post that said, "Where are all the white feminists now that Nia Wilson's died?" I'm like, "What the fuck was I doing on the plane?" White women were always aware of what their position was and aware of how they could use it for their agendas. While this podcast is coming to an end, our work in the world is just beginning. 'Cause that whole culture was a gift to you. And that's what we think. And so I would definitely tell my younger self that writing is part of my power, so I would probably encourage that. And I think a lot of people refer to it as the call-out culture and when I hear you talk, I'm thinking, "People are fucking dying. The Social Syllabi Series is a ongoing presentation of information on critical topics that are relevant to us all. It's absolutely wild. Rachel Cargle: That was one of the big things is when the photo went viral, I just had a bunch of conversations that I had to have with myself, with my white friends, with my ancestors, with other black women in my community, and I'm like, "Where are we situated here?" Rachel Cargle joins us today for a special live interview, and if you don't know who Rachel is, you must be hiding under a rock because she has become one of the most prominent and provocative voices in intersectional and inclusive feminism. CTZN Podcast is community inspired and crowdsourced. It's such a weird thing to be like, "I follow you.". I'm gonna cry. Rachel Cargle: It'll look like a deep ringing in my ears of black girls. Rachel Cargle: This visibility is very different now, yes. And then what really kind of boosted things was in July of last year, I got in an argument with a white woman on Instagram and pretty much our interaction went pretty viral. I encourage you to do more research through these as well. Thank you so much. Rachel Cargle: Well, on the way here. We need people saying, "We're here to keep you alive. Some introspection of mine, and a bit of #mybodystory___How I know that 2016 grew me and changed me And I hope that I just have an army of black girls behind me making white people uncomfortable. It's not enough to attend an event or post something on social media. Sit back and listen to the message that you need to hear because people are dying. So what does it look like for white women to take responsibility of those two parts of themselves? Note: Email management@ihartericka.com for organizational/group use; Spiritual Activism – courses by Rachel … They got younger women who they could now teach whatever they wanted to teach to them to move them out of the space. So I will use the word allyship, but I really want you to start using allyship and accomplice interchangeably. Kerri Kelly: I want to talk about white fragility, because I feel like that's often where that emerges. You can check out his music at djdrez.com. He was the one saying, "Why don't we all join hands?". We're here with the amazing Rachel Cargle, who is a writer, a speaker, and activist, whose work is rooted in providing intellectual discourse, tools, and resources that explore the intersection of race and womanhood. I can go anywhere, and the idea of having to go into a changing room doesn't affect me one bit. This amazing 30 day syllabus walks you through work on white privilege, anti-racism, and so much more. If you can't afford to gift it to someone else. I'm sure bagillions of people have seen that picture. Rachel Elizabeth Cargle. And it's not surprising that those women have been erased from our history. 24. Rachel Cargle: No. So consider how that looks. How much is your yoga class? And I'm like, "You're cute, but also you knowing is the least of things." So anyways, read her work. Rachel Cargle: But also consider why you show up and who's being protected in each time you're coming and saying that you're doing anti-racism work. My name's Kerri Kelly and have we got a treat for you. So it's not like there's any new material for you to stumble upon to care all of a sudden. Rachel Cargle: And not just in your head. It makes me so anxious about what I might have been doing. Then I feel like practice. Photos by Marvin Joseph. So that's that. Consider how you're really coming into spaces to actually protect and pay your privilege forward, as Brittany Packnett says. Rachel Ricketts: Spiritual Activism. Welcome everyone. By joining our Patreon community for as little as $1 per month, you get lots of good stuff from us like radical meditations, community forums, and lifestyle content that you can trust. And that changed my whole perspective on what accountability is. Black History Month Discover Our Glory PDF. And I have everyone go around the room, and it's usually a mix of, "I started dating someone of color and so I want to be able to show up for them," or, "I moved into a neighborhood and there's black kids there and I want to make sure I'm showing up for them," or, "A friend shared your work and I saw that you were coming to my city and so I wanted to show up.". So you becoming aware is the least of it, and so for people to say, "Not me," it is you, 'cause you're still rolling on that wheel even though you're one of the broken spokes. Rachel Cargle: What I teach on in my Unpacking White Feminism lecture that you attended is just the ways that, often within the feminist movement, women's rights always mean white women's rights. Shit was existing before white people laid eyes on it. And so then I just kind of started speaking as I learned, talking on it and writing about it as I went, and I just started building a following who was listening, going on this journey of learning with me. You can stay in the know and engaged by subscribing to our weekly newsletter, WELLread, at ctznwell.org. Story by Marisa Meltzer. There's so much that people of color gift Western culture only for them to commercialize it and make it out of reach. So there's some kind of responsibility taking and self accountability, I would say. Currency: USD. 8. In all of my workshops, maybe three or four people in all of the cities have said, "I saw a black man die and the police go unsentenced. Not just spoken, but heard. And that was gonna be the second part of my point, because I know a lot of people are like, "Why can't you say it nicer?" Rachel Cargle is an activist, writer, and lecturer. This is what we've been doing. Let’s use the inspiration and words of Rachel Cargle, author and academic, to help us get started. Language: English. Yeah. Kerri Kelly: I know this is a part of your definition of intersectional feminism, but how do we co-create a new story that centers black women, new heroes, lives on the margins, and really invites white people to get out of the way? And that's a privilege that I have that I never had to think about that. When Cargle asks her audience who it avoids talking race with: “I don’t talk to my dad’s partner, who … If you don’t know who Rachel is, you must be hiding under a rock because she has become one of the most prominent and provocative voices in intersectional and inclusive feminism. And that's not historical. Not only does it keep us going, but it keeps us honest and real and pushing the envelope of courageous conversations that are independent, transparent, and authentic. And as the movement continued, if women of color benefited from it a little bit then it was kind of like the scraps of the movement. Rachel Cargle: I wouldn't say that I exist in the wellness space. It should be obvious. And so I want you to consider what that looks like across the board. And I just want to be overwhelmed by the voices of black girls who are demanding what they deserve and what they're not accepting anymore and what they're expecting of the world and what they want in terms of existing. To #DoTheWork one must be intentional in breaking down the systems that continue to oppress and disenfranchise the black community. And what they ended up doing is that they would train younger girls in order to push out the older women who were actually birthing children, so they were controlling the culture so no longer could older women be doing it. 1. Therapy Fund Donation Link. So I'd love for you to share how so-called allyship or authentic relationship across lines of difference shows up in your life. Rachel provides resources and action items to engage meaningfully … Rachel Cargle: Yeah. Kerri Kelly: I also think about how powerful the images are that we advertise and distribute of what wellness looks like, who gets to do it, body types, race, sexual orientation, gender, and how much we have to untangle and dismantle those images, too, so that we actually send a message that other people are welcome in their own way. So if a man makes a mistake and he does something incredibly misogynistic, how could he repair? Kerri Kelly: So you've had the wildest two years ever. 'Cause as a black woman who's agitating the white supremacy, the marginalized people are going to agitate 'cause they have to to survive, and so your job is to do it every single chance you get. 1. And so I'm deciding and we need to decide who our heroes are, because we definitely don't have a Malcolm X day. Not just existing, but heard. And black women are the most affected. It's called Instagram and we're all in it. And that's why it's the greatest nation only on the backs of, and the land of, and on the work of people of color ... Rachel Cargle: ... across the country, whether it's the black people that they enslaved, the Native Americans that they pushed out of their spaces in order to get their land, and it continues on today. Do the work to learn and honor it.” Day Five Prompt The Ten Point Program of the Black Panthers. And I know that you're fielding white fragility all day long in your social media. Unpacking White Feminism – a live lecture by Rachel Cargle exploring the history of feminism through the lens of race; #DoTheWork sign up – a free 30-day workshop on allyship by Rachel Cargle; Ericka Hart – courses by Ericka Hart on racial and social justice. We're having this event." An opportunity for community learning and community action. It's an actual, real, live space that people are existing in, so if you're only feeling like, "Well, I've studied ..." Like all of the white African American studies professors, like, "I've studied black people and I know what they experience," and then they try to take action without picking up the empathy part, then what they're really doing is hardcore fucking colonizing. You need to listen to the black woman teacher. Recent posts by Rachel Cargle. It can be violent at times. But capitalism is inherently racist because of just the way that it's set up and the fact that, speaking as a black woman, our culture was enslaved in order for you to have the wealth that you have. Rachel Cargle: And so as I do this work, I have to constantly think in my head, "What is this for?" Rachel Cargle: Just consider what that looks like. What means something's valid to you? Rachel Cargle: How it shows up ... Well, let me go back. It goes into who are you reading, who feels valid to you. Kerri Kelly: I mean, everybody's seen that picture. OAWRS producer Erica shared with Ryan Seacrest on-air she’s doing just that by taking a free 30-day course provided by activist Rachel E. Cargle. The Loveland Foundation. You're not protecting black lives. Kerri Kelly: I heard you speaking this weekend about decolonizing intellect. They could have chosen hair color. Why is someone who immigrated here from Jamaica not able to get the type of water that they could make at their house? And that's particularly because white folks, white women in particular, are used to being taken care of all the time so they don't like the feeling of fragility or being defensive, and that's just white supremacy at work.