How does “color blindness” actually enable blindness to racism and the system of whiteness? Cara Meredith, author of The Color of Life: A Journey Toward Love and Racial Justice, joins Amy Julia to talk about racism in the north, the harm of “color blindness,” the tenants of whiteness, and creating space to process whiteness in a way that’s “not all about me.”Show Notes:Cara Meredith is a writer, speaker, and coach. Connect with her online: carameredith.com, @carameredithwrites on Facebook and Instagram, and @caramac54 on Twitter.“Love helped me see color”“Blindness [to racism] continues to exist.”"The celebration of who we are as humans - it’s not just our personalities but it is also what we look like on the outside and where we’ve come from.”“Whiteness is the construct. Whiteness is all of those things that keep some people in and some people out...Whiteness is the system that we benefit from.”Continuing the Conversation:Read: The Color of Life (100% of proceeds from book sales through Cara’s website will go to The Swan Dreams Project)On the Podcast:James MeredithOregon’s racist historyThe Warmth of Other SunsJemar Tisby and The Color of Compromisethe Samaritan woman in John 4So You Want to Talk About RaceBe the Bridge and Latasha MorrisonAustin Channing Brown and I’m Still HereRobin DiAngelo and her episode on Krista Tippett’s podcastWhite Picket Fences, Season 3 of Love is Stronger Than Fear, is based on my book White Picket Fences. Check out free RESOURCES—action guide, discussion guides—that are designed to help you respond. Learn more about my writing and speaking at amyjuliabecker.com.We want to hear your thoughts. Send us a text!Connect with me: Instagram Facebook YouTube Website Thanks for listening!

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