Topics discussed in this episode:

1- Today’s topic: encouragement to those who do DEI-related work, regardless of title. [0:00:49]

2- The moment that’s happening in our field and our two options for responding. [0:01:22]

3- Unpacking the pressure that we're under right now in this historical moment. [0:02:00]

4- Retrenchment, structural challenges, and layoffs inside organizations. [0:03:42]

5- How the work of others like that of Tema Okun on white supremacy culture is misused. [0:05:05]

6- Why we need to direct our collective fire toward white supremacy. [0:08:05]

7- Recent critiques of DEI and the question of whether or not tearing down the field will move us closer to disrupting white supremacy. [0:09:57]

8- The role DEI plays inside institutions. [0:11:48]

9- A practical thing that you can do to turn the fire toward the disruption and the dismantling of white supremacy. [0:13:13]

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Turn the Fire Inward, Part 1 - For Progressives | S2, Ep 8 [0:02:33]
• White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide, Carol Alexander. [0:03:07]
• Demand for Chief Diversity Officers Is High. So Is Turn Over [0:03:52]
• White Supremacy Culture - (divorcing) White Supremacy Culture: Coming Home to Who We Really Are [0:05:12]
• Tema Okun on her Mythical Paper on White Supremacy  (podcast)  [0:06:20]

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