This is the beginning of a new series and this time we're trying something a little different. I'm sitting down with my good friend Yasmin Dunn talking heart-to-heart, friend-to-friend about inherent racial bias. Yasmin and I have been having these conversations privately for a few years now, and we thought that bringing these honest exchanges forward might be helpful for an audience who wants to learn more and ask more about race reconciliation.

That said, Yasmin and I are not perfect people and this is not a perfect conversation. We want to stress that neither of us claim to speak for the entirety of our respective races and in these episodes you’ll hear us speaking as friends do: candidly, with a slight shorthand, and with knowledge that the other is bringing only the best of intentions.

We want this series to be a launching point for YOU to start having your own conversations. At the end of the series we’re going to talk more specifically about how to do this in your own life.

In lieu of show notes for this episode, we’ve created a blog post with book, podcast, movie and documentary suggestions that can serve as a resource on this topic. We’ll add to this as the series goes on. You can find that and all of our show notes on the Smartest Person in the Room website under the episodes tab.