Sometimes you just don’t fit in. What should you do then?

Explore this intriguing topic with us as we chat with our very special guest, Dr. Kikanza Nuri-Robins, author of several books including Fish Out of Water.As someone who never fit into a particular group, she became a force for awareness and change.

For years, she’s been an amazing advocate for justice, equity, and inclusion, for hundreds of organizations across the country and continues to teach companies how to create a healthy corporate culture for all employees.

When asked to describe herself in 6 words, she replied: ”I was not what they expected.”

Come by to hear our discussion where we go deeper on what it’s like to feel like someone who doesn’t belong and how we can play our part to help society become more inclusive.

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“I don’t see color.”

“We all bleed red.”

“We’re all just human.”

Oh God. No.

#FacePalm

If you’ve ever engaged in a dialogue on race or attempted to invite someone in on their racism, I would bet my favorite pen that you’ve heard some variation of these.

Hey. I’ll up the bet.

I’d wager my favorite pair of headphones that more likely than not it was one of us white folks who uttered said phrases too.

All jokes and bets aside, phrases like “I don’t see color”—while good intentioned—derail efforts towards anti-racism.

Rather than being egalitarian, they are actually racist.

Now you might be saying to yourself, “What the hell, Tom? How is this racist?”

Here’s my suggestion: listen to this week’s episode.

My guests this week are Dr. Angela Courage! and Dr. LaTonya Jackson, authors of “5 Blinders to Seeing Color.”

We took a deep dive into this topic and provided insights on how “I don’t see color” is problematic at best.

If you’re striving to unpack your whiteness and privilege, or you’re looking for resources to send to a friend who keeps saying “I don’t see color,” we have you covered.

In addition, during this episode we talked about:

race
power
privilege
color
colonialism.
control
social privilege
economic privilege
layers of privilege
international question: “we don’t have white privilege in my country” → colorism.
corporate issues ←- relating to race.
individual issues ←- relating to race.