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The Importance of Empathy
Hello Race Relations followers,
Before we embark on our journey together I wanted to share a vital reminder about the importance of empathy. Hit play on the video!
Episode #8
How can you unlock authentic spaces for yourself to exist? How is it that you can reshape your life and build sanctuaries of safety, vulnerability, and healing? In this episode, I sit down with fellow therapist James Innocent to discuss the journey towards unlocking authenticity. In this episode we share our own real world experiences as Black men cultivating authenticity, psychological research, and how to can take steps towards creating authentic spaces in your own life.
SPECIAL THANK YOU TO "DR. HORTON" who is my partner in research regarding empathy. I could not do it without his help and guidance as an academic, friend, and mentor.
Episode #7
What is a culturally responsive teacher? What does it take to become a culturally responsive teacher? In this episode host Kaleb Sinclair sits down with Isabel Lynons, an experienced teacher who comes from a Nicaraguan backgroud with years of experience creating her own formula to an inclusive classroom space. This episode features information for teachers attempting to learn new tips as well as teachers looking for an multilingual informed approach.
Episode #6
Free will verses Responsibility
What is the difference betweeen individual autonomy and individual responsibility? How have these issues played a role in sustaining systemic systems of racism and other oppressive practices? In this episode I sit down with Dr. James Norris to discuss the breakdown of racism through the lens of autonomy and responsibilty. Together we endeavor to create clarity on these topics and what people can do to navigate their own personal choice and the will to act for people or serve themselves.
Guest information: Dr. James Norris Check out his private practice: https://ithembacounseling.com/
Episode #5
Moral Disengagement in Racism: How we silence the better angels of our nature
In this episode viewers meet Dr. Horton, clinical psychologist and program director of the Master's in Psychology Department at Seattle University. Dr. Horton and I explore the spectrum of human behavior regarding moral disengagement and moral agency, examining how individual and collective choices can either lead to dehumanization or influence practices of compassion and hope. (Part 1 of this episode due to technical issues was sadly lost.)
Episode #4
A Possible Future
In this episode viewers will meet Evanni Roberson, a BIPOC teacher with her Masters in Education. Evanni and I sit down to explore diverse avenues of education reform and her own personal insights as a teacher graduating from a program that teaches anti-racist curriculum.
Episode #3
The Testimony of a Black Man and the Police
In this episode viewers meet Gene, a Black community member married to a white identifying police officer, I sit down to talk about the complexities of their relationship and policing in America. This episode was recorded in 2020, after the murders of Breonna Taylor and Jacob Blake and thought to be the first episode of Season one.
Episode #2
Racism and the Church
In this episode you will meet Riley Taylor, head pastor of Calvary Fellowship Christian church. We will engage in dialogue surrounding the intersection of historical racism, God, and reconditioning moral responsibility.
Episode #1
The Power of Langauge
In this episode we will enter the barbershop to discuss racism in America with Master Barber, Jameel Shabazz. Jameel, a Seattle community member will share personal insights surrounding the historical power of language. This episode was recorded in December 2020, prior to the US election results.
Photo by Sean Ambrose
Depicting the wake of the George Floyd’s murder