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Are you gatekeeping white supremacy and patriarchy without even realizing it? In this episode, Danielle Slaughter identifies three ways in which most people unintentionally serve as gatekeepers. Danielle is a doctoral student (on hiatus) in the Rhetoric and Composition program at Georgia State University, the founder of Mamademics, a blog sharing Danielle’s experiences navigating motherhood and academia, and the creator of Raising an Advocate, a social justice advocacy resource website. We discuss harmful impulses to access power, privilege, and resources, which in turn uphold systems of oppression.

Topics Covered: 

• Reasons Danielle started Mamademics and how her colleagues in academia received it
• How protecting your child’s innocence gives white supremacists a head start
• When and how to talk to children about race and racism
• Resources for teaching and learning about diversity, race, and racism
• Identifying how we gatekeep for white supremacy and patriarchy and how we can stop doing so
• Defining and defying respectability politics
• Defining tone policing
• What excites Danielle about this historical moment in time

Highlights:

• “Black children aren’t born into a world where they are seen as innocent. They are born into a world where they must prove their innocence. They must prove that they are worthy of living.”
• “You have to challenge your childhood and what you learned about femininity and respect.”
• “Black motherhood is beautiful. It is revolutionary.”

Other References: 

• Slaughter, Danielle, Protecting Your Child’s “Innocence” Is Giving the Next Generation of White Supremacy A Head Start.
• Levinson, Cynthia, The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist. 
• Slaughter, Danielle, All the Supremacists are White, All of the Patriarchy are Men, But You’re Probably a Gatekeeper.
• Instagram video: https://www.instagram.com/p/CBBR3xFBYwX/
• Rich, Adrienne, Blood, Bread and Poetry.
• Instagram resource for finding quality diverse books and educational products for kids: @hereweeread

Connect with Danielle

On her website: http://mamademics.com/

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Mamademics/

On Twitter: @mamademics

On Instagram: @mamademics

Learn about Danielle’s other projects:  Raising an Advocate and Mamademics Academy

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