{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62a5b5d225c70a001570dce0/656c3b4cc27dae0012362cf1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Anti-Racist Educator - How to Be an Anti-Racist","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62a5b5d225c70a001570dce0/1702373071093-d74797606e83f29465ad1ce3dce69e43.jpeg?height=200","description":"<h3>Obstacles to establishing social cohesion, and empathy amongst the various communities within a society are numerous.</h3><h3>Some may only have in view the differences that exist between communities, and render it something to fear rather than a beauty to embrace.</h3><p><br></p><h3>''If you are not like me, then you are the other, and so I shy away in an attempt to erase you from my world of familiarity, or I fight it in the an attempt to protect the safety box that I live in, in the guise of hatred, animosity, micro-aggressions, passive aggressiveness, overt and covert racism.''</h3><p><br></p><h3>In this episode of the new season, we'll be navigating through one of the things that I believe can be a glue that bears the fruit of connecting communities together, but may require facing some hard truths...racism.  </h3><h3><br></h3><h3>How would you define racism?...and is it enough to say ''I'm a nice person, I'm not racist?'', ''I'm a spiritual person, I'm not racist?'' or I'm religious, I'm not racist?''</h3><p><br></p><h3>Join the discussion with Parenting Educator, School Counsellor and Ati-Racism Educator Nykesha Geeter in the comments.</h3><p><br></p><h3>If you'd like to learn more from Nykesha, she can be reached at:</h3><h3>IG: @TheAntiRacismEducator_</h3><h3>Website: Linktr.ee/NykSage</h3>","author_name":"Matshidiso Francis"}