{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Nadine Reid : Together We Rise","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/611ed77d06c05e843ef40e87/611ed7ac13cfaf0017e7ab52.jpg?height=200","description":"This week I chat to makeup artist turned TV presenter, Nadine Reid.\nBorn to a Jamaican family, Nadine grew up in Handsworth, Birmingham.\nShe came to live in Ireland 4 years ago and lives in Dublin with 94 year old Minnie and the new addition to the household, cockatiel Georgie.\n\nI asked her to be a guest on the podcast last summer as I’ve been a fan of hers since we met, but now felt like the right time to have a conversation.\n\nWhen we spoke last week about recording a podcast, she was apprehensive and I get why.\nShe made it clear to me that unless I was prepared to read and educate myself on white privilege and her perspective as a black woman she would not be open to speaking to me and I fully respect and admire her position on this. \nShe asked if I could read some books before we spoke and they are...\n\nWhy I’m no longer talking to white people about race by Reni Eddo-Lodge\nAnd \nMe and White Supremacy by Layla F Saad\n\nI have been reading (or in my case listening!)and I know that these learnings or ‘unlearnings’ as the case may be won’t happen overnight.\nThere is a long road ahead but I want to do better so I will keep reading and listening, having conversations and questioning myself and the world around me in the hope that change will happen for us all.\nBlaming or shaming will help no-one and every-one can play their part.\n\nIn this episode we discuss white privilege, how colour-blindness isn’t helpful and what it actually means to be anti-racist.\nAnd I hope, like me, that you’ll listen to this podcast with an open mind and a willingness to explore yourself a little deeper.\nNone of us are perfect or have all the answers but a desire to do better in our lives, will make a difference.\n\nYou’ll find Nadine on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nadinereid/\nAnd please share this episode with friends or family if you enjoyed it; and if you can please take a moment to rate, review and hit subscribe, I’d really appreciate it.","author_name":"Síle Seoige"}