4: Racism in Wellness Culture (w/Dr Natalia Petrzela & Dax-Devlon Ross)
Conspirituality
English - June 17, 2020 23:23 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBSpirituality Religion & Spirituality Science Social Sciences Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Blinded by the White
On one hand, we have the CEO of Crossfit tweeting that “Floyd-19” is the real problem. (He got canceled.) On the other, COVID-truther psychiatrist Kelly Brogan is using Hopi mythology to support the fantasy of a Corona consciousness-awakening — while the Hopi themselves live within the Navajo Nation, which has the highest infection rate in the country.
WTF is going on with white wellness people?
For this episode, we’re joined by New School historian of American fitness, Dr. Natalia Petrzela, who sheds light on the historical links between physical culture and racism, and Dax-Devlon Ross, an anti-racism and civil rights educator, on what white wellness ideology does to Black people.
Show Notes
A Letter to My White Male Friends of a Certain Age — Dax-Devlon Ross
Buzzfeed covering Glassman’s Zoom
Dr. Petrzela tweeting on McFadden and Sandow
One City’s Struggle to Police the Police — Dax in The Washington Post
Kelly Brogan using “sovereignty”
Kelly Brogan appropriating a Hopi text
Something we didn’t cover: A Wisconsin “I Can’t Breathe” workout
A BUNCH of white spiritual dudes claiming that the “I can’t breathe” protest chant is a spell to program people for slavery to the Deep State. They advise taking strong action with deep breathing exercises and antidote mantras.
Sovereign Citizens Movement on Southern Poverty Law Center
If you have the spoons, you can wade through the comment section on the Yoga Alliance BLM post and comment thread
Pueblo women in New Mexico using “sovereignty” for solidarity