Ep 81: Middle Agent Status, Alternatives to Whiteness, and Radical Imagination

We cover a LOT of ground in today’s conversation, where we get curious about what prevents some folks and groups from accessing joy. We talk about Black joy, the whiteness of white Jews and what often makes embracing joy difficult (and the impact of the historical middle agent role), individual and collective safety, and imagining our liberated selves and living into that. What would it look like for white Jews choose the side of liberation over whiteness?

Check out our discussion/reflection questions for this episode:  https://joyousjustice.com/blog/jews-talk-racial-justice-ep-81

Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.com

Learn more about Joyous Justice where April is the founding and fabulous (!) director, and Tracie is a senior partner: https://joyousjustice.com/

Support the work our Jewish Black & Native woman-led vision for collective liberation here: https://joyousjustice.com/support-our-work

Listen to this year’s Purim episode here:  https://www.joyousjustice.com/blog/jews-talk-racial-justice-ep-80

Learn more about NCJW, the National Council of Jewish Women: https://www.ncjw.org/

Learn more about Black joy:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQlEpjZXfRU

Read more about Thich Nhat Hanh:  https://plumvillage.org/about/thich-nhat-hanh/