Olga Segura on having frank conversations about race. Ep. 145

In cities across the country, Americans are taking to the streets
and plazas to express their outrage over the killing of yet another
black man at the hands of a white police officer and to demand
radical changes in how law enforcement is carried out in the United
States. And at dinner tables and on social media platforms, many
families and friends are haltingly, belatedly, beginning to have
conversations about what the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna
Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and the countless victims of police brutality
who preceded them say about the soul of this country—and our
own role in the longstanding injustices now captured so vividly on
cell phone cameras and streamed on screens around the world. These
conversations are not easy to have, and we shouldn’t expect them to
be. But it helps when you have someone as knowledgeable, passionate
and patient as our friend and former co-host Olga Segura to help
you work through the issues. This week, we ask Olga how she
approaches conversations about racism with her only family, the
role of the Catholic Church in the fight for racial justice and
what white Catholics can do to become allies in that fight. We had
a lot of ground to cover with Olga, so no Signs of the Times or
Consolations and Desolations this week. If you found this
conversation helpful, please share it with a friend or family
member, and keep the conversation going on our Facebook page. If
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Patreon community.    Links from the show How can
Catholics help lead the fight against racism? Remembering the NYPD
Shooting of Dominican Immigrant Kiko García and What It Means
During Today’s #BlackLivesMatter Movement Fordham’s Bryan
Massingale: White Catholics need to sit with the discomfort of
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