Ep 122: Life as an anti-racism educator with Nova Reid

Hi lovely,

 

It’s Selina here 👋 and today I have my dear friend, the truly wonderful Nova Reid, back on the podcast for the third time to dive into the topic of racism, anti-racism and the work Nova does with white people to show them how to unpack their inner racism and white privilege and become good allies. 

 

Nova is a diversity and anti-racism campaigner, writer and TED speaker. She regularly appears on BBC News, Sky News and BBC Radio as an expert on race and diversity matters and her book, the Good Ally is coming out at the end of this year!

 

While I’ve had Nova join me previously on the podcast to talk about white privilege and anti-racism and microaggressions and hidden racism, particularly in the workplace, this time I wanted to invite her back to share what 2020 was like for her, as an anti-racism educator and black woman living in Britain, in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement.

 

I feel that people often don’t realise how hard, how painful and how traumatic doing this work often is for Nova. For me she truly is one of the strongest, smartest, most extraordinary, compassionate and powerful people I know. Doing her course ‘Anti-racism and White Privilege’ was life changing for me and I cannot recommend it more to any white person wanting to do the essential work of unpacking their own inner racism and learning how to become a good ally.

 

So dive into this episode where we talk about all of this and more.

 

And don’t forget to pre-order Nova’s book ‘The Good Ally’, at Waterstones, WHSmith or Amazon. 

 

X Selina