New Gurus: 4. White Women's Tears
Description
The rise of the Black Lives Matter movement brought renewed interest in corporate diversity gurus. But Regina Jackson and Saira Rao were ahead of the curve, pursuing their own unique anti-racist education programme.
Tired of talking to individual white women about their racism, they decided to invite a group of them for dinner, and confront them with their bias and bigotry. There was one rule - no crying.
The New Gurus is a series about looking for enlightenment in the digital world.
Written and presented by Helen Lewis
Series Producers: Morgan Childs and Tom Pooley
Story consultant: Geoff Bird
Original music composed by Paper Tiger
Sound design and mix: Rob Speight
Editor: Craig Templeton Smith
A Tempo & Talker production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds
United States
I've listened to the first 4 episodes of this podcast since I discovered it yesterday evening. In the first 3, I was able, with no effort to keep the subject matter of guru-ism in mind. However this 4th episode on White Woman's Tears, hijacked my thoughts, and I got caught up in the various gurus messages, than the purpose of the program, which is to highlight the rise of gurus in society.