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Your Silence Will Not Protect You by Audre Lorde Review–Prophetic and Necessary

By RO Kwon — 2017

The black lesbian feminist writer and poet, who died 25 years ago, is better known than ever, her words often quoted in books and on social media.

Read on www.theguardian.com

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Pushing Past Tokenism

La Sarmiento has been a leader of American LGBTQ and people-of-color Buddhist communities for close to a decade. I caught up with the trans, queer Filipino teacher before a silent retreat to discuss the dynamics of race and gender in a world that is typically White, cisgender and straight.

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Miriam Zoila Pérez
2016
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Practicing Non-Harm: How a Buddhist Practice Can Help Fight Injustice

JoAnna Hardy, Co-Founder of the Meditation Coalition in Los Angeles, talks about bringing wisdom and compassion into the fight for racial equality.

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Kyla Marshell
2020
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How to Fight Racism Through Inner Work

Rhonda Magee explains how mindfulness-based awareness and compassion is key to racial justice work.

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Jil Suttie
2019
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How Can We Respond to Violent Hate?

Three messages by prominent Buddhists address the recent mail bombing campaign and deadly shootings.

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Lawrence Levy, Lama Surya Das, Robert Wright
2018
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A Conversation on Mindfulness, Bias and Racial Justice

It’s difficult to have a conversation about racism, privilege and fragility without things getting heated. In this Point of View Podcast, experts weigh in on the role mindfulness plays in understanding and navigating racial justice.

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Mindful
2019
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How Mindfulness Can Defeat Racial Bias

There might be a solution to implicit racial bias, argues Rhonda Magee: cultivating moment-to-moment awareness of thoughts, feelings, and surroundings.

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Rhonda Magee
2015
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Mindfulness Plays Role in Educating Lawyers to Confront Racism

As a woman of color, Rhonda Magee's ordinary fatigue is exacerbated by the additional stress of the ugly signs that old-fashioned racism is on the rise in America.

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Rhonda V. Magee
2016
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‘I Realized I Don’t Have to Believe My Thoughts’

Our mindfulness practice is not about vanquishing our thoughts. It’s about becoming aware of the process of thinking so that we are not in a trance—lost inside our thoughts.

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Tara Brach
2014
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