Season 1, Episode 7: What is Intersectional Racial Equity ft. Jason Jackson

What does it mean to live fully and free? In this episode, Tracine invites longtime friend, Jason Jackson, a Human Resources Diversity and Inclusion consultant for HealthPartners (a US-based Medical Insurance Company) into our ongoing discussion on how the practice of love shows up in our work and in our lives. 

For this episode, they explore the concept of intersectional racial equity, which is one of St. Paul Youth Service’s values, and how intersectionality can help us rewrite the rules of society. Jason draws from the work of Kimberlé Crenshaw, an American civil rights advocate and a leading scholar of critical race theory, to delve into his experiences and understanding of the complexities of identity. Listen to this insightful conversation on how organizations and individuals can empower themselves to create smart, fair and loving communities.

*The music you hear on the podcast is provided by Blue Dot Sessions and is used here under a Creative Commons License.

Find Jason:

• Instagram: in_cog_ne_gro | @akin2u 

• Facebook: Jason Jackson

• Article: From Pain Comes Strength: Families, Ballroom, and Resistance 

Further Reading:

• Building an America that Believes in Black Youth, St. Paul Youth Services Newsletter

• Jason Jackson by The Forum on Workplace Inclusion

• Kimberlé Crenshaw on Twitter

• Sister Outsider  by Audre Lorde 

• Returning to our roots: Black Americans are redefining relationship to the land with gardening, farming by Anika Reed

• Lavender Magazine, Minnesota

• Tools & Resources on Intersectionality:

• Core Concepts, Tools and Resources on Intersectionality by Racial Equity Tools

• The Uphill DEI Battle Fatigue: Taking Care when There Is Misalignment forumworkplaceinclusion.org

• Equity vs. Equality and Other Racial Justice Definitions by The Annie E. Casey Foundation

• Addressing Problems and Finding Meaningful Solutions with Our Youth and Our Community by St. Paul Youth Services

References:

• Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics by Kimberlé Crenshaw

• An Open Letter to Mary Daly by Audre Lorde

• About the Lealtad-Suzuki Center for Social Justice

• About HealthPartners

• What is universal design? | DO-IT by Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology, by University of Washington

• Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota

• About BMW - Black Motivated Women

• Defining LGBTQIA+ by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center

• St. Paul Youth Services’ Vision, Mission, Services, and Values

• My Brother's Keeper | The White House, the Obama White House

• Black Earth Wisdom by Leah Penniman

• Episode 4: Black People Don’t Use Measuring Spoons ft. Leah Penniman by Rewriting the Rules

• "Learning from the 60s" by Audre Lorde

• Meet Bayard Rustin, often-forgotten civil rights activist, gay rights advocate, union organizer, pacifist and man of compassion for all in trouble by Jerald Podair

• About Marsha P. Johnson Institute by the Marsha P. Johnson Institute