Author: Lori Tharps
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MAMP Podcast Ep#53:Don’t Be Racist: You Can’t Say That
Last week on the podcast, we talked about the importance of using your voice to confront racist behavior. On today’s episode, we’re flipping the script to discuss what NOT to say as an anti-racist warrior. In other words, how to avoid ever having someone say to you, ‘You can’t say that, that’s racist.’ Listen in…
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MAMP Podcast Ep# 52:Don’t Be Racist, Use Your Voice!
Did you realize you can live your whole entire life and never say a single racist thing or have a single racist thought, but if you’re not using your voice to speak out against racism, then you’re not an anti-racist? In fact, some might even say you’re an accomplice or at least complicit in…
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MAMP Podcast Ep #51: Don’t Be Racist-Decolonize Your Mind
This is our third episode in the Don’t Be Racist Series on the My American Meltingpot podcast. Last week we spoke about taking action. This week, we’re going to work on decolonizing our minds. In order to be a true anti-racism warrior, decolonizing and unlearning many of the untruths we’ve been taught our whole lives…
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MAMP Podcast Ep#50: Don’t Be Racist-Take Action
On episode 50 of the podcast, we’re continuing our “Don’t Be Racist” series. And the lesson for this episode is all about taking action. Do Take Action to be an anti-racism warrior. Don’t sit on the sidelines and wait for someone else to do the work. Last week we talked about mastering your mindset. Finding…
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MAMP Podcast Ep #49: Master Your Mindset to be an Anti-Racist Warrior
Episode 49 of the podcast is our first official lesson in the “Don’t Be Racist Series.” And our first lesson is all about Mindset. In order to be an anti-racist warrior, you have to master your mindset. On the show I share why this is necessary, and how to get it done. Research shows that…
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MAMP Podcast Ep #48: Welcome to “Don’t Be Racist”
On Season five of the podcast, we’re doing something a little different. From now until the end of November, we’re running a special series called, “Don’t Be Racist.” On each episode, I’ll be sharing short, actionable, bite-sized lessons on how to be an anti-racist. New episodes will appear every Friday. On episode 48, I’m sharing…
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MAMP Ep # 47: Author Lauren Francis-Sharma Talks Book of the Little Axe
On episode 47 of the podcast I sit down with Lauren Francis-Sharma, the author of the My American Meltingpot Summer Book Club selection, Book of the Little Axe. In addition to Book of the Little Axe, Lauren is the author of the novel, Til the Well Runs Dry, which was awarded the Honor Fiction Prize…
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Ms. Meltingpot Is Taking a Break
Hello Meltingpot Community, I promised myself I would take August off from content creation. No blogging. No podcasting. No writing. I wanted to spend the month of August recharging and reflecting. I wanted to spend some time thinking about how I wanted go forward with this blog and the podcast. I also wanted to once…
