The Nature of Nurture

Empathy and Race in America with Corey Ponder

Episode Summary

Your host Leslie sits down with diversity and inclusion expert Corey Ponder to talk about empathy and allyship as it applies to race. They talk about handling difficult feelings, how to empathize and be a good ally, and what it’s like to be Black in America.

Episode Notes

Connect with Corey: www.coreyponder.com, @coreytponder on Twitter and Instagram.

Links From This Episode:

Some pieces that Corey has written on confronting the idea of being Black in America:

1. https://www.coreyponder.com/single-post/i-am-a-black-man
2. https://www.coreyponder.com/single-post/failure-of-belief-is-why-america-fails
3. https://www.coreyponder.com/single-post/tired-of-the-loop
4. https://www.coreyponder.com/single-post/the-seven-stages-of-progress-blacklivesmatter-and-national-healing-1
5. https://www.coreyponder.com/single-post/are-you-really-ready-to-be-an-ally
6. https://www.coreyponder.com/single-post/empathy-is-powerful-make-it-a-daily-habit

The article about “centering” Leslie referenced: 

https://www.thegoodtrade.com/features/decentering-yourself

And Corey mentioned The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander:

www.newjimcrow.com