Show 396: Aja Vancica ~ On Black Lives Matter

It was such an honor and delight to interview the wonderfully amazing Aja Vancica! Her vibe was so fresh and light, yet so very compelling.

When I first spoke with Aja, and learned she had three sons like me, I immediately took myself to a place in my mind where I thought deeply about what it would feel like to be an innocent black man of integrity and honor, simply walking down the street, only to have a white woman clutch her purse as I walked by.

When Aja and I touched on a few points in Catrice M. Jackson's book, "The Becky Code" the desire I had in me to feel more continued when the paperback book arrived in my mailbox prior to our interview. But as I dove into the book I quickly realized that the script was flipped. And I became defensive and felt like the innocent white woman with integrity and honor that was being painted as everything but. This my friends, was a very good thing indeed. 

And even though I am doing everything I can to remove from my mind and mouth the microaggressions and vocabulary that continue to hold systemic racism in place, as I listened to myself speak in our interview, I was still coming from a place of White Silence or Fragility.

As our conversation continued, Aja so gracefully helped bring our thoughts to light and I am forever grateful to share our personal words and insight to all who take the time to listen, to do my part as a white woman, to continue this conversation again and again, and do what it takes throughout my life-until.

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