Why White Women Need to Talk About White Supremacy

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This is one of those conversations that stays with you.

Host Carrie Murray sits down with Dr. Akilah Cadet — founder and CEO of Change Cadet, Forbes Next 1000 entrepreneur, public health practitioner, and author of White Supremacy Is All Around: Notes from a Black Disabled Woman in a White World — for a frank, unflinching discussion about the systems white women navigate, enable, and can choose to disrupt.

In this episode:

• The Supreme Court's recent rollback of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 — what happened, why it matters, and why it was predictable
• The through-line connecting the end of affirmative action, the end of DEI, and now voting rights
• How white women's comfort with whiteness has shaped election outcomes — and continues to
• The crucial difference between being an ally and being an accomplice
• The upstream/downstream framework for thinking about activism and prevention
• Why critical thinking — not social media — is the most important tool we have right now
• What it actually looks like to get comfortable being uncomfortable

Dr. Cadet also shares a preview of her next book, connecting narcissism to supremacism, and reflects on the role her late grandmother continues to play in her daily life.

About Dr. Akilah Cadet: Dr. Akilah Cadet is the founder and CEO of Change Cadet, a consulting firm helping organizations embed belonging into their culture, strategy, and storytelling. She is a Forbes Next 1000 entrepreneur, one of San Francisco Business Times' Most Influential Women, and the author of White Supremacy Is All Around: Notes from a Black Disabled Woman in a White World (February 2024). She is also the host of the Humane Rights Podcast.

Resources mentioned:

• 📖 White Supremacy Is All Around by Dr. Akilah Cadet — available wherever books are sold; signed copies at changecanet.com
• 🎙️ Humane Rights Podcast — available on all podcast platforms
• 📲 Instagram: @changecanet
• 📬 Substack: The Change Cadet Action Network

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• YouTube: Carrie On! with Carrie Murray

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