Carrie On! with Carrie Murray
Why White Women Need to Talk Abou...

Why White Women Need to Talk About White Supremacy

Carrie On! with Carrie Murray by Carrie Murray
E31
Jun 3, 2026
44:19

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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.

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