Hello Mighty Voice readers! It’s been a loooong time since I’ve published a new blog post. My time to work has been limited during COVID and I’ve been focusing on my family first, but I’m excited to be getting back at it.

Today I want to talk about becoming antiracist. I’m learning that just being “not racist” isn’t enough. Black voices have been talking about this for decades…hundreds of years, but when I’m honest, I’m just starting to listen and understand.

Let me preface this with a few of my intentions in this post, since I know I’m going to mess up and I’m ready to own that when I do. (None of the links are affiliate links)

• My intention with this post is to amplify Black voices and voices of color.
• There are *tons* of resources out there about becoming antiracist, and it is *not* the job of people of color to educate us. So, in posting some of these, my goal is to point other white people to ways we can continue to educate ourselves.
• I’m gonna mess this conversation up. I am okay with that because it can help me grow and be better. I saw someone label it a journey to “cultural humility” instead of “cultural competency” since it’s a journey and we never really arrive. I’m open to feedback, so if I’m doing or saying something hurtful to Black people or other minorities, please tell me (bridget@mymightyvoice.com).
• These are just the resources that I’ve personally found really helpful, there are plenty of others and I hope you’ll seek them out too.
• My “why” is my kids…and yours, and those you and I serve as SLPs. A FB friend posted about some of the conversations she’s had with her biracial son…and I thought about having those same conversations with my almost 4 year old, and couldn’t imagine it. I also realized my silence about racism with my children was perpetuating her having to have these conversations with her children. Which led me to examine my privilege and start down this path.

Books for Adults

• So You Want to Talk About Race
• The Color of Law
• White Fragility
• Me and White Supremacy
• The Body Keeps the Score
• Between the World and Me

Books and Resources for Families

• Here Wee Read
• The Tiny Activists
• First Name Basis Podcast
• The Mom Trotter
• The Conscious Kid
• Books for Diversity
• Inclusive Storytime
• Antiracist Baby
• List of Black Owned Businesses

Speech Language Pathologists

• National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing
• S.I.S.T.A’s (Sisters in Speech Therapy and Audiology)
• Speech of Cake, Inc.
• SLP Private Practice in Color
• Play on Words Therapy, LLC
• SLPs of Color
• The Buckeye SLP
• Speak From the Heart
• Speaking of the Matter
• Pediatric Speech Lab
• BVG SLP
• Jordyn Carroll
• Pediatric Speech Sister

Wherever you are on this journey, I hope you’ll continue to grow with me. Our children and other people’s children deserve it.

Much love,

Bridget