Author Caroline Sumlin - "We'll All Be Free. How a Culture of White Supremacy Devalues Us and How We Can Reclaim Our Truth Worth"

How a Culture of White Supremacy Devalues Us and How We Can Reclaim Our Truth Worth A season on authors and their new books. In this episode I feature Caroline Sumlin. Here's a brief synopsis of her debut. BREAK UP WITH THE STANDARD Society has told you that you’re not good enough unless you live up to the standard. Society lied to you. Our worth lies in our ability to measure up to the narrow, socially constructed standards rooted in colonization, racism, and white supremacy. From believing that the pinnacle of beauty lies in blonde hair and blue eyes, to believing we must maintain 24/7 productivity, we receive the message from every corner of society that, in one way or another, we aren’t enough. As a result…we chase. We chase perfectionism. We chase productivity. We ignore trauma. We change ourselves to mold to the status quo. We erase our cultural identities to subscribe to Western culture. Our mental health suffers in silence. Our feelings of unworthiness deepen. All because we live in a society that determined that there was one ideal version of a human and everyone else was inferior. Your chase ends today. Episode Summary Welcome and the voice of public theologians and prophets. Caroline's story on the complexities and tensions of belonging and adoption. Balancing 'who are my people?' 6:58 Getting into the book. How white supremacy culture impacts belonging, identity, self-worth, and more. 20:00 Describing contemporary examples of systemic prejudice in economics, beauty culture, housing, and more. 27:28 Rapid fire questions on antidotes to white supremacy culture included in Caroline's book starting with the antidote to patriarchy, disability, beauty, capitalism, heterosexism is that there is no gender inequality. 43:24   Here's Caroline on her work and vocation: In short: I write, and speak, about liberation. Liberation from a world that exists to keep us chasing. Liberation from a world that works overtime to steal our self-worth. Liberation from a world that doesn't value your humanity and never ceases to remind you of this. And, liberation for this same world. Because we can’t just stop with freeing ourselves. Our neighbors, our community, and society at large — we all deserve to exist in a world that honors our humanity above all else. And that starts with us.