Decolonize Your Parenting with Yolanda Williams

Black History Year

PushBlack

History, Society & Culture

4.3 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Today's History Story: The Jim Crow Etiquette of The Word "LIE" Parenting is never easy, especially when raising a Black child in a world hellbent on dehumanizing us. That’s why today’s episode is so crucial—we’re talking about the historical legacies that have shaped modern parenting and what it takes to decolonize it. Joining us in doing that work is the incredible Yolanda Williams. Yolanda is a racial justice educator, conscious parenting coach, and the visionary behind Parenting Decolonized. Her work empowers parents to dismantle white supremacy and raise liberated, independent, and emotionally resilient children. This episode will have you rethinking your own upbringing and might ignite a revolution in the way you parent. To learn more about Yolanda's work, visit www.parentingdecolonized.com. Black History Year (BHY) is produced by PushBlack, the nation's largest non-profit Black media company. PushBlack exists to amplify the stories of Black history you didn't learn in school and explore pathways to liberation with people leading the way. You make PushBlack happen with your contributions at BlackHistoryYear.com — most people donate $10 a month, but every dollar makes a difference. If this episode moved you, share it with your people! Thanks for supporting the work. Hosting BHY is Darren Wallace. The BHY production team includes Jareyah Bradley and Brooke Brown. Our producers are Cydney Smith and Len Webb for PushBlack, and Lance John with Gifted Sounds edits and engineers the show. BHY’s executive producers are Julian Walker and Lilly Workneh. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up, we're talking about decolonizing parenting with Yolanda Williams on this episode of Black History Year. Decalin'ize and parenting. Now that's a phrase you don't hear every day, but it's a
0:28.6	critical concept all of us, especially black households, should take a closer look at. Let's take a quick trip down
0:35.8	memory lane. When you think about your own childhood, what flashes in your mind? For some of us,
0:41.7	it might trigger memories of getting a more than starting talking to, or a good
0:46.8	whopping on the backside.
0:47.8	But let's be real, y'all.
0:50.6	Where did those tactics come from? Do they really work? And is there some deep-rooted stuff?
0:56.0	I'm talking about generational trauma that we need to unpack year?
1:00.0	I'm Darren from Push Black and you're tuned of Black History Year.
1:05.0	Parenting man, it ain't easy.
1:08.0	Especially when you think about raising a black child in a world where we're too often dehumanized. That's why today's talk is so important,
1:15.6	because we're getting into breaking down generational trauma and yes, decolonizing how we parent.
1:21.9	And we've got the amazing Yolanda Williams here to talk about it all.
1:26.4	Now Yolanda is a racial justice educator, conscious parenting coach, and the brains behind
1:32.2	parenting de-Golonsize. Through her work, and the brains behind parenting
1:32.7	de-golan eyes.
1:34.1	Through her work, she guides parents to divest
1:36.5	from white supremacy and nurture and liberated,
1:39.3	independent, emotionally solid children.
1:44.0	So get ready. We're by the unearth the historical legacies that have shaped today's parenting practices,
1:50.0	for better or for worse.
1:52.0	But first up, today's history story. This week, it's about racial
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