60. Releasing Ancestral Shame with Walter English

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Parenting Decolonized

Yolanda Williams

61 episodes

9 months ago

Raising children is hard. Raising children while black is even harder. The Parenting Decolonized podcast shines the light on how colonization has impacted the black family structure and what to do about it. Host Yolanda Williams takes you on the journey as she learns how to raise liberated black children without breaking their spirits. Yolanda and her guests discuss how to decolonize your parenting by resisting old narratives, how to use conscious parenting as activism against white supremacy, reclaiming ancestral ways of parenting, and how to become a more mindful, conscious parent.

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60. Releasing Ancestral Shame with Walter English

Parenting Decolonized

32 minutes

2 years ago

60. Releasing Ancestral Shame with Walter English

Have you traced your ancestral roots? Regardless of what your answer is, let’s talk about it! In this episode of Parenting Decolonized, I welcome Walter English, an artist and the Founder of Brister English Project, an organization that offers 20 hours of free genealogy work to Black people to help them discover and learn about their hidden roots and ancestors. Listen in as Walter and I talk about the power of genealogy and DNA testing in releasing shame about your family’s history with enslavement. In this episode, we talk about…

Walt’s experience learning the truth about his African-American ancestry.
How your family history impacts your parenting.
Why I decided to get my DNA tested after being resistant to it.
Overcoming the resistance to genealogy and using it to learn, liberate, and find pride in yourself.
What is the best ancestry/DNA testing company?
What to do with your DNA results.
….and more!

If you’d like to donate to the Brister English Project, visit https://linktr.ee/formerlovepoet.

Sign up and join the waitlist to get your 20 hours of FREE genealogy work: https://bristerep.me/take-action

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This episode of Parenting Decolonized is produced by Crys & Tiana.