Excited to announce the least best seller list. [cheering and applauding] number 88 on usa today so welcome. Thank you so much. Happy to be here we go. Can you hear me . Can you hear me . No. Sorry about that. That has never happened before. [laughter] its because the tv is here. You can hear me, right . Going to ask a question and i will hand the microphone over so im going to start fascinating workbook and a book and a great exploration of a topic that we are all interested to talk about work tonight but in this book, youre asking white people in the u. S. , like me, to confront the racism outright, you know its an uncomfortable process. Talk about the motive you used specifically to tackle this as a writer. Its interesting because ive been asked this question so many times now and i think if i had known before embarking on this during of doing this kind of work, if i had known what was going to be out of time, i might not necessarily have chosen it. The work i was doing before, i wa
This pandemic. As part of our Program Series in conjunction with our exhibit, my america, we welcome layla assad. [applause] her book, me and White Supremacy grew out of an online effort to get people to disassemble how they benefit, and people who leave liberation for others to follow. She is an author, she lived in doha, and theyre excited to announcement this new book has released as number eight on the New York Times best seller list. [cheers and applause] and number 88, number 88 on usa today. So, with that, welcome. Thank you so much. Very happy to be here. Are you on . Not here. Oh. Here it comes. There it goes. Can you hear me . No. Can you hear me . No, will you grab the third mic . Sorry about that, a sudden technical that has never happened before. [laughter] its cause the tv is here. [laughte [laughter] you can hear me, right . So im going to ask a question and hand this mic over to layla so she can hear you. Im going to start with this fascinating work book and book and re
[applause] her book me and White Supremacy combat racism, change the world, and become a good ancestor grew out of an online effort to get people to confront and disassemble the way they benefit from whiteness and become what she called good ancestors, people with a legacy of liberation for others to follow. She is a writer and speaker and podcast father, earned her bachelor of laws degree from Lancaster University of the united kingdom, her husbands two children, my a we are excited to talk with her tonight. We are excited to announce this new book is released number made on the New York Times bestseller list. Number 88 on usa today. Welcome. Happy to be here. Are you on . Here it comes. Can you hear me . Can you hear me . Sorry about that. Never happened before. Because the tv is here. You can hear me. Im going to ask the question at hand the mike over to layla saad. I will start with a fascinating workbook and really great exploration of the topic we are all interested to talk about
Supremacy and people who live the legacy of liberation for others to follow, writer speak fer podcast author, earned a lives in qatar and her husband, sam and two children. So, we are very excited to be able to talk with her tonight. And we also are very excited to announce that this very new book has already released as number eight on the New York Times bestseller list. [cheering] and number 88 on usa today. So with that, laically, wok. Thank you so much. Very happy to be here. Are you on . There it goes. Can you hear me . Can you hear me . No. Will how grab the third mic. Sorry. Sudden technical never happened before. Its because the tv is here. So you can hear me, right . So im going to ask a question and hand this mic over to layla so she can hear you. Ill stated with this fascinating workbook and a really great exploration of a topic that weall interested to talk about more tonight, but in this book youre asking white people, particularly white enemy in the United States like me
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