journey to this work. tell a little bit about you and the way in which your upbringing shapes how you approach antiracist education . i ll talk about the aspects of my life and upper trainingi think is so relevant to the work i do today . what two pieces and one i m not sure i write about in the book and that is that my mother died when i was 11 years old. she died of leukemia. this was the late 50s, early 60s. at that time you didn t talk about those things. it s probably seems shocking to people today cancer was a shameful thing and we were told not to speak about it and when she died we were told not to talk about it. afterwards either. so it was a traumatic experience for me but i don t think it had to be that traumatic if you have been able to talk about it. i was 11 years old. so from an early age i couldn t articulate it this way at that time but i didn t understand the relationship between violence and suffering. there was this huge elephant in the room and by god i
i want to begin with it seems like a basic question but it s a moment in the book where you are actually dealing with the kind of tension between class and race and you told your story. and i thought it s really important to begin with your journey to this work. tell a little bit about you and the way in which your upbringing shapes how you approach antiracist education . i ll talk about the aspects of my life and upper trainingi think is so relevant to the work i do today . what two pieces and one i m not sure i write about in the book and that is that my mother died when i was 11 years old. she died of leukemia. this was the late 50s, early 60s. at that time you didn t talk about those things. it s probably seems shocking to people today cancer was a shameful thing and we were told not to speak about it and when she died we were told not to talk about it. afterwards either. so it was a traumatic experience for me but i don t think it had to be that traumatic if you have
was to strike section six in its entirety. and that section is on page 237 lines six through 20. it is on page 236. you allergic originally said section six, right? on my document it is 11325. the document you have printed out in front of you may include amendments that were circulated today which is why it is off. it is basically section six. the unquantified section at the end of the ordinance. in the public late notice document on 237. you made a motion to strike section section six. page 236 or page 237. 237 on the public document. do we need a roll call or can we do that without objection? we will do that without objection. through the chair, can i ask another question? on the points with the flower mart, i wanted to hear what you had to say one more time. we need to continue discussions with all of the stakeholders on this amendment. i have made a commitment to kilroy to come to some kind of resolution by november 13th to the full board. i am not makin
was to strike section six in its entirety. and that section is on page 237 lines six through 20. it is on page 236. you allergic originally said section six, right? on my document it is 11325. the document you have printed out in front of you may include amendments that were circulated today which is why it is off. it is basically section six. the unquantified section at the end of the ordinance. in the public late notice document on 237. you made a motion to strike section section six. page 236 or page 237. 237 on the public document. do we need a roll call or can we do that without objection? we will do that without objection. through the chair, can i ask another question? on the points with the flower mart, i wanted to hear what you had to say one more time. we need to continue discussions with all of the stakeholders on this amendment. i have made a commitment to kilroy to come to some kind of resolution by november 13th to the full board. i am not makin
of the gender inequity around that. we are talking about environmental concerns but i end up paying for that. the other piece of it in terms of women and particularly women of color, i really appreciate that you all took the time to assess this. i don t think it s that complicated. i don t know how many african-american women you will find in the south of market area let s just put it out there. i will say it. we aren t over there. or very few are. there may be some latinas, but i am pretty sure they scattered and not of a whole not a whole lot. i am interested why that particular i don t know why you re interested in that area. there are those cultural things that the commissioner had mentioned but all over the world , we are riding bicycles. we are riding bicycles in africa and riding bicycles in south america and riding bicycles all over asia. women and men. i think that the culture of this white, aggressive, manual, this is our space, this entitlement, it is a big tur