Ibram X. Kendi gave this beautiful image for understanding racism and the shame it can come with in our society while he was on Brene Brown’s Podcast.

Racism is a charged word but it doesn’t have to bring us shame.

Realizing our own racism is like realizing that it is constantly raining and we are soaking wet.

It feels so crummy to realize you’re wet but at the same time it makes a lot of sense. Immediately you look for an umbrella or run for safety but we must make sure we pick up the right umbrella and do what we can to point out the clouds that are raining on us.

Once we realize we’ve been running from realizing we are wet, we can’t stop but running towards making it stop raining.