{"id":18650,"date":"2020-06-03T10:32:46","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T14:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/behavioralobservations.com\/?p=18650"},"modified":"2020-06-03T10:33:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T14:33:00","slug":"listening-to-perspectives-that-matter-session-120","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/behavioralobservations.com\/be_obs\/listening-to-perspectives-that-matter-session-120","title":{"rendered":"Listening to Perspectives That Matter: Session 120"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since the killing of George Floyd, I\u2019ve had colleagues approach me with suggestions on how to address the issue of police brutality and racism on Behavioral Observations. To be honest, none of the suggestions were entirely satisfying. <\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/14682329\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/f80909\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p>As a white guy living in one of the whitest states in America - someone who has not had any mistreatment based on his skin color - other than condemn the actions of those police officers, sharing my thoughts on this event (as well as the broader topic of racism and police brutality) would not only ring hollow, but not be appropriate for the moment. In other words, I realized that I lacked personal perspective with this issue, and while I may have some thoughts on the matter, those thoughts are more or less academic in nature. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So after wracking my brain for a few days on what I <em>could<\/em> do to leverage the BOP platform for good, I came upon the idea for this show: For Session 120, I want to take myself out of the podcast altogether, and turn it over to a panel of African American men who are also our colleagues in Behavior Analysis. The goal of the show would be for both me and the BOP audience to simply listen rather than talk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I reached out to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/antonio-harrison\/\">Dr. Antonio Harrison<\/a> to see if he would be interested in facilitating this discussion, and thankfully he agreed. We then recruited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/shawn-t-capell-ms-bcba-lba-21ba75126\/\">Shawn Capell<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/pierre-louis-39596963\/\">Pierre Louis<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/larry-d-west-iii-mba-m-ed-b7446611a\/\">Larry West III<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kirkkirby\/\">Kirk Kirby<\/a> to participate in the panel. From there, I stepped out of the rest of the production process. As of this writing, I haven't even listened to the final product yet because I want to experience this conversation as an audience member would. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As such, I'm ready to learn more about the experience of African American men in our country and I hope you are too. If you find value in this episode, please share it with as many friends and colleagues as possible. I'm hoping this episode is also disseminated beyond the field of Behavior Analysis as well. Lastly, if you have the means to do so, please consider donating to the group, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.babainfo.org\/donate-index-impact\">Black Applied Behavior Analysts<\/a>, (in case you're wondering, I have and will continue to put my money where my mouth is). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for listening!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the killing of George Floyd, I\u2019ve had colleagues approach me with suggestions on how to address the issue of police brutality and racism on Behavioral Observations. To be honest, none of the suggestions were entirely satisfying. 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