Jan 10, 2023
In
this episode, Angela meets Saira Rao, political activist, author, publisher, and
former Wall Street lawyer and television
producer.
She is
the co-founder of "Race2Dinner", in
which she and her partner in the project, Regina Jackson, imagine a
world without white supremacy and
misogyny.
Saira
and Regina attend dinners with 8–10 white women, hosted
and catered by one of the women, and lead a conversation aimed at
confronting the women with their own racism. An Apple iTunes
documentary Deconstructing
Karen explores the Race2Dinner concept.
They
are also co-authors
of White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your
Own Racism and How to Do Better.
A
long-time supporter of the Democrats, Saira became disillusioned at
their failure to recognise, or combat, racism in daily life and in
the corridors of power. She ran for Congress in 2018, losing out in the primary to the Democrat incumbent.