What should white people do about black tourism? (feat. Derrick Keith Rollins Jr.)

For those of you that I’m friends with on social media, you know that I live a block from the killing of George Floyd.

As angry and heartbroken as I am, I don’t feel right talking about my feelings at the the moment. It actually feels quite inappropriate.

An extremely important and valuable part of my community is in massive amounts of pain right now and rightfully so. They don’t feel safe, seen, or heard - So I’d like to use my podcast platform to do what I do best, listen and amplify thoughts, voices and life stories that need to be heard.

As always, I have no idea what the hell the future holds for the podcast so feel free to reach out on the podcast hotline if you know of someone who’d be a good guest.

This week, we’re revisiting a conversation with Derrick Keith Rollins Jr. A singer-songwriter best known by his stage name, “Reverend Doctor."

What should white people do about systemic racism? What’s it like to be the ’token black friend’? What does the transition from adorable black child to intimidating black adult look like when growing up in the midwest? What is racial tourism? This week, I sat down with Keith over coffee (remember getting coffee together???) to answer these questions and more.

GUEST LINKS:

Visit Reverend Doctor Online: www.reverenddoctormusic.com

Keith’s Article, “What white people should do about systemic racism”: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2017/01/07/what-white-people-should-do-systemic-racism/96131388/

Reverend Doctor on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/5WJOQIXV2amc4gfTXSNby6?si=3XPd6XFATpq6RVfsVhFx_Q

The Liturgist Podcast (Mentioned by Keith, massively recommended by Rob): https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/man/id903433534?i=1000416637959&mt=2