Deconstructing Institutional Racism with Milta Vega Cardona
This week I got to talk to Milta Vega Cardona, a National Anti-Racism/Anti Oppression Consultant providing support in organizing and curating conversations on Race and Racism in the United States, Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. We had an inspiring talk about reclaiming our heart-centred humanity & deconstructing institutional racism. Listen to the podcast now on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
“For us to truly reach equity we must all be involved in this process of reconnecting and recovering our humanity” ”
What you’ll learn about in this episode - Reclaiming Our Heart-Centered Humanity & Deconstructing Institutional Racism:
Working inside Institutions that abuse power and fighting back from within
How race became a construct and the core of the hierarchy in the US.
Why white supremacy isn’t about individual actions, but systemic abuses of power
The history of the concept of whiteness, the cost of this construct, and its impact on the U.S.
Reclaiming our humanity through intimacy and vulnerability
Spiritual connection in anti-racism work
“I feel like a clinical approach is truly not enough to address issues of poverty, of inequality, people not having access and the right to health in public and free healthcare systems, to address things like racism, sexism and other forms of oppression in society and material deprivation.”
About Milta Vega Cardona:
Milta Vega Cardona is a National Anti-Racism/Anti Oppression Consultant providing support in organizing and curating conversations on Race and Racism in the United States, Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. Her 40+ years of expertise in the Human Services Field and her 15 years of curating conversations on Race and Racism provide the backdrop to her ability in creating an environment for both BIPOC and White People to take the deep dive into this uncomfortable and often “messy” conversation on Race.
DEPTH Work - A Holistic Mental Health Podcast
This is a space for those who love to dive into the underbelly, to revel in the mystery, question assumptions about what is normal, play in both/and, and honour the wide range of human emotions.
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“It doesn’t matter whether you are anointed white or you are anointed black because the binary is containing everyone and it is dependent on us not having a human connection to each other. That is the baseline for sustaining and maintaining, the bottom line reasons for all of our [poor] outcomes in all of the institutions that we have.”
