Apr 15, 2019
April Harter is a black, queer, radical feminist who specializes in reforming the perpetrators of racism through the Racist Signature™ Anti-Racism Method.
"I teach anti-racism without shame and with loving compassion for my fellow human beings. We all have things we are ashamed of, and it is in those dark nights of the soul, that we convince ourselves that we do not deserve love or compassion.
"I reform the perpetrators of racism to learn to love themselves so that they can learn to love people of color (POC) authentically, and in so doing, love all of humanity on the deepest of levels."
Episode Highlights
- April tells us how she
unexpectedly got into anti-racism coaching by working in her
private practice to help white psychotherapists, and also after the
events of Charlottesville.
- She discusses the importance of
healing her own racial trauma before she could help perpetrators of
racism.
- We talk about the difference
between performative allyship versus actual healing from racial
trauma through intervention; and how it’s a kind of deep shadow
work and tuning into unconditional love.
- She unpacks the relationship of
shame to racial trauma, and the effects of racial battle fatigue on POC.
- We talk about the deep
commitment it takes to do the healing work necessary to heal racial
trauma and overcome unconscious racism.
- We compare and contrast
unconscious racism and unconscious homophobia, and she exposes
the thread of
narcissism running through unconscious
perpetration.
- April lays out her model of
identifying Racist Signature™
patterns as a form of defense mechanisms in unconscious racist
behavior.
- She shares about her different offerings to help people work on their unconscious racism, on social media, free e-book and e-course, community network and coaching programs.
Web links
- Find April's coaching programs at AprilHarter.com
- Join April's Anti-Racism Network
- Find April on Instagram & Facebook