What If The Race You Trained For Was Rigged From The Start - You Sound Like A White Girl by Julissa Arce

Hey Yall!

This month we sit with new beginnings and name the cost of fitting in, using Julissa Arce’s book to examine assimilation, representation, and cultural pride. Joy rises next to hard truths as we claim our names, challenge proximity to whiteness, and pick a read to start the new year strong.

• New jobs, creative projects, intentionality
• Emotional complexity and celebrating joy
• You Sound Like a White Girl overview and tone
• Who the book is for and why that matters
• Proximity to whiteness at work and in life
• Food, culture, and appropriation flashpoints
• Representation gaps and the checkbox problem
• Names, identity, and insisting on correct pronunciation
• Parenting and culturally rooted naming choices
• Next month’s pick: Think Like a Monk
• Recommendations across podcasts, YouTube, shows, books

We were doing a reread, but our first time talking about it on the pod, which is Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty. The book that started it all.