LaFayette Trawick (https://www.instagram.com/ljtsade/) is a Research Scientist, Motivational Speaker, Mentor, Social Activist/ Advocate, Blogger, Writer, Coach and CEO of Claiming Ignorance (Youth Mentoring & Elevation Network) with a passion for the issues and challenges surrounding, community development, diversity and inclusion, core family and parenting and it's effects on our Youth.

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Resources:
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Articles:
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On defunding the police: https://www.thecut.com/2020/06/what-does-defund-the-police-mean-the-phrase-explained.html?fbclid=IwAR03liqOYtn5z5wH6Vh37jUArWMWnLBXkBYhWuNy4cSgaqTGeVYdOtdbUv0

Before you check on your black friend, read this: https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/06/9848854/check-in-black-friends-colleagues-what-to-say?fbclid=IwAR056azKdExhuVPnLLPeudMtsxQOwKNxB3KTqlgg5tl_BOzofE-YZzMBreA

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Movies:
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- “13th” by Ava DuVernay
- “I Am Not Your Negro” by Raoul Peck
- “Do The Right Thing” by Spike Lee
- “Get Out” by Jordan Peele
- “A Soldier’s Story” by Norman Jewison

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Books:
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- White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
- Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X
- White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son
- How the Irish Became White
- They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- So You Want to Talk About Race
- White Rage


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Books on Communication:
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- Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time
- How to win Friends & Influence People


MORE TO COME...

About me:
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Web: DougStewart919.com

I am a TEDx Presenter, TEDx Coach, Speaker, Story Teller, Dale Carnegie Instructor, and most importantly Advocate, Husband, and Father of 2.