SHOW LESSAn interview with Naomi Raquel Enright author of 'Strength of Soul' that advances ideas about how to confront societal notions of an inherent difference between the lived experiences of white people and everyone else, notions which result in the widely held belief that there is an inevitable “us” and “them.” Enright suggests that embracing one’s total identity can allow people to challenge systemic racism as well as the language and ideology that created it and upholds it.  Naomi Raquel Enright is a writer, educator and equity practitioner based in Brooklyn, NY. She is also a National SEED Facilitator and New York Appleseed Board Member. She was born in La Paz, Bolivia to an Ecuadorian mother and a Jewish-American father, and raised in New York City.  She holds a BA in Anthropology from Kenyon College and studied at the Universidad de Sevilla in Spain. She writes about identity, loss, and parenting, and her essays have appeared in several publications including Hold The Line Magazine, Family Story, Role Reboot, and in the anthologies, The Beiging of America (2017) and Sharing Gratitude (2019). Her first book, Strength of Soul (2Leaf Press; University of Chicago Press), was published in April 2019.

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