Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial JusticeUprooting Racism is a guide for white people struggling to understand and end racism while supporting anti-racism work. It highlights the many ways in which concerned white people can play an active role in confronting white racism. Uprooting Racism helps the reader understand racism and explore its manifestations in politics, work, community, and family life. It moves beyond the definition and unlearning of racism to address the many areas of privilege for white people and suggests ways for individuals and groups to challenge the structures of racism. Uprooting Racism features exercises, questions, and suggestions to engage, challenge assumptions, and motivate the reader towards social action. |
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... attention while keeping white people in general and white Christians in particular at the center of power . The majority of Americans have been abused , economically exploited , harassed and discriminated against . We experience ...
... attention while keeping white people in general and white Christians in particular at the center of power . The majority of Americans have been abused , economically exploited , harassed and discriminated against . We experience ...
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... attention to a problem . If we were more pro - active in identifying and intervening in situations of injustice , people would not have to be so " loud " to get our attention in the first place . Finally , part of the harm that racism ...
... attention to a problem . If we were more pro - active in identifying and intervening in situations of injustice , people would not have to be so " loud " to get our attention in the first place . Finally , part of the harm that racism ...
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... attention ? The 1965 riots in Watts , as never before , brought our attention to the ravages of racism on the African - American population living there . In 1968 a national report by the Kerner Commission warned us of the dangers of ...
... attention ? The 1965 riots in Watts , as never before , brought our attention to the ravages of racism on the African - American population living there . In 1968 a national report by the Kerner Commission warned us of the dangers of ...
Contents
Only Justice Can Put Out the Fire | 1 |
Lets Talk | 8 |
What is Whiteness? | 17 |
Copyright | |
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