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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... women . White women are held to higher standards of chasteness , cleanliness and restraint than white men . The basis of women's rationality , righteousness and authority is supposed to lie with white men . White women are presumed to carry ...
... women . White women are held to higher standards of chasteness , cleanliness and restraint than white men . The basis of women's rationality , righteousness and authority is supposed to lie with white men . White women are presumed to carry ...
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... white women themselves . White women are taught that men of color are highly sexual beings whose very gaze will assault them . Therefore they " need " white men who are strong , aggressive and armed to protect them from this menace ...
... white women themselves . White women are taught that men of color are highly sexual beings whose very gaze will assault them . Therefore they " need " white men who are strong , aggressive and armed to protect them from this menace ...
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... white ( generally middle class ) women in the struggle for the right to vote , in many affirmative action programs and in concerns about women's safety from male violence . As noted earlier , these dynamics are complex . White women ...
... white ( generally middle class ) women in the struggle for the right to vote , in many affirmative action programs and in concerns about women's safety from male violence . As noted earlier , these dynamics are complex . White women ...
Contents
Only Justice Can Put Out the Fire | 1 |
Lets Talk | 8 |
What is Whiteness? | 17 |
Copyright | |
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