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I& #39;m thinking about all the kinds of support people relatively new to & #39;race talk& #39; actually need.
One of the biggest steps that white people and anyone else new to conversations about racism can do is to examine #whiteness.
One of the biggest steps that white people and anyone else new to conversations about racism can do is to examine #whiteness.
Of course, it& #39;s important to read and hear from Black people. But attention to grasping the comprehensive power and influence of #whiteness on our whole society may often be overlooked.
So here& #39;s a thread of resources by white and Black folks talking about this very topic! A great starting point is the podcast series #SeeingWhite. It& #39;s impossible to go wrong here. https://www.sceneonradio.org/seeing-white/ ">https://www.sceneonradio.org/seeing-wh...
Many of you will have heard of the book #WhiteFragility by Robin DiAngelo. I highly recommend it. Perhaps more valuable still is an accompanying discussion guide for educators by @ValeriaBrownEdu
http://beacon.org/assets/pdfs/DiAngelo-EducatorsProfDevGuide.pdf">https://beacon.org/assets/pd...
http://beacon.org/assets/pdfs/DiAngelo-EducatorsProfDevGuide.pdf">https://beacon.org/assets/pd...
Several white educators have spoken eloquently about recognizing their own whiteness. @JennBinis tackles the overwhelming whiteness (and woman-ness) of K-12 education: https://medium.com/identity-education-and-power/identity-in-education-and-the-responsibility-of-power-d9bbef4ea495">https://medium.com/identity-...
Scott Bayer @Lyricalswordz describes a defining moment in coming to terms with his own whiteness: https://movementmemoirsblog.wordpress.com/2020/04/28/pushing-upstream/">https://movementmemoirsblog.wordpress.com/2020/04/2...
Here are a few white educators talking about practicing anti-racist parenting: https://medium.com/identity-education-and-power/anti-racist-parenting-while-white-an-inquiry-25438aa008f9">https://medium.com/identity-...
And finally, written by a Black woman facilitator, Michelle Silverthorn @INwithMichelle this piece offers some clear steps in examining whiteness: https://forge.medium.com/mom-why-dont-you-have-any-black-friends-e59f37e62ed9">https://forge.medium.com/mom-why-d...
