The challenge of getting to ‘woke’ when white
“... my whole life I should have been an ideal ‘ally’ in terms of intent and heart and willingness to learn and STILL it took me until 50 to even begin to understand.”
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Epiphanies on race
Anonymously Yours, EmbraceRace
[5-minute read]
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When the valedictorian tells the truth about her unequal, neglected, under-resourced school
“Today is the day when we walk across a stage and take our diplomas, as an act of defiance to those who said we could not. We have had many students, administrators, and teachers come and go. We have had heart break; we have had our nation turn its back on us, through supporting those who support hate. So, to those that believed my classmates and I were incapable, I have decided to leave a message for you …”
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“Today is About The Truth”
Coral Ortiz, New Haven Independent
[4-minute read]
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Video: Multiracial young adults speak out
"What's troublesome about it that that she chose 'Other'; I chose 'Other.' We're not the same; we don't have the same [racial] backgrounds. So how in the world can you lump us together? What is it saying on these government documents that we're 'Other'? What are you getting at by lumping us together?"
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Shutting Down BS about Multiracial Identity
Dylan Marron, Seriously TV
[9-minute video]
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A black dad walks into a parent group ...
"I can see the myriad of conclusions that people arrive at: “He must be unemployed”, “He can't be with the mother of the child”, “He mustn't see the child much”, “This must be his one day with the baby”. And I know some want to ask me questions: why am I not at work? Do I even have a job? Where is the mother? Why is he wearing his hat like that?!"
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Being white, raising black and brown
“Yes, while they’re living under my roof, it is both the job of my wife and myself to take care of our foster children of color in the same way we take care of our biological children. But the experience has driven home to me that my job is also to take care of them by doing everything in my power to help make the world they live in a more tolerant and just place.”
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Reading those little racist 'classics' with kids
"It would be easy to take these books off the shelf, to say that they – like many books of their time – were steeped in white supremacy and racism and therefore they do not belong in our canon. It would also be easy to read all of the pages full of wonder and wild adventure and a family’s love and skip over the parts that inconveniently don’t fit that narrative. Instead, I am trying a middle path ..."
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Racial/ethnic pride and support is protective for kids
"Overall, we found that a strong ethnic identity and greater social support were protective factors in the link between discrimination and adjustment problems in this sample of Mexican-origin youths. That is, having a stronger ethnic identity or more social support weakened the link between discrimination and adjustment problems."
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White supremacy does not stop at the KKK
“Many people, especially older white people, associate the term white supremacy with extreme and explicit hate groups. However, for sociologists, white supremacy is a highly descriptive term for the culture we live in; a culture which positions white people and all that is associated with them (whiteness) as ideal.”
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No, I Won’t Stop Saying “White Supremacy”
Robin DiAngelo, Yes Magazine
[5-minute read]
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Resources to use with kids
Enter your address: Interactive map of indigenous territories and languages in North America
“[This] map must be used critically. Maps function as colonial artifacts and represent a very particular way of seeing the world - a way primarily concerned with ownership, exclusivity, and power relations ...And if people do not take these things into account, the map may prove more harmful than valuable.”
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Fighting your biases: Advice for adults that is applicable to kids
"Here are some of the steps we recommend as a good way to begin fighting bias in yourself.
1. Pay attention to how your bias shapes your environment
2. Expose yourself to counter-stereotypical images
3. Reach out across difference
4. Ask, don’t assume; listen, don’t judge"
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How to Build Relationships across Difference
Matthew Freeman, Greater Good Magazine
[7-minute read]
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Your turn
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