Via Cultural Bridges to Justice. Detour-Spotting for White Anti-Racists jona olsson For white people living in North America learning to be anti-racist is a re-education process. I must unlearn the thorough racist conditioning to re-educate and re-condition myself as an anti-racist. I need knowledge, guidance and experience to avoid the detours and traps waiting for … Read More
Via Ford Foundation. A Call for Moral Courage in America By Darren Walker, President Times before, I have always maintained an unwavering faith in America’s promise and, more broadly, in our democratic values—and I still do. I have always believed that progress is cumulative—that, as more people and communities win their place in the circle … Read More
Via Stanford Social Innovation Review. The Bias of ‘Professionalism’ Standards By Aysa Gray Professionalism has become coded language for white favoritism in workplace practices that more often than not privilege the values of white and Western employees and leave behind people of color. The standards of professionalism, according to American grassroots organizer-scholars Tema Okun and Keith Jones, are … Read More
Via Tema Okun. White Supremacy Culture by Tema Okun . dRworks . www.dismantlingracism.org ■ I dedicate this piece to the late Kenneth Jones, a long-time colleague, mentor, and friend who helped me become wise about many things and kept me honest about everything else. I love you and miss you beyond words. ■ This piece … Read More
Via Colours of Resistance Archive. The Work Is Not The Workshop: Talking and Doing, Visibility and Accountability in the White Anti-Racist Community White folks, have not only the obligation but the potential–we really do–to make a real-live, genuine, accountable contribution to the struggle for racial justice that is happening in our world, right now. But … Read More
Via WhiteAccomplices.org. Opportunities for White People in the Fight for Racial Justice The ideas captured on this website, very much a work in progress, have been developed to support White people to act for racial justice. It draws from ideas and resources developed mostly by Black, Brown and People of Color, and has been edited by … Read More
