Via Organization for Black Struggle and the Anti-Racist Collective. What is the Role for White People Working for Racial Justice in this Current Period? Recently both cable news and twitter feeds got active after a group of white supremacists marched through the University of Virginia, Charlottesville campus under the banner “Unite the Right.” The horrific … Read More
Via What’s UP?! Talking points – Effective Strategies for Confronting Racism in Conversation These strategies were generated from What’s UP?! Pgh Conversation Salons over the years. Thank you to all the participants, planners, facilitators and space providers! Keep in mind the elements of the situation: Timing – now or later? Can you come back … Read More
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
