Candid Conversation Social and Racial Justice Curriculum
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White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, Peggy McIntosh
An Elementary School Teacher’s Secret Life As A White Nationalist Writer
Reflection question: How do we prepare our young people to defend against efforts to sow seeds of hate in their mind?
Robin DiAngelo and the Problem with Anti-Racist Self-Help by Danzy Senna
Avoiding Racial Equity Detours by Paul Gorski
Nonviolent Communication Process Reflection questions: What are your detours? How might you strategize based on this new awareness?
The exhaustion of being a Black teacher in a school when you're one of too few educators of color by Linda K. Wertheimer
I'm a black Pilates teacher. Here's how the fitness industry can move toward anti-racism. by Sonja R. Price-Herbert
The trouble with yoga: Why yoga studios are the new country clubs. by Rumya S. Putcha
Reflection question: Might (y)our yoga space be toxic? Have you been complicit?
White women's role in white supremacy, explained. by Anna North
Reflection question: Is one's socialization to be "silent" actually socialization to be "complicit?"
Black women aren't superheroes. We're just trying to survive by Gloria Oladipo
Reflection question: Are we still asking Black women to carry the physical and emotional burden?
Colin Kaepernick Was Right About Us, JOHN PAVLOVITZ, SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
Our Time Is Now,
Stacey Abrams
Lawyer, Author, Activist and Should be Governor of Georgia, Stacey Abrams, explains what is at stake in for our democracy. She is a true American who cares deeply that all Americans have the right to vote. This book should be taught in high school American History classes
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Talk about Race!
There is life on the other side of white discomfort.
One of today’s most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed.
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The Other Slavery…
“begins with the earliest European explorers and colonizers who started the process of taking Indigenous peoples as slaves. Christopher Columbus’s first business venture in the Caribbean was trying to make Spain the dominant slaving power of Indigenous peoples in Europe. He nearly succeeded in doing this, but the Spanish monarchs at the time opposed the enslavement of Indigenous peoples. Moreover, Columbus and his contemporaries realized that they needed human labor to extract valuable natural resources, including gold, from the Caribbean.
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White Fragility
Why is it so hard for white people to talk about racism?
The Racial Healing Handbook
Practical activities to help you challenge privilege, confront systemic racism and engage in collective healing.
Stamped From The Beginning
The only way to undo racism is to consistently identify and describe it and then dismantle it.
How To Be An AntiRacist
The only way to undo racism is to consistently identify and describe it and then dismangle it.
Allow Me to Retort
The U.S. Constitution was written by a group of old white Southern slave-holders. Its impact has been epic.