Antiracist education must operate with a conception of "racism." A commonly held definition is that racism is a system of advantage of power of white people over people of color. Reviewing this set of...
SEE ALSO:Resources you'll need for raising an antiracist child He explains that the essence of understanding the definition of systemic racism lies in knowing that regular people living within a system are an essential part of that system. Even something as seemingly benign as neighborhood choice ...
Because, it turns out, being “not racist” isn’t enough, and is actually contributing to the oppression of and violence against Black bodies. “What is the problem with being ‘not racist’?” asks Ibram X. Kendi in his 2019 bookHow to Be an Antiracist. “It is a claim that signifi...
Another recurring theme in our local discussions is that it is so hard to have transformative conversations such as we Dutch had with the US visitors. Along with other white colleagues, I have found it challenging to counter the anger expressed by antiracists (e.g., Weiner, 2014). I have...
The Commonwealth Fund is committed to an antiracist agenda. As we work toward our mission, we pledge the following: To expand and diversify the group of individuals and organizations whom we listen to, learn from, and support. To draw upon the Fund’s resources, history, and credibility in ...
“I am a woman’s rights,” began Sojourner Truth before a packed audience at the Ohio Woman’s Rights Convention (Painter 1996: 125–6, 281–2). Her speech that May day in 1851 recounted her lived experience as a woman. It also conveyed...
What Is "Racism" in Antiracist Education? Reviewing this set of recent books on anti-racist education, I argue that this definition is both too broad (white privilege is an important race-related injustice yet is not racism) and too narrow (not all racist actions contribute... L Blum - 《...
https://ncte.org/statement/antiracist-teaching/ https://crehub.org/crt-toolkit Thank you again! Lisa Vahey (co-founder of Honesty for Ohio Education) Reply Andrea Castellano says: March 29, 2022 Thanks so much, Lisa! Jenn really appreciates useful resources like these. Reply Lisa Vahey ...
How to Be an Antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi Silver Sparrow, Tayari Jones The Mountain and the Sea, Kwame Dawes Even Tree Nymphs Get the Blues, Molly Harper Starsight (Skyward #2), Brandon Sanderson The Whisper Man, Alex North By Virtue Fall, Bryan Young et all ...
Allyship is not just about intent; it requires proactive action. Saying you are not racist is not an action.Saying you want to help, but you don’t know how to is not an action. Asking the oppressed to educate you about the well-researched, well-documented issues that are opp...