Jordan's recommendations for resources:
13th is on Netflix. It's the hurtful truth presented in a thought-provoking documentary directed by the brilliant Ava DuVernay. If you'd like to start a little more gently, watch a conversation between Oprah and Ava DuVernay discussing the making of this history lesson of Black life in America.
Showing Up 4 Racial Justice is the great organization Jordan was describing. They have new local chapters popping up everywhere. They also have weekly zoom teleconferences that are intelligent and mutually respectful.
Please let me know any questions have or topics you'd like discussed. Eventually, we'll get to them all, but if you've got a priority, I'd love to focus on it for your and everyone's benefit.
WHITE FRAGILITY, by Robin DiAngelo (The New York Times best-selling book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality.) In this “vital, necessary, and beautiful book” (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility and “allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to ‘bad people’ (Claudia Rankine). Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially, white fragility is characterized by emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and by behaviors including argumentation and silence. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium and prevent any meaningful cross-racial dialogue. In this in-depth exploration, DiAngelo examines how white fragility develops, how it protects racial inequality, and what we can do to engage more constructively.
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