Faith & Other F Words

Examining White Privilege & Racism

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What is white privilege? What's our duty to understand it and how does it play into racism? 

Megan Nevels, an assistant Education Director at a leading anti-hate organization, joins me to discuss tangible ways to better "see" privilege in action and make steps in our lives to become more understanding and inclusive in our world. 

Megan shares her experience of being a white woman, growing up in Inglewood a predominantly black neighborhood in LA shaped her and how she truly came into awareness of her own privilege later in life while in grad school. She educates us on how white people can move from awareness of race and racism into actively being anti-racist, and inspires us all to help create a better world.

Resources to further educate yourself on the topic:

  1. NY Times 1619 Project – 1619 Podcast with Nikole Hannah-Jones
  2. White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
  3. So you want to talk about race by Ijeoma Oluo
  4. The History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter
  5. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
  6. White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son by Tim Wise
  7. Tim Wise’s podcast – Speak Out
  8. Just Mercy – Bryan Stevenson
  9. Equal Justice Initiative – Bryan Stevenson, National Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum
  10. The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
  11. Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria by Beverly Daniel Tatum (esp for teachers)
  12. Anything by James Baldwin
  13. The work of Jane Elliott (esp for teachers)
  14. Andrea Owen – Your Kickass Life podcast episode 112 “On race, privilege, and what we can do” http://yourkickasslife.com/podcast/112/
  15. 13th – Documentary by Ava Duvernay
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