
All Souls Interfaith Gathering
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Dialogue on Racism
Please stay tuned for more details on the next date!
The All Souls Racism Dialogue Group that met over the summer and discussed White Fragility, has concluded the book study and is now moving to monthly meetings focused on individual and community action. The group is considering viewing a film together, as well as hearing from speakers who are involved in direct action on this topic. Please stay tuned for more details.
A list of resources for learning more about racism from members of the All Souls community.
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A list of 75 ways to be engaged: https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234
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Educated Ally Guide: http://theglitterguide.com/2020/05/30/resource-guide-for-anti-racism-being-an-educated-ally-for-poc/
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The On Being Project (onbeing.org): Pursuing deep thinking and moral imagination, social courage and joy, to renew inner life, outer life, and life together. A nonprofit media and public life initiative. https://engage.onbeing.org/talking-about-whiteness?utm_campaign=20200613_the_pause&utm_medium=email&utm_source=onbeing
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Film lists—Two dialogue participants recommend 13th and When They See Us (followed by Oprah Winfrey's "When They See Us" Now)
- https://nofilmschool.com/2016/07/20-films-you-need-to-watch-about-race-in-america
- https://www.bustle.com/p/19-movies-about-race-every-white-person-needs-to-watch-from-fruitvale-station-to-do-the-right-thing-8605651
- https://www.dw.com/en/hollywood-films-on-racism/g-47675897 -
My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem (book). Engage with Menakem's work and understand racialized trauma from the perspective of body-centered psychology: https://www.resmaa.com/
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White Fragility by Robin Diangelo (book)
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So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo (book)
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How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X Kendi (book)
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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (book) by Ibram X Kendi
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Films for Exploring Race Bias and Identity
- https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/learning/lesson-plans/25-mini-films-for-exploring-race-bias-and-identity-with-students.html
Resources recommended by Women’s March Team:
Books:
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Women, Race and Class (Angela Davis)
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Killing Rage: Ending Racism (bell hooks)
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Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision (Dr. Barbara Ransby)
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Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Movements (Charlene A. Carruthers)
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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Ibram X Kendi)
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Raising Our Hands (Jenna Arnold)
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Beyond the Pale: White Women, Racism, and History (Vron Ware)
Articles:
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White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack (Peggy McIntosh)
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White Supremacy Culture (Tema Okun) (NOTE: This tool centers cultural experiences of white people with class privilege as white culture)
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Southerners On New Ground (SONG) ‘There is Honor in Struggle, There is Honor in the Work’
More Resources:
Eduardo Duran-Healing the Soul Wound, Native American Postcolonial Psychology
Sarah Deer- The Beginning and End of Rape
Suzanne Owen- The Appropriation of Native American Spirituality
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz- An Indigenous People's History of the United States
bell hooks- Sisters of the Yam
Patricia Hill Collins- Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment