Readings

Links

http://whiteprivilege.hampshire.edu/resources.html - Understanding Whiteness, Recognizing Privilege - many readings there

Tim Wise - timwise.org or check out his Znet home page: www.zmag.org/bios/homepage.cfm?authorID=96 -

www.crossroadsministry.org - Crossroads Ministry - Education, Training, and Organizing to Dismantle Racism and Build Anti-Racist Multicultural Diversity

www.paulkivel.com - Paul Kievel

www.antiracismnet.org is both an activist network and public portal providing a comprehensive directory of resources, news, and events calendar

www.evaluationtoolsforracialequity.org helps individuals and groups evaluate their progress in fighting racism and reaching inclusion goals

http://www.ncnw.org National Council of Negro Women

Books:

A DIFFERENT MIRROR: A HISTORY OF MULTICULTURAL AMERICA - Ronald Takaki

THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CENTURY; HOW BLACK AMERICANS HAVE SHAPED OUR COUNTRY - Henry Louis Gates, Jr. & Cornel West

AFRICAN AMERICANS VOICES OF TRIUMPH: PERSEVERANCE - editors of Time-Life Books

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X: AS TOLD TO ALEX HALEY -

Attallah Shabazz, Alex Haley and Malcolm X

BEFORE THE MAYFLOWER - Leone Bennett, Jr.

BREAKING THE ICE: A GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE FROM OTHER CULTURES - Daisy Kabagarama

*THE COLOR OF WEALTH: The Story Behind the U.S. Racial Wealth Divide

BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE - Dee Brown

COMING OF AGE IN MISSISSIPPI - Anne Moody

*THE DEBT: WHAT AMERICA OWES TO BLACK - Randall Robinson

THE DEBTORS: WHITES RESPOND TO THE CALL FOR BLACK REPARATIONS - edited by Ida Hakim

DISMANTILING PRIVILEDGE: AN ETHICS OF ACCOUNTABILITY -

Mary Elizabeth Hobgood

*DISMANTILING RACISM: THE CONTINUING CHALLENGE TO WHITE AMERICA - Joseph Barnt

DREAM FOR MY FATHER - Barack Obama

THE ENCYCLOOPEDIA OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERTAGE - Susan Altman

EUROPE AND THE PEOPLE WITHOUT HISTORY, Eric R. Wolf

FOR WHITES ONLY - Robert W. Terry

*FULFILLING THE DREAM: CONFRONTING THE CHALLENGE OF RACISM - Ronice Branding

HAVING OUR SAY: THE DELANY SISTERS' FIRST 100 YEARS - Sarah L. Delany & A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth

HOW THE IRISH BECAME WHITE - Noel Ignatiev

IN THE MATTER OF COLOR - A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.

LEARNING TO BE WHITE: MONEY, RACE AND GOD IN AMERICA -

Thandeka

NO PEACE WITHOUT FREEDOM, RACE AND THE WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM, 1915-1975 - Joyce Blackwell

THE ORIGINS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT - Aldon D. Morris

PEDOGOGY OF THE OPPRESSED - Paulo Freire

*PEOPLES HISTORY OF THE U.S. - Howard Zinn

THE PORT CHICAGO MUTINY: THE STORY OF THE LARGEST MASS MUTINY TRIAL IN U.S. NAVAL HISTORY - Robert L. Allen

POWER AND PRIVILEGE - Gerhard E. Lenski

THE PRICE OF A CHILD - Lorene Cary

RACE MATTERS - Cornel West

RACE, RACISM AND RECONCILIATION - Gilbert H. Caldwell

RACE-ING JUSTICE, EN-GENDERING POWER - Toni Morrison

RACISM - Robert Miles

RACISM AND JUSTICE: THE CASE FOR AFFIRATIVE ACTION - Gertrude Ezorsky

RACISM AND SEXISM - Paula S. Rothenberg

*RECONCILIATION: THE UBUNTU THEOLOGY OF DESMOND TUTU - Michael Battle

SLAVERY AND THE MAKING OF AMERICA - James Oliver Horton &

Lois E. Horton

STREETS LIGHTS: ILLUMINATING TALES OF THE URBAN BLACK EXPERIENCE - edited by DorisJean Austin & Martin Simmons

*SEEDS OF RACISM - IN THE SOUL OF AMERICA - Paul R. Griffin

TRAIL OF TEARS - John Ehle

*UPROOTING RACISM: HOW WHITE PEOPLE CAN WORK FOR RACIAL JUSTICE - Paul Kivel

WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE - Martin L. King, Jr.

WOMEN RACE & CLASS - Angela Y. Davis

*Highly suggested reading

Articles:

"How I Benefit From White Privilege" by Donna Lamb

"Institutionalized Racism: This Nation Was Built on It!" by Donna Lamb

"Why I Support Reparations to Descendants of Slavery" by Donna Lamb

"Racism in Progressive Movements" by Donna Lamb

"Whites Swim In Racial Preference" by Tim Wise; Alternet; 2/23/03

"Why Whites Think Black Have No Problems" by Tim Wise, Alternet; Posted 7/17/01, Printed 2/27/05

"Misperception Cloud Whites' View of Blacks" by Richard Morin; washingtonpost.com; 7/11/01

Interrupting Racism

Active Anti-Racist Behaviour

Nonviolent Communication Is ...

"Collateral Damage: Poor Whites and the Unintended Consequences of Racial Privilege" By Tim Wise

Websites:

AntiRacismNet -- http://www.antiracismnet.org/main.html

The Anti-Racism & Diversity Committee of the Unitarian Universalist District of Metropolitan New York -- www.antiracism.net

Anti Racism Project Cartoon doll artists and other graphic artists unite to fight against racism -- www.antiracismproject.com

The Center for Non-Violent Communication -- http://www.cnvc.org/

coAction provides skills to schools and organizations in which learning environments of emotional, psychological and intellectual safety can pave the way to on-going engagement of critical thinking and multiple perspectives -- www.antiracism.com

John Conyers, Jr. -- http://www.house.gov/conyers/news_reparations.htm

CURE Caucasians United for Reparations and Emancipation -- http://www.reparationsthecure.org/

Eyes on the Prize - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/

The King Center -- http://www.thekingcenter.org/prog/bc/network.asp

Donna Lamb, Journalist & Anti-Racist Activist -- www.donnalamb.com

National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America -- http://www.ncobra.com/

Project Change A national non-profit community of organizations dedicated to eliminating racism and intolerance -- www.projectchange.org

Race is the Place- http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/raceistheplace/film.html

The "Race" Notion's Role in Ethnic Assimilation by Frank W. Sweet -- http://www.webcom.com/~intvoice/sweet12.html

Race - The Power of an Illusion -- http://www.pbs.org/race/000_General/000_00-Home.htm

The Suppressed History Achieves -- http://www.suppressedhistories.net

Tim Wise Home Page -- http://www.timwise.org/

Tim Wise's ZNet home page --http://www.zmag.org/bios/homepage.cfm?authorID=96

World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia --and Related Intolerances - http://www.unhchr.ch/html/racism/index.htm

WP is a free resource for antiracism education and activism; its editorial focus is analyzing and critically assessing racialized social privilege --www.whiteprivilege.com

Young African-Americans Against Media Stereo Type -- http://dev1.yaaams.com/index-n8.phps

Films/Videos:
Crash

American History X

Slavery and the Making of America

Faith Has Brought Us Thus Far

The Shadow of Hate

Martin Luther King, Jr. The Man and the Dream

Making Whiteness Visible

Resources

Building the Beloved Community brochure -
download as a pdf