Race and Privilege Resources

Privilege and Race--- Lots o' Links -- newer discovered posted at top.


Don't Forget to check out the ton of readings we have easily downloadable!! 

Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome - Radio Story by Making Contact

How can white Americans be free?   The default belief that the white experience is a neutral and objective one hurts both white and American culture

Dangerous Black Girl

How to be an Ally excerpts from Anne Bishop's book "Becoming an Ally Breaking the Cycle of Oppression" really great AND also look for Beyond Token Change about dismantling institutional oppression. 

Souls of White Folks by Mab Segrest great article from The Making and Unmaking of Whiteness. Makes connections between Addiction, Oppression and Capitalism. This collection of essays is great! One talks about academia and whiteness studies. Another assess' different methods of anti-racist organizing. 



How to be Black by Baratunde Thurston a book and the link also connects to Totally Biased a TV show.




Love Race and Liberation : Until the White Day is Done by Co-Edited by JLove Calderon and Marcella Runell Hall   This is a book of curriculum of workshops for 8th - 12th graders and beyond. It's a great resource.

Catalyzing Liberation Tool Kit - An Amazing resource for anti-racist organizing within the occupy movement and beyond.

Challenging White Supremacy Work Shop this link currently not working but gonna wait and see if it comes back


Beyond Whiteness - New Great Website with tons of resources
Barriers to Organizing for Anti-Racist White Activists by Joanie Mayer
One of my all time favorite readings. 


Reflections and Thoughts on White Anti-Racist Organizing from Radicals of Color and White Anti-racists

Racialicious is a blog about the intersection of race and pop culture.


 Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

Tools for White Guys

 Citizenship Privilege 
 
 The CatalystProject – Book Store


"If I can't keep my white male privilege..." 


Jay Smooth - How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Discussing Race
Awesome super short utube video!
 
Uprooting Racism by Paul Kivel
Real great for white folks!

Paul Kivel's son who did a whole performance called Free Land.
The show follows a young white man’s search for his roots as it takes him from the streets of Oakland to the prairies of Wyoming on an unforgettable journey into the heart of American history. During an interview with his grandfather he learns that their beloved family ranch was actually a Homestead, a free land grant from the government. Haunted by the past, he’s compelled to dig deeper into the history of the land theft and genocide in the Wild Wild West.

 10 Conversations I'm sick of having with White People


5 Things White Activists Should never say 

Microaggressions 


Derailing for Dummies 
 
Complete Guide To Hipster or Ironic Racism There's been a lot of talk these last couple of weeks about "hipster racism" or "ironic racism"—or, as I like to call it, racism. It's, you know, introducing your black friend as "my black friend"—as a joke!!!—to show everybody how totally not preoccupied you are with your black friend's blackness.


How to Rent A Negro by damali ayo


Inga’s own resource list is great!

When White People Go Bad - This is facebook page about white people appropriating native culture. 

 Some more readings
Mumia, Political Prisoners, & Death Row - Geronimo Pratt

Still I Rise A graphic history of African Americans
This is a great resource for teens to elders!
Skin Deep Black Women and White Women write about Race edited by Marita Golden and Susan Shreve