Everyday white people confront racial & social injustice : 15 stories

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-- Everyday white people confront racial and social injustice

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While we are all familiar with the lives of prominent Black civil rights leaders, few of us have a sense of what is entailed in developing a White anti-racist identity. Few of us can name the White activists who joined the struggle against discrimination, let alone understand the complexities, stresses and contradictions of doing this work while benefiting from the privileges they enjoyed as Whites. This book fills that gap by vividly presenting -- in their own words -- the personal stories, experiences and reflections of fifteen prominent White anti-racists. They recount the circumstances that led them to undertake this work, describe key moments and insights along their journeys, and frankly admit their continuing lapses and mistakes. They make it clear that confronting oppression (including their own prejudices) -- whether about race, sexual orientation, ability or other differences -- is a lifelong process of learning.

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While we are all familiar with the lives of prominent Black civil rights leaders, few of us have a sense of what is entailed in developing a White anti-racist identity. Few of us can name the White activists who joined the struggle against discrimination, let alone understand the complexities, stresses and contradictions of doing this work while benefiting from the privileges they enjoyed as Whites. This book fills that gap by vividly presenting -- in their own words -- the personal stories, experiences and reflections of fifteen prominent White anti-racists. They recount the circumstances that led them to undertake this work, describe key moments and insights along their journeys, and frankly admit their continuing lapses and mistakes. They make it clear that confronting oppression (including their own prejudices) -- whether about race, sexual orientation, ability or other differences -- is a lifelong process of learning.

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Preface / Paul C. Gorski -- Introduction / Eddie Moore Jr., Marguerite W. Penick-Parks, Ali Michaels -- Real-izing personal and systemic privilege / Peggy McIntosh -- The joy of anti-racism / James W. Loewen -- Knapsacks and baggage : why the world needs this book / Abby L. Ferber -- The political is personal / Kevin Jennings -- Calling out the wizard behind the curtain / Heather W. Hackman -- Love, social justice, careers, and philanthropy / Andrea Rabinowitz and Alan Rabinowitz -- Learning to become an anti-racist racist / Christine E. Sleeter -- What's a nice white girl to do in an unjust world like this? Guideposts on my social justice journey / Diane J. Goodman -- White water / Gary R. Howard -- Looking back and moving forward / Francine Kendall -- Working within the system to change the system / Julie O'Mara -- Inside and outside : How being an Ashkenazi Jew illuminates and complicates the binary of racial privilege / Warren J. Blumenfeld -- Of white and hearing privilege / Jane K. Fernandes -- Hands on activism / Paul Kivel -- Afterword: Resisting whiteness/bearing witness / Michelle Fine.