Meeting in racial affinity groups is a common practice in anti-racist, social justice, diversity, and similar forms of educational endeavors. These groups provide a structured space in which participants can explore how racism personally impacts them, process specific experiences of racism, receive validation and support from their peers, heal, and strategize next steps for challenging racism, white supremacy, and internalized racial oppression. This guide will: - Provide an understanding of the racial hierarchy and how it has impacted Black, Indigenous, and People of Color differently. - Define and share common manifestations of internalized racial oppression. - Define anti-Blackness and provide skills to interrupt and address it. - Share rituals, practices, and sample agendas for affinity groups. - Explain when it is useful to meet as one BIPOC group and when it is useful to meet based on one’s specific racial identity. - Provide rituals and tools for healing in BIPOC affinity groups. - Provide information about how to come back together as BIPOC and white people to strategize and take collective action. Provided by publisher.

Includes index.

White Supremacy, Racism, and the Four Foundations -- A Place Where We Can Be -- Every Child's Treasure -- Anti-Blackness and the Myth of Race -- How We Begin -- Skillful Facilitation -- Use Your Magic -- Facilitating Affinity Groups in Organizations -- and Communities -- Everything Is Not Perfect -- The Role of Rituals -- Collective Liberation and Accountability.