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* good introductory resources

General Analysis (White Privilege, Internalized Racism)

Andrea Rubenstein, Check my what?' On privilege and what we can do about it. Personal blog post, March 8, 2006. A new classic commentary on privilege (not specifically racial privilege) written as a list of suggestions for how privileged people can respond to their privilege in healthy ways.

Applied Research Centre
Public policy and education resources. Also publishes ColorLines magazine.

* California Newsreel. Race: The Power of an Illusion , (3-part video series). 2003. See also companion website: PBS.org/race.

Center for the Study of White American Culture
Resources include a racial awareness quiz designed to debunk widely held assumptions about American history.

Challenging White Supremacy
This organization's website offers articles on white privilege and internalized superiority.

de Leon-Hartshorn, Iris, Tobin Miller Shearer, and Regina Shands Stoltzfus. Set Free: A Journey Toward Solidarity Against Racism. Herald Press: Scottdale, 2001.

Fine, Michelle, et al., eds. Off White: Readings on Power, Privilege and Resistance . New York: Routledge, 2004.

Frontline (television program). A Class Divided (also known as "Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes"). March 26, 1985.
A valuable case study into how children internalized messages of discrimination. Companion website has teacher guide and other resources, including video streaming of the entire program. Companion book, A Class Divided, Then and Now (William Peters, New Haven: Yale UP, 1987) provides information and transcripts that do not appear in the video.

Kivel, Paul. Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice. Philadelphia: New Society, 2002.

Lee Mun Wah (director). Last Chance for Eden. Stirfry Productions, 2002.
This documentary film (from the director of The Color of Fear) features a multiracial group of eight men and women discussing the issues of racism and sexism in the workplace. They examine the impact of society's stereotypes on their lives in the workplace, in their personal relationships, within their families and in their communities.

* Leondar-Wright. "Climbing the White Escalator." Common Dreams News Center. May 4, 2004.

* Macintosh, Peggy. "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack." Peace and Freedom, Jul/Aug 1989: 10-12.

* Shearer, Jody Miller. Enter the River: From White Privilege Toward Racial Reconciliation. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1994.

www.understandingrace.org - A multimedia, highly interactive website from the American Anthropological Association with sections on history, human diversity, and lived experience. Includes a section for youth and teacher's guides.

www.UnderstandingPrejudice.org - A project of the Social Psychology Network to be a companion to textbooks. Full of resources for students, teachers, and anyone else on prejudice - racial and otherwise. On-line assessments, history links, resource lists, exercises, sample syllabus, and more.

whiteprivilege.com - Articles on antiracism and white privilege.

White Antiracist Community Action Network (WACAN.org) - An online community, with discussion board and chat rooms. Also provides a biweekly antiracism news update by email to members.

Churches and Theology

Christerson, B., K. L. Edwards, and M. O. Emerson. Against All Odds: The Struggle for Racial Integration in Religious Organizations. New York: NYU. 2004.

Davies, Susan E. and Sr. Paul Teresa Hennessee, eds. Ending Racism in the Church. Cleveland: United Church, 1998.

Emerson, Michael O, and Christian Smith. Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2000.

Isasi-Díaz, Ada María. En la Lucha/In the Struggle: Elaborating a mujerista theology, A Hispanic Women's Liberation Theology. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1993.

Harris, P., and D. Schaupp. Being white: finding our place in a multiethnic world. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity. 2004.
Primarily for white Christians, this book looks at movement through encounter, friendship, displacement and then active resistance to racism. The authors write about the necessity of brokenness and using privilege and power under the leadership of people of color to resist racism.

Sojourners. America's Original Sin: A Study Guide on White Racism. Curriculum resource for churches, Sunday schools, and other Christian groups. Available from Sojourners.

Stroupe, Nibs, and Inez Fleming. While We Run This Race: Confronting the Power of Racism in a Southern Church. New York: Orbis, 1995.

West, Traci C. "Liturgy: Church Worship and White Superiority," Ch. 4 in Disruptive Christian Ethics: When Racism and Women's Lives Matter. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster/John Knox, 2006. In this chapter, West analyzes ways that white superiority is encoded in Christian worship (in churches of various racial make-ups) and offers a few concrete examples for challenging white superiority in worship.

Global Racism

Canadian Race Relations Foundation - Fact sheets and articles on systemic racism in Canada.

Clark, Kendall. "The Global Privileges of Whiteness," Monkeyfist.com. June 28, 2001

Debwewin Project. Includes a collection of articles on racism in Canada, as well as resources about multicultural education.

Marable, Manning. "Globalization and Racialization." Znet. August 13, 2004.

Martin, Jacques. "The Global Hierarchy of Race." Common Dreams News Center. Reprinted from The Guardian/UK. September 20, 2003

A Long Train of Abuses. A 16 minute video documenting civil rights abuses of First Nations in Canada. (The link is to view the video on YouTube.)

History and Colonialism

Acuna, Rodolfo. Occupied America: A History of Chicanos (6th edition). New York : Pearson Longman, 2007.

Forbes, Jack. Columbus and other Cannibals: The Wetiko Disease of Exploitation, Imperialism and Terrorism. New York: Seven Stories, 2008 (forthcoming updated edition).

Gonzalez, Juan. Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America. New York: Viking, 2000.

Stannard, David E. American Holocaust: Columbus and the Conquest of the New World. New York: Oxford UP, 1992.
An older, but classic text.

Smedley, Audrey. Race in North America: Origin and Evolution of a Worldview. (3rd edition). Boulder, Col: Westview, 2007.

Wilson, James. The Earth Shall Weep: A History of Native America. New York: Grove Press, 2000.

Organizing

Barndt, Joseph. Understanding and Dismantling Racism: The Twenty-First Century Challenge to White America. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress, 2007.

Crossroads Ministry. "Racial Identity Caucusing." An on-line article describing some of the important aspects of caucusing in antiracism work.

Potapchuk, Maggie, Sally Leiderman, Barbara Major, and Donna Bivens. Flipping the Script: White Privilege and Community Building, Silver Spring, Md., and Conshocken, Pa.: MP Associates and Center for Assessment and Policy Development, 2005. People related to organizations that are involved in "community building" or "community service" are especially encouraged to read this. Includes introductory explanations of important concepts like racism, institutional racism, and community building as well as questions for personal reflection or group discussion. The entire text is available for free download (PDF) at www.capd.org/.

Western States Center, – On-line resources about board development as well as dismantling racism.

Children, Schools and Education

Antiracist Parent
A blog centered around parenting. Visitors can post questions or comments for others to respond to.

Delpit, Lisa. Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom. New Press, 1996.

Higher Education Landscape - Data from the College Board looking at future trends in higher education students, including racial demographics.

* Howard, Gary. We Can't Teach What We Don't Know: White Teachers, Multiracial Schools. New York: Teachers College Press, 1999.

John, Jaiya. Black Baby White Hands: A View from the Crib. Soul Water Rising, 2005.
The author's memoir of growing up as the adopted black son of white parents. Highly recommended for prospective or current white parents of adopted children of color.

Landsman, Julie. A White Teacher Talks About Race. Scarecrow Press, 2001.

Lee, Enid, Deborah Menkart and Margo, Okazawa-Rey, eds. Beyond Heroes and Holidays: A Practical Guide to K-12 Anti-Racist, Multicultural Education and Staff Development. Washington, D.C.: Network of Educators on the Americas, 1998.

Oyate - "A Native organization working to see that our lives and histories are portrayed honestly, and so that all people will know our stories belong to us." Their website has a section deconstructing myths about Thanksgiving, as well as useful sections on recommended books (and books to avoid) for children K-12. They also present workshops.

REACH Center - Specializing in strategic planning and training for cultural diversity, particularly in schools and school districts. The book by its founder, Gary Howard (We Can't Teach What We Don't Know: White Teachers, Multiracial Schools, 1999 - essential reading for white teachers), doesn't just stick with "let's all get along" multiculturalism, but asks its readers to struggle with white privilege, dominance, and identity. The REACH Center website lists resources and curriculum, as well as information about workshop and consultation services.

Rethinking Schools - Curricula and resources for teachers.

Teaching for Change - Curricula and resources for teachers.

Tolerance.org - The ABCs of Whiteness and Anti-Racism. 2006. Teacher resources for white students from elementary through high school.

UnderstandingPrejudice.org - A project of the Social Psychology Network to be a companion to textbooks. Full of resources for students, teachers, and anyone else on prejudice - racial and otherwise. On-line assessments, history links, resource lists, exercises, sample syllabus, and more.

Specific racial justice issues

Environmental Racism - Environmental Justice Research Council. A research, policy, and information clearinghouse

Sze, Julie. Noxious New York: The Racial Politics of Urban Health and Environmental Justice. MIT Press, 2006. This carefully researched book provides a history and analysis of recent environmental justice campaigns in New York City. Studying four instances of grassroots activism the author examines how low-income communities of color organized against and fought garbage and waste facilities that would pollute their neighborhoods. She traces how people usually ignored or sidelined from corporate and government decision-making transformed their personal health experiences into political power, and used their racial and class identity as an organizing tool. (Annotation thanks to Prem Dick.)

Healthcare - Unnatural Causes. A documentary video series with companion website exploring how racial and socioeconomic disparities impact health. Website includes video clips, case studies, interactive features, resources, organizing suggestions, and an organizer toolkit.

Linguistic Racism - Moore, Robert B. "Racism in the English Language." A classic article on linguistic racism that has been reprinted over and over for over two decades.

Current Event and News Websites

Though not every article on these sites is specifically related to race/racism, these are some good sites to check out for analysis of current events.

Mennonite Central Committee

United States