:: resources

A couple of background resources that may be of interest...

:: articles

"Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" by Peggy McIntosh
This article illuminated the issue of white privilege to many people.

Articles by Robert W. Jensen
this is a collection of articles written by scholar and professor robert jensen and hosted on his own website.

"School Shootings and White Denial" by Tim Wise
this article, published in march of 2001 gave many people a new perspective on school violence and white privilege.

"White privilege, color, and crime" by Peggy McIntosh
Chapter 6 in Images of Color, Images of Crime , a reader of 22 original essays edited by eminent criminologists Coramae Richey Mann and Marjorie S. Zatz

"Can We Talk?" by Andrea Ayvazian and Bev Tatum
on creating dialogue, really listening, believing/validating people of color, being an effective ally

"Reverse racism or how the pot got to call the kettle black" by Stanley Fish
on affirmative action

"Racism in the English Language" by Robert B. Moore

"Interrupting the Cycle of Oppression: The Role of Allies as Agents of Change" by Andrea Ayvazian
[this is a .doc file]

"White Supremacy Culture" From Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change Groups, by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun
This is a list of characteristics of white supremacy culture which show up in our organizations.

"'White Guilt' offers no solution for racism" by Nicole Hsiang

"Perceptions of Race, Class, and America’s 'War on Drugs'" by Clifford Wallace Thornton, Jr.
[this is a .doc file]

:: films

The Way Home
The Way Home tells the story of two people as they overcome their differences in an effort to find a bond of understanding. The silent and patient grandmother, a creature of nature and solitude, finally reaches her grandson from the material world, by quietly and constantly offering him unconditional love.

The Color of Fear
The Color of Fear is an insightful, groundbreaking film about the state of race relations in America as seen through the eyes of eight North American men of Asian, European, Latino and African descent. In a series of intelligent, emotional and dramatic confrontations the men reveal the pain and scars that racism has caused them. What emerges is a deeper sense of understanding and trust. This is the dialogue most of us fear, but hope will happen sometime in our lifetime.

ViewinRace.org Film Listing
Viewing Race gives grassroots organizations, libraries, and other nonprofits access to the best of independent films and other resources on the subjects of race and diversity. Through our outreach we are building a broad community of filmmakers, librarians, programmers, activists, teachers and administrators interested in using independent video to effect social change.

:: links

A definition of racism by Enoch Page
University of Massachusetts, Amherst Professor of Anthropology, Enoch Page, defines "racism."

Znet Race Watch
this is ZNet's subsite on race issues. it includes many fine resources as well as a section on white privilege.

Tim Wise's ZNet homepage
Tim Wise is the Director of the newly-formed Association for White Anti-Racist Education (AWARE) in Nashville, Tennessee. He lectures across the country about the need to combat institutional racism, gender bias, and the growing gap between rich and poor in the U.S. Wise has been called a "leftist extremist" by David Duke, "deceptively Aryan-looking" by a member of the Ku Klux Klan, and "the Uncle Tom of the white race," by right-wing author, Dinesh D' Souza. Whatever else can be said about him, his ability to make the right kind of enemies seems unquestioned.

WhitePrivilege.com: an anti-racist resource
WP is a free resource for antiracism education and activism; its editorial focus is analyzing and critically assessing racialized social privilege.

Community Change Inc.
Community Change (CCI) is a non-profit organization with a particular focus on systemic racism. We are committed to serving as a center for action and collaboration among individuals and multiracial grassroots groups in the fight to achieve racial justice and equity.

Tolerance.org
Tolerance.org is a principal online destination for people interested in dismantling bigotry and creating, in hate's stead, communities that value diversity.

Antiracist Alliance
The Antiracist Alliance is a collective of social workers and other human service practitioners who work for racial justice from a common analysis of racism presented by the People's Institute for Survival and Beyond in the Undoing Racism Workshop.

White Privilege Awareness Project
The White Privilege Awareness Project educates students (and the greater community) about issues of race, racism and white privilege. We provide support and a forum for open discussion at our weekly meetings and are working towards coalition building.