Robin DiAngelo We don’t see ourselves in racial terms I am a white American raised in the United States. I have a white frame of reference and a white worldview, and I move through the world with a white…
Uncategorized Refusing to Be Erased by Susan K. Smith https://candidobservation.com/2021/01/20/refusing-to-be-erased/
Religion News Service What Andrew Young taught me about keeping King’s movement going By Maina Mwaura via Religion News Service “Martin would say that if you’re not willing to stand up and lead, go do something else,” Young said. Leadership in the fight…
brenda salter mcneil The burden we have carried As an African American woman, I’m acutely aware that many of us bear the weight of reconciliation in our bodies. This is not some social experiment for us. The call…
Robin DiAngelo Making sure that others see us as having arrived None of the white people whose actions I describe in this book would identify as racist. In fact, they would most likely identify as racially progressive and vehemently deny any…
Mark Feldmeir Three suggestions So, what can we do? Where do we go from here? Can I offer three suggestions? First, if you’re white, listen to people, especially to people of color, who are…
Robin DiAngelo Racism as a system into which I was socialized Personal reflections on my own racism, a more critical view of media and other aspects of culture, and exposure to the perspective of many brilliant and patient mentors of color…
Uncategorized The Long Road to White Christians’ Trumpism By Elizabeth Jemison https://religionandpolitics.org/2020/12/08/the-long-road-to-white-christians-trumpism/
Mark Feldmeir Something more systemic? If we want to understand racism in the U.S., as uncomfortable as it might be for us, we have the moral responsibility to open our eyes and see our society…
Robin DiAngelo The smallest amount of racial stress is intolerable White people in North America live in a society that is deeply separate and unequal by race, and white people are the beneficiaries of that separation and inequality. As a…
Robin DiAngelo Manifestations of identity politics All progress we have made in the realm of civil rights has been accomplished through identity politics: women’s suffrage, the American with Disabilities Act, Title 9, federal recognition of same-sex…
brenda salter mcneil What are you going to do about it? To understand my evolution as a reconciliation leader, you must first understand that I began my journey sincerely believing that if I could convince evangelical Christians that reconciliation was not…
Otis Moss III Voter suppression kept my grandfather from voting. It won’t stop me. by Otis Moss III https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/02/voter-suppression-kept-my-grandfather-voting-it-wont-stop-me/
Robin DiAngelo Identity Politics The United States was founded on the principle that all people are created equal. Yet the nation began with the attempted genocide of Indigenous people and the theft of their…
brenda salter mcneil The time is now Now more than ever, those who care about the reconciliation command of the cross must speak up and out about injustice and must go about the work of dismantling the…
Uncategorized What Will They Say Tomorrow? by Susan K. Smith https://candidobservation.com/2020/10/28/what-will-they-say-tomorrow/
Religion News Service Three church coalitions in the Deep South partner to urge racial reconciliation — and justice Leaders of multiracial coalitions of churches in three Southern cities have confessed to being too “comfortable” and committed anew to “work for justice to right past wrongs” and seek racial…
Uncategorized Yearning for “Normal” by Susan K. Smith https://candidobservation.com/2020/09/30/yearning-for-normal/
Patricia Raybon Can Black Life Take a Break? by Patricia Raybon https://www.patriciaraybon.com/can-black-life-take-a-break/
Mark Feldmeir How we think about racism is largely determined by our own particular race. Axiom: How we think about racism is largely determined by our own particular race. For my friend stranded in the unlit parking lot, fearing the black man who ultimately came…
Religion News Service Indigenous Peoples Day comes amid a reckoning over colonialism and calls for return of Native land from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2020/10/12/indigenous-peoples-day-comes-amid-a-reckoning-over-colonialism-and-calls-for-return-of-native-land/
