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Whiteness and Public Theology: an Exploration of Listening
This article explores how whiteness continues to remain a problem when working towards a public discourse which seeks the common good. Recognising that a public sphere where all can participate as equals is a space available only to a certain class…
“You’re calling me a racist?” The Moral and Emotional Regulation of Antiracism and Feminism
Feminist researcher Sarita Srivastava highlights the differences between non-racist and anti-racist work. Non-racist work refers to a liberal colour-blind ideal of equality that wants to bypass differences through ignoring them. Anti-racism, on the…
What Can We Do? Becoming Part of the Solution
This is the last chapter in Allan Johnson's groundbreaking book, Privilege, Power, and Difference (2006). Allan's suggestion is deceptively simple. He suggests that each of us become aware of how we are privileged and contributes to the oppression…
On the Meaning and Necessity of a White-Anti-racist Identity
Excerpts from the article:
In this essay we argue not only that a positive, white anti-racist identity is possible, but also that it is fundamental to the success of any social justice
educational initiative. Central to our analysis is a…
In this essay we argue not only that a positive, white anti-racist identity is possible, but also that it is fundamental to the success of any social justice
educational initiative. Central to our analysis is a…
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Towards a Bibliography of Critical Whiteness Studies
This was published as a booklet in 2006 and can be downloaded as a pdf.
The current online version its table of contents are given below. Every section has an introductory essay that describes the topic and scope of coverage along with the list…
The current online version its table of contents are given below. Every section has an introductory essay that describes the topic and scope of coverage along with the list…
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Whiteness as Property
Contents of this 15 page article include:
Cheryl I. Harris Poem for Alma (excerpt)
Plessy v. Ferguson excerpt
I. Introduction (a personal family story about passing)
II. The Construction of Race and the Emergence of White as Property
A.…
Cheryl I. Harris Poem for Alma (excerpt)
Plessy v. Ferguson excerpt
I. Introduction (a personal family story about passing)
II. The Construction of Race and the Emergence of White as Property
A.…
Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice by Paul Kivel
Paul Kivel offers a framework for understanding institutional racism. It provides practical suggestions, tools, examples and advice on how white people can intervene in interpersonal and organizational situations to promote social justice. Uprooting…
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The Costs of Racism to White People
Paul Kivel presents briefly "the costs of racism to white people are devastating, especially to those of us without the money and power to buffer their effects." Includes a Costs of Racism to White People Checklist
to helps examine the costs of…
to helps examine the costs of…
“A Sharp White Background”: Towards an Intersectional Church
Zora Neale Hurston's famous line " “I do not always feel colored…I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background" is used as a starting point to explore what it means to be white in America.
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Growing a Personal Anti-racist Voice and Identity

This is an 18-page 90 minutes anti-racism study about racialization. It includes a glossary with terms and definitions for 16 words, three poems, and…