Posts Tagged ‘anti-racism’
ABHM Book Club Presents: Stamped by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X Kendi
Through a gripping, fast-paced, and energizing narrative written by beloved award-winner Jason Reynolds, this book shines a light on the many insidious forms of racist ideas–and on ways readers can identify and stamp out racist thoughts in their daily lives.
Read MoreAn Activity Book for the Anti-Racist
It’s not often that a book covering an issue as serious as anti-racism features coloring pages, crossword puzzles, and even a board game. But that’s precisely what W. Kamau Bell and Kate Schatz have incorporated into their new book, Do the Work!: An Antiracist Activity Book.
Read MoreAhmaud Arbery’s mother settles with foundation raising funds in son’s name
Ahmaud Arbery’s mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones reaches a court agreement to recieve the money that an organization raised without her permission in her sons honor. Ahmaud Arbery was fatally shot by white supremacists while taking a jog in February 2020.
Read MoreCalifornia Becomes First State in America to Approve Statewide High School Ethnic Studies Curriculum
California leads the country by implementing ethnic studies education programs in their high schools.
Read MoreWhich Direction Now, White Folks?
The Biden administration has the task of uniting a culturally divided America, half of which has no interest in unity.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – For the First Time, America May Have an Anti-Racist Majority
The best analogue to the current moment is the first and most consequential American racial awakening—Reconstruction in 1868. The story of that awakening offers a guide, and a warning.
Read MoreWhat each of us can do to end racism
By Diana Diaz-Granados, La Crosse Tribune The recent killings of black Americans that have sparked protests around the country are not anomalies: Before George Floyd was Eric Garner; before Ahmaud Arbery was gunned down by three white men, James Byrd Jr was beaten, chained and dragged behind a pick-up truck by three white men; and…
Read MoreBlack No More?
Are descendants of slaves in America allowed to “construct our their identity” or at the fate of white supremacy? Can we unlearn “Race?” Thomas Chatterston Williams says we should be about doing just that! Unlearning race.
Read MoreFighting Racism…Especially Where We Don’t Realize It Exists
In his new book, award-winning author Ibram X. Kendi “pushes those of us who believe we are not racists to become something else: antiracists, who support ideas and policies affirming that “the racial groups are equals in all their apparent differences — that there is nothing right or wrong with any racial group.” A book review by historian Jeffrey C, Stewart.
Read MoreBreaking Hate: What a Former White Supremacist Says Will End Racism May Suprise You
Whose job is it to fix white supremacy?
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