Racism
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Racism
The art form that black Americans have relied upon for generations is no longer theirs.
Ijeoma Oluo • So You Want to Talk About Race
Twelve Years a Slave – Enhanced Edition by Dr. Sue Eakin Based on a Lifetime Project. New Info, Images, Maps
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Yes, my steps are a little slower now … but my spirit is energized. I still have joy. I am full of hope for the future. We will get there. We will get there—together. We will get there—as one.
John M. Perkins • One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race and Love
To put it bluntly, I believe that the white collective fundamentally hates blackness for what it reminds us of: that we are capable and guilty of perpetrating immeasurable harm and that our gains come through the subjugation of others.
Robin DiAngelo • White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
The Genesis of Liberation: Biblical Interpretation in the Antebellum Narratives of the Enslaved
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White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better
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It revealed the bait and switch at the heart of standardized tests—the exact thing that made them unfair: She was teaching test-taking form for standardized exams that purportedly measured intellectual strength. My classmates and I would get higher scores—two hundred points, as promised—than poorer students, who might be equivalent in intellectual
... See moreIbram X. Kendi • How to Be an Antiracist
This is the difference between racism and prejudice. There is an unattributed definition of racism that defines it as prejudice plus power.