Commitment is required for the work of dismantling white supremacy.
How is today's uprising going to be different from those in the past?
For change to occur, this work is a long game.
When I say and do things in error, I must accept that, take time to heal/figure my shit out, pick myself up and keep going.
Curiosity, love, and commitment, three skills that are necessary that we white folks need to address systemic bias and for dismantling white supremacy.
Reading Resources
Ta-Nehisi Coatesâ article, The Case for Reparations
Van Jonesâ article, âBlack People âLootâ Food..White People âFindâ Foodâ
Books
The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander
Caught, Marie Gottschalk
Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo
Me and White Supremacy, by Layla F. Saad
Uprooting Racism, How White People Can Work for Racial Justice, Paul Kivel
Shelly Tochluk, Witnessing Whiteness
Race and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race, Derald Wing Sue
So You Want to Talk About Race Ijeoma Oluo
Where to give money or time:
NAACP
Southern Poverty Law Center
Dream Defenders
Black Youth Project 100
National Bail Fund
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