Racial Justice Resources: Being White in America

"How much do we actually know about the concept and history of this sociological term, which is rapidly gaining popularity?"

Note: This is a reflection activity - action steps must follow and are not provided in the document.

Self or group reflection activity for white people.

Self or group reflection activity for white people.

White Fragility is a state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress becomes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive moves. These moves include the outward display of emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and behaviors such as argumentation, silence, and leaving the stress-inducing situation. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium. This book explicates the dynamics of White Fragility and how we might build our capacity in the on-going work towards racial justice.

Jane H. Hill provides an incisive analysis of everyday language to reveal the underlying racist stereotypes that continue to circulate in American culture

Dan offers simple tips to help white men understand the simple ways they can become internally or physically engaged in racial justice.

This article was inspired by the #Charlestonsyllabus, and created for anybody who wants to learn more from perspectives often underrepresented among many White circles.

Sociologist Margaret Hagerman spent two years embedded in upper-middle-class white households, listening in on conversations about race.

Chantal, a white woman shares her thoughts, fears and responsibilities about racial justice from the lens of being a white, cisgender, able-bodied, middle class woman.

The article discusses the recruitment tatics of white supremacists

White Nonsense Roundup (WNR) was created by white people, for white people, to address our inherently racist society. We believe it is our responsibility to call out white friends, relatives, contacts, speakers, and authors who are contributing to structural racism and harming our friends of color. We are a resource for anti-racist images, links, videos, artwork, essays, and voices.

"In this episode of the Code Switch podcast, we'll dive in to try to understand why, on an island shaped by its African heritage and a long history of racial mixture, a vast majority of people tell the Census Bureau that they are white alone. We'll also hear what being largely invisible in the data has meant for black Puerto Ricans, and why some of them are mobilizing around the 2020 Census to try to change that."