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"In order to address racism, in all the places where we witness it's oppressive power, we need people who understand it, can address it and challenge it." - YWCA Southeast Wisconsin. |
Racial Justice Resources 201 Click here for Year 1 Resources YWCA Southeast Wisconsin is pleased to support learning opportunities for Professional Dimensions members as part of our joint project, The Ripple Effect. This resource list complements the Winter/Spring all-member read for the project's second year, How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi. |
Read How to be An Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi to build your understanding of how to effect change toward racial equity in the world. In this powerful memoir and political guide, Kendi argues that we are either racist or antiracist, there is nothing in between. Buy the book on your own and plan to participate in a virtual small group discussion on April 22nd from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM hosted by Reframing Reality, the Race Relations SIG, led by Paula Penebaker and Corey Zetts. |
Special Recommendations from PD’s SIG: Reframing Reality
Please check SIG schedule on the PD website to learn when related discussions will occur and other terrific resources provided by this SIG
Caste: The Origins of our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue | White Women, Race Matters: The Social Construction of Whiteness by Ruth Frankenberg Toward Racial Justice: A Conversation on Systemic Racism The Intersectionality of Racism & Sexism And the conversation continues today… The Intersectionality Wars by Jane Coaston The Effect of Intersectionality in the Workplace – a conference sponsored by The New York Times in February 2019 The State of Black Milwaukee in National Perspective: Racial Inequality in the Nation’s 50 Largest Metropolitan Areas in 65 Charts and Tables by Marc V. Levine (July 2020) |
“Influencers” of Interest – check out the variety of perspectives by following these accounts on Twitter: Cargle @rachel.cargle Irin Carmon @irin Brittney Cooper @professorcrunk Soraya Chemaly @sorayachemaly Sarah Sophie Flicker @sarahsophief Roxane Gay @rgray Meena Harris @meenaharris Tiffany Jana @tiffanyjana Tamika D. Mallory @tamikadmallory Paola Mendoza @paolamendoza ShiShi Rose @shishi.rose Amanda Seales @amandaseales Rebecca Traister @rtraister |