ARTICLES AND LINKS
Peggy McIntosh Article that introduced White Privilege: The Invisible Knapsack 1989
When I first showed this article to my Mom, she was so excited! She finally had a tool for explaining what she had been trying to tell people all along!
https://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/mcintosh.pdf
The Meaning of 4th of July to the Negro – Frederick Douglass (1950)
“I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us.”
FULL TEXT: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2927t.html
What the 4th of July Means to Me by Kevin Powell (2020)
https://medium.com/@kevinpowell_87870/what-the-4th-of-july-means-to-me-fc58b81a2b13
75 Things White People Can Do For Racial Justice
https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234
Media Resources for Children about Race and Racism
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/common-sense-media-resources-about-race-and-racism
Trevor Noah speaking on the Domino Affect – George Floyd, Minneapolis Protests, Ahmaud Arbery & Amy Cooper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4amCfVbA_c
Kimberly Jones: How Can We Win? – On Saturday, May 30th filmmaker and photographer David Jones of David Jones Media felt compelled to go out and serve the community in some way. He decided to use his art to try and explain the events that were currently impacting our lives. The day after his friend, author Kimberly Jones tagged along to conduct interviews. During a moment of downtime he captured these powerful words from her and felt the world couldn’t wait for the full length documentary, they needed to hear them now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb9_qGOa9Go&t=9s
Bryan Stevenson: There’s a Direct Line From Lynching to George Floyd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0xYslfC84I
Huffington Post: 11 Things to Do Besides Say “This Has To Stop” In The Wake of Police Brutality – June 2020 https://apple.news/Ataqg5fL1SUOHp2M4xeYPsA
Courageous Conversations:
https://courageousconversation.com/
Short Video About Institutionalized Racism:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRZkCpUfEQY&feature=youtu.be
Free Classroom Resources – Teaching Tolerance (Southern Poverty Law Center) – Dorothy was a life-long supporter of this organization.
https://www.tolerance.org/about
Racism Has a Cost for Everyone – TED Talk – Heather McGhee
https://youtu.be/eaCrsBtiYA4