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White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, by Robin DiAngelo
Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander
Article in The Atlantic, The Racist History of Portland, the Whitest City in America
Op-ed in The Beacon, OPINION: I’m racist, so are you. White people, let’s improve.
Take the Implicit Association Test done by Harvard and check and reflect upon your implicit bias
This article offers findings from the recent “Identity Matters” Study led by Sesame Workshop, show white parents rarely talk about race with their children, especially compared to parents of color. In addition, the survey found children of color experience negative comments about their identity at school much more than white children do. Pages 26-34 in the report discuss the group differences in survey results. The findings may not surprise you, and reinforce the importance of parents, particularly white parents, talking about race and racism with children.