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A physician reveals how right-wing backlash policies have mortal consequences -- even for the white voters they promise to help Named one of the most anticipated books of 2019 by Esquire and the Boston Globe In the era of Donald Trump, many lower- and middle-class white Americans are drawn to...

For more than 20 years, Secours has been urging audiences to look in the mirror. White Privilege Pop Quiz consists of questions and revelations that help set a context for discussing the term white privilege and serves to help people understand what it means to possess it. The quiz is meant to dispel any mystery or skepticism about the existence of privilege for those who have never given it much, if any, thought. After all, the number one privilege of Whiteness is to not have to think about it, therein denying its existence.

In the wake of the November 2011 elections, the Tea Party has gone from a well-funded, media-savvy fringe group to become the new kids in Congress. Their presence is unpredictable and potentially explosive. Tea partiers Rand Paul, Mike Lee and Dan Coats now sit in the Senate alongside the GOP's new poster boy, Marco Rubio. In total, some 30 Tea Party supporters won seats in Congress. Their party is evidently here to stay - but what exactly does that mean for the future of the country?

A storytelling podcast born from a 2-year research project with 26 multiracial co-researchers. Through powerful stories and collective insight, we trace an emerging 5-step path to uproot whiteness as a harmful social construct, reckon with its harms, begin to heal, and plant new worlds. Join us to reckon, reflect, and reimagine. Because new worlds aren’t only possible—they’re already taking root.

Recent years have seen a growing recognition of the role that White Christian Nationalism plays in American society. As White Christian Nationalism has become a major force, and as racial and religious attitudes become increasingly aligned among whites-for example, the more likely you are to say that the decline of white people as a share of the population is "bad for society," the more likely you are to believe the government should support religious values-it has become reasonable to wonder which of the adjectives in the phrase "White Christian Nationalism" takes precedence.

The police murders of two Black men, Philando Castile and George Floyd, frame this searing exploration of the historical and fictional narratives that white America tells itself to justify and maintain white supremacy. From the country's founding through the summer of Black Lives Matter in 2020, David Mura unmasks how white stories about race attempt to erase the brutality of the past and underpin systemic racism in the present.

"Whiteness in Context: Historical Roots and Modern Implications" delves into the intertwined history and contemporary significance of the concept of whiteness. It explores the origins of whiteness as a social construct, tracing its development through historical events and societal norms. The text also examines the present-day implications of whiteness, considering how perceptions, privileges, and power dynamics associated with whiteness continue to shape various aspects of society. By contextualizing whiteness within both historical narratives and current realities, this title aims to deepen ...

Author of Biracial Britain, Remi Adekoya, returns with It's Not About Whiteness, It's About Race to explore the issues of contemporary racial hierarchies and put forward the argument that these hierarchies are determined by economics which is why they are a faithful reflection of today's economic hierarchies. Throughout Adekoya's provocative and informative prose he examines this argument while taking into account his experiences he has observed from his own upbringing in Nigeria, his Polish heritage and also his experiences living in Britain.

Whiteness at Work is a podcast that seeks to tell the truth about the ways in which white supremacy and racism creates inhumane environments in our most multiracial institutions: our workplaces. We identify the ways in which the culture of whiteness produces inequitable outcomes, and imposes traumatic experiences on Black, Indigenous, and people of color in the United States. We also look at the ways in which cooperating with racist systems, intentionally or otherwise, dehumanizes white people. We feature guests who are working to expose the ways in which white supremacy and institutionalized ...

A weekly social equity podcast dedicated to the shift from "Doing the Work" to "Being the Change". Laura, joined by the occasional guest(s), walks through current topics and events with a holistic step, focusing on the personal, communal, and global gymnastics performed to preserve the current social framework of whiteness. This space highlights whiteness at work in our daily lives collectively, and white culture/white people's alignment with/perpetuation of whiteness primarily. All isms/phobias are walked through with anti racism the leading focus.

"What Whiteness Means in the Trump Era" is from the November 12, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Nell Irvin Painter and narrated by Caroline Miller.

Hosted by Dr Myriam Francois, the "We Need To Talk About Whiteness Podcast" aims to explore the meaning of 'whiteness' in conversations around race and racism - what is whiteness? and does it matter? Each week, I'm joined by a new guest offering up their insights on whiteness, from comedy to film, sex and science. Join us!

NATIONAL BESTSELLER An immensely persuasive work of literary criticism that opens a new chapter in the American dialogue on race—and promises to change the way we read American literature—from the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner "[Morrison] boldly...reimagines and remaps the possibility of...

The era of the Enlightenment, which gave rise to our modern conceptions of freedom and democracy, was also the height of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. America, a nation founded on the principle of liberty, is also a nation built on African slavery, Native American genocide, and systematic racial discrimination. White Freedom traces the complex relationship between freedom and race from the 18th century to today, revealing how being free has meant being white.