How is shame like vampires?

Why is it so difficult to hear information about ourselves that doesn't fit with what I believe to be true?

How should we receive race related criticism?

We shouldn't manage our white guilt and shame with BIPOC.

Shame can derail our work if we do not allow it to be aired so it can dissipate and be gone.

Reading Resources

Ta-Nehisi Coates’ article, The Case for Reparations

Van Jones’ article, “Black People ‘Loot’ Food..White People ‘Find’ Food”

Books

The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander

Caught, Marie Gottschalk

Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates

White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo

Me and White Supremacy, by Layla F. Saad

Uprooting Racism, How White People Can Work for Racial Justice, Paul Kivel

Shelly Tochluk, Witnessing Whiteness

Race and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race, Derald Wing Sue

So You Want to Talk About Race Ijeoma Oluo

Where to give money or time:

NAACP

Southern Poverty Law Center

Dream Defenders

Black Youth Project 100

National Bail Fund