Witnessing Whiteness: The Need to Talk About Race and How to Do It Second Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (993 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1607092573 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 268 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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An educator, with a background in psychology, Shelly Tochluk spent ten years as a researcher, counselor, and teacher in California's public schools. . Tochluk now trains educators to work with the diverse Los Angeles school population as an Associate Professor of Education at Mount St. Mary's College
Using rich storytelling and frank self-reflection, she skillfully engages readers in acknowledging, examining, and then taking on responsibility for racism and the work needed to dismantle it. (Tim Wise, author of White Like Me and Between Barack and a Hard Place)Accessing the amazing experiences and wisdom of activists, thinkers, writers, and mythologists on the front lines of racial issues in this country, Shelly Tochluk brings to light the most important book about race in a generation. (Luis J. This book is an indispensable resource for white people who sense that racism is wrong, but don't know where to start. Rodriguez, author of Always Running and Hearts & Hands)Witnessing Whiteness explains why not paying attention to race is a proble
A proposal to build a new white identity witnessing and taking action for racial justice On Witnessing WhitenessShelly Tochluk calls us to witness racial practice in the U.S.Compelling remarkable and invaluable material about racial justice. A call to witnessing from a renewed white identity, building a new white culture, the author asks us, it is possible?What is put forth here is a proposal to build a new white identity aware and ready to make a stand for racial justice. A new white identity able to take part in the transformation of what a new racial dynamic can bring to the political, . "Three Stars" according to Dennis Lone. Needs a good edit.. "Four Stars" according to karatekelly. It is very informative
Questioning the implications our history has for personal lives and social institutions, the book considers political, economic, socio-cultural, and legal histories that shaped the meanings associated with whiteness. Drawing on dialogue with well-known figures within education, race, and multicultural work, the book offers intimate, personal stories of cross-race friendships that address both how a deep understanding of whiteness supports cross-race collaboration and the long-term nature of the work of excising racism from the deep psyche. The author illustrates how racial discomfort leads white people toward poor relationships with people of color. Concluding chapters offer practical information on building knowledge, skills, capacities, and communities that support anti-racism practices, a hopeful look at our collective future, and a discussion of how to create a culture of witnesses who support allies for social and racial justice. Witnessing Whiteness invites