The Definition of Racism and White Fragility

Topic: Giving back, the definition of racism, and White Fragility

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Helpful Resources:

• Kennedy Mitchum schools Merriam Webster and her racist classmates: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jun/11/merriam-webster-racism-definition-revise-kennedy-mitchum
• Ahlquist vs. Cranston – Religious School Mural: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Ahlquist
• Under-representation of women in US congress: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/01/15/a-record-number-of-women-are-serving-in-the-117th-congress/
• Poverty in the US by race: http://federalsafetynet.com/us-poverty-statistics.html
• Coltan Mining in the Congo: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/oct/12/phone-misery-children-congo-cobalt-mines-drc
• Land Rights & Indigenous Populations in Latin America: http://www.fao.org/3/y5407t/y5407t0a.htm
• Dr. Robin DiAngelo discusses ‘White Fragility’: https://youtu.be/45ey4jgoxeU
• Global poverty and racism: https://www.un.org/en/chronicle/article/poverty-and-human-rights-reflections-racism-and-discrimination
• “How to be an Anti-Racist” – Ibram X Kendi: https://www.amazon.com/How-Be-Antiracist-Ibram-Kendi/dp/0525509283
• 1619 Project: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html
• Race and Cultural Diversity in American Life: https://www.coursera.org/learn/race-cultural-diversity-american-life

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• “Wishful Thinking” – Dan Lebowitz [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOg3zLw7St5V4N7O8HSoQRA]