Here’s a great reminder of ways and means for being a white ally in the work of dismantling racism.
Category Archives: pedagogy
Definitional frameworks
There’s a lovely free resource available from the Center for Racial Justice Innovation, which offers clear, concise definitions, examples and case studies for understanding and engaging racism. The examples are mostly related to media, but are nonetheless compelling and well written.
To white people
There have been lots of posts lately across the web, with advice to white people about how to be engaged in the struggle for racial justice. Here’s one of the most direct and concise ones I’ve read lately. I’m sharing it with my students. What is yours?
Race matters blog
In part because of Ferguson, but perhaps more so from years of supporting faculty projects, the Wabash Center has just launched a blog entitled “Race Matters” which will seek to create a forum for teaching on race in theology and religious studies. They’re looking for essays — consider sending them something!