A brief and funny look at the serious challenge posed by white people who “can’t see race” or who try to appear to be “in the know.”

Another great piece by Jay Smooth, who explains how he can talk to someone when they sound racist.

This is a short story, one of many in the World Trust “Cracking the Codes” series, which tells a true tale of white privilege.

This is a short video which depicts an experiment run by some people in Canada following the terrorist attack on the Parliament in Ottawa in October of 2014. What happens is surprising in a hope-filled way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9rFprD_Qf4

White people working with white people on racism often encounter feelings of deep shame, and it can be important to help them work through the feelings — and note the differences between guilt (I did something wrong), and shame (I am wrong). This is a TED talk by Brene Brown that many of us have found useful in this process.

This is a short youtube video by chescaleigh which does a particularly good job of defining privilege, and offering a very brief list of ways to be an ally to marginalized groups.

She has also done an animated version that might work well for kids, called “Sometimes you’re a caterpillar.”