Links of Learning

I’ve come across a lot of great links lately. I thought this might be a great opportunity to gather them all in one place and perhaps their synopsis (as opposed to the whole thing).

A good first stop. Did you cringe or laugh?
http://www.blackpeopleloveus.comOn anit-racist whiteness. A cirriculum
http://www.antiracistalliance.com

Other links from my favorites:
http://www.euroamerican.org/
http://depts.washington.edu/coe/news/video/aanerud.html
http://www.uwm.edu/~gjay/Whiteness/Whitenessbib.html

From various online conversations I’ve participated in:

http://www.world-trust.org/videos/visible.html Please note the page includes a video clip. Suitable for those in North America. By the way everyone in it pretty much is white, talking about being white. Here is the director’s interview. A racialized woman. http://www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=13010Whiteness as a construct of power? Robert Jensen has interesting things to say about that. http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/%7Erjensen/articles_race.html

In 1986, Ricky Sherover-Marcuse stood in front of 85 women of many races and said all in one breath “Some of you are not sure that you’re racist. You are. We all are. Being racist is like being sexist. Think you’re not sexist because you’re a woman? Let me give you an example: Think of the kind of woman that you hate. Did you get an image? That’s sexism in action, because there’s no such thing as as a “kind” of woman.” Ricky Sherover-Marcuse’s incredible work is online at http://www.unlearningracism.org/writings

This supports of the notion of whiteness as a social construct: http://racetraitor.org/

The blog of filmmaker Thirza Cuthand who describes herself as a “halfbreed dyke”, among other things. Her largely autobiographical short films deal a lot in issues of intersecting sites of marginalization. http://fitofpique.blogspot.com/

Personal commentary from ALICIA BANKS – Radio Producer, Talk Show Host, DJ, Columnist called GAY RACISM: WHITE LIES/BLACK SLANDER http://www.geocities.com/ambwww/GAY-RACISM.htm

A conference – FACING RACE 2007: Define Justice, Make Change http://www.arc.org/content/view/499/

NARCC is committed to being a national, community-based, member-driven network that provides a strong, recognized, effective and influential national voice against racism, racialization and all other forms of related discrimination in Canada. http://www.narcc.ca/about/index.html

Resources for Change is a clearing-house for anti-discrimination education resources and is designed for educators and individuals committed to making positive change. http://www.accesstomedia.org/rfc/

What is Critical Whiteness Studies? Almost since opening its doors two years ago, the Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society (CDMS) has hosted the monthly meeting of the Critical Study of Whiteness Group. That multiracial group of professors, students and community members has exemplified interdisciplinary scholarship, bringing together small numbers of artists, psychologists, educators, historians, legal scholars, librarians, literary critics, students of media and film, ethnic studies specialists, Americanists, and architects to generously and vigorously critique works in progress. http://cdms.ds.uiuc.edu/Critical%20White…ntroduction.htm

The Audre Lorde Project is a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit and Transgender People of Color center for community organizing, focusing on the New York City area. http://www.alp.org/

An article on FTMs and whiteness – “I Will Always Be Your Daughter. I Will Always Be Your Son.” An Interview with Juma Blythe Essie by Ellen Marie Hinchcliffe. The issues around transgendered identities continue to gain more awareness in our society, but often the experience of transforming the body and the complexity of gender is being expressed through the eyes of white folks. Like most unexamined experiences by white people, these encounters are usually presented without acknowledging race. Juma Blythe Essie is a 30-year-old black man, writer, filmmaker and auto mechanic living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His take on being transgendered, black, and male pushes the conversation in a much-needed direction. http://www.clamormagazine.org/issues/38/gender.php

Making A Difference
http://www.ywca.org/site/pp.asp?c=lkJZJdO4F&b=132098
Suggestions for actions that you can take to add your energy to promoting ethnic diversity and interracial harmony. Everyone can do something. For more information contact racialjustice@ywcamadison.org.

What a blog!
http://allywork.solidaritydesign.net/
Includes a reading list, posts and an “Erase Racism Carnival” wich is a collection of blog posts dedicated to creating a world free of racism. The Carnival is published around the 20th of every month.