What She Shares:
The historical foundations of the consolidation of whiteness
Collective Healing vs. Personal Healing– How Are They Related– are they automatic?
The timeline of the emergence of the new wave of identity politics and its impact
What You’ll Hear:
The role of collective and individual healing in race relations
Beginning of “whiteness” as a concept
How whiteness has manifested into what is seen throughout the world today
Societal role of immigrants within early America
How other groups view whiteness
Acknowledging white privilege
Differentiating between white guilt and white privilege, and how to use it for change
Understanding why identity politics are so strong today
The role of white people within minority studies
How to turn understanding and solidarity into change
How racism is institutionalized and indoctrinated
The power shift of White = Good to White = Bad
Resources:
How Jews Became White Folks by Karen Brodkin Sacks
The Possessive Investment in Whiteness by George Lipsitz
