On The Point: Talking about race can be hard, but anti-racist activists and diversity trainers say that understanding whiteness and white privilege is critical in dismantling racist systems.
Protests over systemic racism, spurred by more black deaths at the hands of police, are happening on the Cape, Islands, SouthCoast, and across the world. Calls for change include asking white people to stand up and take responsibility for not only benefiting from, but helping to sustain, a system that perpetuates racism. A conversation about whiteness, white privilege and white supremacy.
Joining the conversation is Debby Irving, a racial justice educator and author of Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story Of Race. Kathryn Eident hosts.
Here's a list of other resources:
21-Day Challenge by Eddie Moore Jr. and Debby Irving
White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
