It is critically important for White Americans to understand their own perceptions of their identity, especially including their whiteness, as well as to understand larger White culture, fragility, and privilege. If you are a White person who has not engaged in significant learning in these areas, try starting with some of the content below -- and remember to talk about and process them with others. The prompts from our homepage may help:
What assumptions does the author of the content hold?
What do you agree with in the content?
What do you question in the content?
I used to think ____ but now I think ____.
What parts of the content do you want to aspire to or act upon?
Me and White Supremacy
Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race
So You Want to Talk about Race
Waking Up White and Finding Myself in the Story of Race
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism