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White Supremacy Culture – Tema Okun

Tema Okun wrote this paper in 1999 and has remained central to efforts by many people to both understand and transgress white supremacy culture. The paper describes white supremacy culture as a devastating force in all our lives, used by ruling class power brokers to maintain vast and violent structural inequality.

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

This “classic” essay, written in 1989 by American feminist scholar and anti-racist activist McIntosh covers 50 examples, or hidden benefits, from McIntosh’s perspective, of the privilege white people experience in everyday life.

Triple Nickles – 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion

The 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, nicknamed the “Triple Nickles” (using the English spelling of ‘nickel’), was a World War II African American unit of the U.S. Army stationed in Pendleton in 1945. The battalion, first organized in November 1943 at Fort Benning, Georgia, was made up of voluntary transfers from other organizations. Created when the U.S. military…

Nice White Parents podcast

“Nice White Parents” is a 5-part series from The New York Times that looks at the 60-year relationship between white parents and the public school down the block.

Oluademi James-Daniel: Overcoming Systemic Racism in the Dog World

Oluademi James-Daniel is a force for change in the dog world. Her Facebook group, Inclusivity in Dog Training, has become a major player in the conversation about whether the dog world is inclusive (spoiler: there’s lots to work on) and what we can all do to make things better for minorities. In this episode, Oluademi…