Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice, Vol. 1

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Author: Paul Kivel

ISBN-10: 0865714592

ISBN-13: 9780865714595

Category: Ethnic & Minority Studies

Continuously at the top of New Society Publishers’ best-seller list for five years, Uprooting Racism has sold over 25,000 copies since its first printing. Substantially revised and expanded, the new edition has more tools to help white people understand and stand-up to racism.\ Uprooting Racism explores the manifestations of racism in politics, work, community, and family life. It moves beyond the definition and unlearning of racism to address the many areas of privilege for white people and...

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A uniquely sensitive, wise, practical guide for white people struggling with their feelings about race.—Howard Zinn Jewish Book World Uprooting Racism is not meant as a description of racism in America. Rather, it focuses on understanding the root of racism and means to working against it. Written in the first person, this book features more than fifty "discussions" of issues related to racism, from "whiteness" to anti-Semitism, institutionalized racism to political correctness. At once genteel and provocative, this work is intended to serve as a guide to intervene strategically against racism, wherever it may exist.

Publisher's NoteAcknowledgementsPrefaceIntroduction: Only Justice Can Put Out the FirePt. IWhat Color is White?Pt. IIThe Dynamics of RacismPt. IIIBeing AlliesPt. IVThe Effects of HistoryPt. VFighting Institutional RacismPt. VIDemocratic, Anti-Racist MulticulturalismBibliography

\ Jewish Book WorldUprooting Racism is not meant as a description of racism in America. Rather, it focuses on understanding the root of racism and means to working against it. Written in the first person, this book features more than fifty "discussions" of issues related to racism, from "whiteness" to anti-Semitism, institutionalized racism to political correctness. At once genteel and provocative, this work is intended to serve as a guide to intervene strategically against racism, wherever it may exist.\ \