Reading groups are a good way to educate ourselves about our history, to understand how white privilege, wealth, and advantage have accumulated since the inception of the United States, and how to join a long-standing struggle against racism.
Books for Previous Discussions:
- Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
- Birth of a White Nation by Jacqueline Battalora
- White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
- Podcast Discussed: On Being with Krista Tippett: Discussion with Resmaa Menakem and Robin DiAngelo
Future book considerations:
- An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the US by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
- An African American and Latinx History of the US by Paul Ortiz
- White Logic, White Methods by Tukufu Zuberi & Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
- Red Pedagogy by Sandy Grande
- A Pedagogy for Liberation by Ira Shor and Paulo Freire
- Education at War by Tracy Buenavista & Arshad Imtiaz Ali
- Decolonizing Educational Research by Leigh Patel
- Trauma Stewardship by Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky
- White Rage by Carol Anderson
- How we Fight White Supremacy by Akiba Solomon and Kenrya Rankin
- The White Racial Frame by Joe R. Feagin
- So you Want to Talk about Race? by Ijueoma Oluo
- Power to the Transfer by Dimpal Jain, Santiago N. Bernal Melendez, and Alfred R. Herrera
- The Racial Healing Handbook by Anneliese A. Singh
- What Does it Mean to Be White? By Robin DiAngelo
Monthly Guided Discussions are intended to support learning and dialog among all members of our campus community to support collective initiatives that reduce racist practices on our campus. If you have an idea for a Guided Discussion, please let us know! Below is our Summer (previous) and Fall (future) schedule. Please join us!
Guided Discussion Schedule
Previous Guided Discussion:
June 10: End the Silence inaugural event
- Discussions around institutional racism and the need for whites to support antiracism efforts
June 25: Language for Liberation
- 9 departments on campus describing respectful language in their disciplines
August 5: Having Difficult Conversations Around Anti-Blackness
- Facilitators: Dr. Paulette Theresa-Schechtel, Marlon James Briggs, MSW, ASW, & Dr. Abram Milton
- View recorded workshop
August 17: Anti-colonial, Accountability, and Relational Pedagogy
- Facilitators: Jose Paez, Kadi Aguilar, Alexis Rosales, Monica Montoya, Melissa Hernandez, & Luna Xena Lermanda Del Aguila
- View recorded workshop
September 30: Critical Race Mentorship: Dismantling White Saviorism through Counterstorytelling
November 12: One Answer to the Question, How Can I End the Silence?
- Facilitators: Eric Mann, Channing Martinez, Brigette Amaya from the Labor/Community Strategy Center in LA
Upcoming Guided Discussions:
December 2: "You Got Me": How to renew yourself for 2021 and continue the fight for Black Liberation.
- Facilitators: Dr. James Henry, Jr., Academic Advisor at the Advising Resource Center/EOP and Adjunct Faculty in Africana Studies.FA
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