Privilege, Power, And Difference

BY ALLAN G. JOHNSON
Privilege, Power and Difference is a groundbreaking tool for people to examine systems of privilege and difference in our society. Written in an accessible, conversational style, Johnson links theory with engaging examples in ways that enable readers to see the underlying nature and consequences of privilege and their connection to it. "Allan Johnson teaches us how to think critically about inequality and oppression without getting mired in guilt and despair. He gently but firmly removes the blinders that keep us from seeing our own privileges and how those privileges harm others. Then he shows us how to walk the talk and turn our beliefs in justice and equality into practice."-Schwalbe

McGrawHill 2006 184 PP. Paper

$45.00 (in stock)

Quaker Racism

The 48th Walton Lecture

BY DONNA MCDANIEL AND VANESSA JULYE
Certainly based on their book, Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship, the SEYM pamphlet Quaker Racism spurs action. First the speakers presented gut wrenching historical information, then how-to information on what an individual and group can do to address the issue today. This is a great introductory discussion book to the topic of present-day, ongoing racism. One participate said, "Vanessa Julye and Donna McDaniel worked with us to explore the ongoing nuances of racism and how it impacts us in insidious ways we would consciously reject if we were aware."

SEYM 2011 30 PP. Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

Racism

Beginners Guide Series

BY ALANA LENTIN
Despite the fact that we've spent hundreds of millions of dollars promoting tolerance, racism is still prevalent today. In fact, since 9-11 the subject of race, and exactly what this means, has become more important than ever before. Alana Lentin traces the development and mutation of ideas about race, through political history right up to modern debates about ethnicity and xenophobia, and considers the implications of a raceless society amid concerns about diluted traditions and identities. Thought-provoking and intelligent, this invaluable resource exposes the roots of racist thought, and reveals how it has remained a part of our everyday lives.

Oneworld - Oxford 2008 166 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

The Seed Cracked Open

Growing Beyond Racism

BY VANESSA JULYE
In this keynote address for the July 2005 New York Yearly Meeting annual sessions, Vanessa Julye addresses the reality of racism within the Religious Society of Friends. Stories from generations of her family, and the experiences of other Black Friends across time, make vivid the sense of isolation and barriers people of color face in the white, middle-class Friends culture. Vanessa Julye goes beyond critique, however, to present significant questions and additional resources as a ministry to heal and to empower Friends to "move further along the spectrum of racism."

Quaker Press of FGC 2006 32 PP. Paper

$8.00 (in stock)

Seeing A Color-blind Future

The Paradox Of Race

BY PATRICIA J. WILLIAMS
In these five eloquent and passionate pieces Patricia J. Williams asks how we might achieve a world where "color doesn't matter"--where whiteness is not equated with normalcy and blackness with exoticism and danger. Drawing on her own experience, Williams delineates the great divide between "the poles of other people's imagination and the nice calm center of oneself where dignity resides," and discusses how it might be bridged as a first step toward resolving racism. Williams offers us a new starting point--"a sensible and sustained consideration"--from which we might begin to deal honestly with the legacy and current realities of our prejudices.

Noonday Press 1998 80 PP. Paper

$11.00 (in stock)

Slavery And The Meetinghouse

The Quakers And The Abolitionist Dilemma, 1820-1865

BY RYAN P. JORDAN
This study explores the limits of religious dissent in antebellum America, and reminds us of the difficulties facing reformers who tried peacefully to end slavery. In the years before the Civil War, the Society of Friends opposed the abolitionist campaign for an immediate end to slavery and considered abolitionists within the church as heterodox radicals seeking to destroy civil and religious liberty. In response, many Quaker abolitionists began to build "comeouter" institutions where social and legal inequalities could be freely discussed, and where church members could fuse religious worship with social activism.

Indiana University Press 2007 175 PP. Cloth

$29.95 (in stock)

Soul Work

Anti-racist Theologies In Dialogue

EDITED BY MARJORIE BOWENS-WHEATLEY AND NANCY PALMER-JONES
In January 2001, the UUA convened a three-day consultation on theology and racism. Approximately 30 scholars, ministers, theologians, seminarians, teachers and activists participated. The resulting 9 papers -and dialogue that followed -address the complex and pressing issues of racism. The thoughts and feelings captured here encourage reconsideration of long-held beliefs. A resource presenting many points of view, Soul Work can be used for individual reflection and study, for book discussion groups or adult education classes.

Skinner House 2002 272 PP. Paper

$20.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Speaking Treason Fluently

Anti-racist Reflections From An Angry White Male

BY TIM WISE
In this highly anticipated follow-up to White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son, activist Tim Wise examines the way in which institutional racism continues to shape the contours of daily life in the United States, and the ways in which white Americans reap enormous privileges from it. The essays included in this collection span the last ten years of Wise's writing and cover all the hottest racial topics of the past decade: affirmative action, Hurricane Katrina, racial tension in the wake of the Duke lacrosse scandal, white school shootings, racial profiling, phony racial unity in the wake of 9/11, and the political rise of Barack Obama.

Soft Skull 2008 352 PP. Paper

$16.95 (in stock)

Stuff White People Like

BY CHRISTIAN LANDER
A mix of new material and pieces previously published on the humor website Stuff White People like. This book takes a playful but pointed look at race by examining the things white people like - or profess to like - from The Daily Show and "the idea of soccer" to "being an expert on "your" culture."

Random House 2008 211 PP. Paper

$14.00 (in stock)

Walk With Us

Triplet Boys, Their Teen Parents And Two White Women Who Tagged Along

BY ELIZABETH GORDON
Tahija, an effectively homeless teenage girl, finds herself pregnant with triplets. Her boyfriend Lamarr turns to one of the few resources in his North Philadelphia neighborhood: Kaki and Kathryn, two white Quaker women who left the suburbs to live in multiracial community and work for peace. The young mother moves in and has three boys, but then the state threatens to take them into care because the parents are so young, and without apparent adult support. Unless ... With hope in your heart and an eye on the Beloved Community, walk with this amazing family of teenaged Black Muslims, middle-aged Quaker lesbians, and radiant baby boys growing fast into toddlers.

Crandall, Dostie and Douglass 2007 320 PP. Paper

$12.50 (in stock)

Way Opens

A Spiritual Journey

BY PATRICIA WILD
Patricia Wild was a high school student in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1962 when the school was desegregated. Following a concern to find what happened to the African American students who joined the school, she tracks down Lynda Woodruff, now a college professor, and Owen Cardwell, a Baptist preacher. Gently guided by Lynda and Owen, her Quaker meeting, and the people she meets along the way, Patricia examines her white privilege and learns history lessons never taught in her segregated high school.

Way Opens Press 2008 198 PP. Paper

$15.00 (in stock)

When Race Becomes Real

Black And White Writers Confront Their Personal Histories

EDITED BY BERNISTINE SINGLEY
Only through frank and tough conversation, Singley tells us, can America hope to realize its goals of justice and racial equality. This collection opens that much needed honest dialogue, exploring a wide range of racial experiences in relation to a myriad of topics: from crime and religion to humor, history, and desire. The book demonstrates the progress that can be made when our ingrained wariness on the subject of race is abandoned, and we instead confront the issue openly and personally.

S Illinois Univ Press 2002 335 PP. Paper

$12.00 (in stock)

White Awareness

Handbook For Anti-racism Training, Second Edition

BY JUDITH KATZ
Originally designed for facilitators as a training handbook complete with exercises and tools to assist white people address racism, this book guides white people through the process of understanding, challenging, and confronting issues of racism. This training program provides a meaningful way to help create change in the white community.

University of Oklahoma Press 2003 232 PP. Paper

$24.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)

White Like Me

Reflections On Race From A Privileged Son (revised And Updated)

BY TIM WISE
Tim Wise problematizes many white Americans' conception of racism as not a problem or not their problem. Wise enters into this historical discussion through the portal of his own experience, creating a kind of annotated biography in which he explores how every facet of his life has been shaped by his racial privilege.

Soft Skull Press-Counterpoint LLC 2008 191 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

Why Are All The Black Kids

Sitting Together In The Cafeteria? A Psychologist Explains The Development Of Racial Identity

BY BEVERLY TATUM
Race identity is a positive developmental factor for young people of color, according to psychologist Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D. A renowned authority on the psychology of racism, she asserts it is all right, even necessary, for Black adolescents to have a strong sense of belonging, even if it requires a period of segregation. Using real-life examples and a conversational tone, Tatum takes this issue to the grassroots level.

HarperSF 1999 270 PP. Paper

$15.95 (in stock)