Healing from White Supremacy
Books
Ethnoautobiography: Stories and Practices for Unlearning Whiteness, Decolonization, Uncovering Ethnicities, by Jürgen Wermer Kremer and R. Jackson-Paton
The History of White People, by Nell Irvin Painter
Waking up White and Finding Myself in the Story of Race, by Debby Irving
White Fragility: Why it’s so Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, by Robin DiAngelo
Classified: How to Stop Hiding your Privilege and Use it For Social Change, by Karen Pettelman and Resource Generation
Articles
Holding the Tension: Whiteness vs European Cultural Identity, by Jamie Utt
Grieving the White Void, by Abraham Lateiner
White People Have no Culture, by Lorena Wallace
Roots Deeper Than Whiteness: Remembering Who We Are for the Well-Being of All, by David Dean
What is Cultural Appropriation? by Pegi Eyers
How Racism Began as White-on-White Violence, by Resmaa Menakem
The Heart of Whiteness: On Spiritual Tourism and the Colonization of Ayahuasca, by Bani Amor
Wanting to be Indian: When Spiritual Searching Turns into Cultural Theft, by Myke Johnson
Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack of Setter Privilege, by Dina Gilio-Whitaker
From Colonial Rescue to Cultural Genocide, by Pegi Eyers
Spiritual Bypassing: Avoidance in Holy Drag, by Robert Augustus Masters
White People are Broken, by Katherine Fugate
Building Trust Before Truth: How Non-Indigenous Canadians can Become Allies, by Robyn Ward
Videos
Deconstructing White Privilege with Dr. Robin DiAngelo
Dr. Robin DiAngelo is the author of What Does it Mean to Be White? Developing White Racial Literacy and has been an anti-racist educator, and has heard justifications of racism by white men and women in her workshops for over two decades. This justification, which she calls “white fragility,” is a state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress becomes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive moves. These moves include outward display of emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and behaviors such as argumentation, silence, and leaving the stress-inducing situation. Read More.
Socio-Spiritual Evolution, TED talk by Calvin Terrell
Calvin Terrell challenges all to remember their power to see themselves in others. To transcend global challenges while maintaining the Earth’s environment, humankind must heal historical traumas around race intersecting with every human identity. In his candid presentation, Calvin will weave ancient indigenous concepts of healing with modern challenges as a call to action. Read More.