racefail help?

[kat_lair]

Flist dearest,

Please to be linking me to your best resources for tackling racism discussion - I ideally want non-lj and non-fandom related links as I want the resources for university students I'm teaching. Lately there has been discussion of "but white people experience racism too!" and I want some smart links to tackle this without dismissing the personal experiences of the white person in question.

Bingo cards accepted!

Many thanks!

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[zellieh]

Derailing for Dummies, here: http://www.derailingfordummies.com/

I Blog Against Racism Week Delicious tag: http://delicious.com/tag/ibarw

The Angry Black Woman: http://theangryblackwoman.com/
And a post on her blog about Bingo crds, with some useful links in comments: http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/09/22/the-bingo-project/

(I particularly like the link to a post on The Art of Defending Racism: http://community.livejournal.com/sex_and_race/296541.html?thread=2812509)

Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh (.pdf): http://www.case.edu/president/aaction/UnpackingTheKnapsack.pdf

I know I had more links after doing the panel at Connotations, but these are all I could find right now since I'm away from my computer. Let me know if you need more, and I'll dig them out.

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

Awesome, thank you very much. Some of those I already had/knew about but this is very handy.

Gah, I wanted a quiet weekend and now this. Sigh.

[brilligspoons.livejournal.com]

If I was at home on my laptop, I could probably find something - stupid work. Unfortunately I don't have access to my university's databases any longer either, but I'm pretty sure I came across some decent links through EBSCOhost at one point. Hopefully someone else will be able to link you to them!

Good luck with the search!

EDIT: I did just find this link, though: http://racismtoday.blogspot.com/
I don't know how reliable the blog is, but I thought it might give some insight into a layman's perspective of racism.

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

Thank you for this. I've had a brief skim through the blog and it seems interesting though rather US-oriented. If you have any other links handy, they are all gratefully received.

[faerie-mistress.livejournal.com]

(Here via brilligspoons, since I do have access to databases).

These three articles came up via EBSCO, however that database did not have the full text, merely the references. I unfortunately am about to head out of the house, but if you want me to look for some full-text versions of these when I get home I can do so :) But I thought they sounded interesting. Likewise if you want to give me more search parameters I can have another look.

Essentialism and attribution of monstrosity in racist discourse: Right-wing internet postings about Africans and Jews, Authors: HOLTZ, PETER and WAGNER, WOLFGANG, Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology; Nov/Dec2009, Vol. 19 Issue 6, p411-425, 15p

Overseas nurses’ experiences of discrimination: a case of racist bullying?, AUTHOR: ALLAN, HELEN T.; COWIE, HELEN; SMITH, PAM. Journal of Nursing Management, Nov2009, Vol. 17 Issue 7, p898-906, 9p;

Racial contestation and the emergence of populist nationalism in the United States, AUTHOR: Johnson, Vernon D.; Frombgen, Elizabeth. Social Identities, Sep2009, Vol. 15 Issue 5, p631-658, 28p;

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much. I'm a uni student/tutor myself so have access to various journal databases (looks like all of these are included) and these are a great start. I'm mainly looking for some online sources I can link to as the discussion is happening on an online student forum. Many thanks for your help.

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

I'm a bit out of date - most of my links are to printed matter... but try two of my f'list, tikiberry (who has been to Connotations but not the years you have been) and azicrow. Tell them I sent you and what you're doing. Tikiberry recently had a discussion in her uni course about racism and was quite upset (she's Korean) at attitudes etc. She might well have some links.

Bottom line: white people can't experience racism (though they might encounter prejudice) because they are never in a global position of underdog/powerless minority. (The white person who thinks they have experienced racism needs to understand what racism is and sort out their vocabulary.)

White women can get an inkling of what it's like but remind them that women from minority groups experience racism as well as sexism.

There's an excellent overview of racism in UK: 'There ain't no black in the union jack' by Paul Gilroy - a bit out of date but an interesting if not always well-structured look at the history of UK racism in modern times. Afraid it's in print, not online! If I think of anything else I'll let you know but I think you might have helped pack most of my books on the subject.

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

Cheers! I may pm them later, depending on how the whole thing plays out. I'm waiting to hear from the module leaders whether I can swoop in armed with links etc. they may very well say no, and that the situation needs to be handled differently (why do these things kick off at the weekend?).

Bottom line: white people can't experience racism (though they might encounter prejudice) because they are never in a global position of underdog/powerless minority. (The white person who thinks they have experienced racism needs to understand what racism is and sort out their vocabulary.) - Thank you, I was trying to find a polite way of expressing this (you know, rather than pointing and saying 'your white privilege is showing!' and thus trampling all over the white person's experience of prejudice). Issue here seems to be partly to do with vocabulary as well.

I'm mainly looking for online resources that I can link to as the discussion is happening on an online student forum. Thank you for tips though, if nothing else I might check it out.