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Dismantling Racism Resource Book

Recommended Dismantling Racism Reading

“Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?” and other
Conversations about Race
By Beverly Daniel Tatum
Aunt Lute Books, 1999

In straightforward language, professor/ psychologist Tatum explains the

development of racial identity. To illustrate her point she uses anecdotes about
her sons, excerpts from research interviews, and essays written by her students.

Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work For Racial Justice
By Paul Kivel
New Society Publishers, 1996

Kivel has a long history of working as a white man to educate others to work
against sexism, racism and other oppressions. In Dismantling Racism, Kivel lays out
how white people can move from caring about racism to acting to end racism. It is
a great introduction to general theories of oppression.

Bridging the Class Divide and other Lessons for Grassroots Organizing
by Linda Stout
Beacon Press, 1996

In Bridging the Class Divide, Stout weaves the story of her life and her struggles
with class oppression with the development of a grassroots organizing method
modeled by the Peidmont Peace Project. Grassroots or community organizers will
be constantly challenged to reassess our own strategies and models. Although
Stout focuses on eradicating barriers of classism, her book and the Piedmont
Peace Project grapple with the intersections of race, class, gender and sexual

orientation as they occur within an organizing context.

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