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Dismantling Racism Resource Book
White People’s RESISTANCE
The following three pages are adapted from Paul Kivel’s Uprooting Racism, 1996, pp.
40-46. We’ve noted original authors when Kivel utilized other’s work.
Tactics of Resistance
Tactic What it is What is sounds like
Denial of existence of Discrimination is a thing of the past.
Denial oppression; denial of It’s a level playing field.
responsibility for it It’s not my fault; I’m not responsible
Playing down the damage Racism isn’t a big problem anymore
Minimization It’s not that bad
Justifying the oppression, Look at the way they act.
blaming the victims of If they weren’t so angry. . .
Blame
oppression for it Women are too emotional
Lack of Intent Claims the damage is I didn’t mean it like that.
It was only a joke.
unintential
The oppression happened Slavery was over a long time ago.
It’s over now in the past and is no longer Feminism has gone too far.
an issue
Claiming that targets of Women really have all the power.
oppression have so much We just want our rights too.
Competing
victimization power that society is They’re taking away our jobs.
threatened. White people are under attack.
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