But I'm NOT Racist! Tools for WellMeaning Whites edition by Kathy Obear Politics Social Sciences eBooks
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Deepen your Resolve to Live as a Change Agent for Racial Justice
Who would you be if you were no longer afraid someone would call you racist? What impact could you have if you had proven tools and techniques to create greater racial justice in your organization? For the past two decades as a speaker and an executive coach, Dr. Kathy Obear has helped thousands of whites find the courage to challenge and change the dynamics of racism in their organizations.
- Do you stay silent and hold back for fear of making a mistake? Or making things worse?
- Are there times you want to speak up, but don’t know how to interrupt racist dynamics or organizational practices?
- Do you sometimes feel alone, like you are the only one raising issues about racial justice in your organization?
Through engaging stories and concrete examples and tools, Kathy shares her own personal struggles and the common challenges many whites face as they work to create more equitable, inclusive organizations.
Find practical skills and strategies to move through your fear of being called racist and learn to
- Speak up with greater confidence and clarity
- Engage racist comments to deepen learning and facilitate change
- Stop feeling so alone and isolated
- Respond effectively when colleagues call you racist or criticize your efforts
- Develop powerful partnerships to create meaningful change in your organization
Read this book and find the inspiration and tools to deepen your resolve to live your values every day as a change agent for racial justice.
But I'm NOT Racist! Tools for WellMeaning Whites edition by Kathy Obear Politics Social Sciences eBooks
I am always looking for new materials to promote social justice. This one was (at the time) free, and I found it on social media.I think the only chapters that had any merit, really, were chapters one, six and seven. Chapters three through five were a painful amount of groveling and anecdotal examples with no depth or explanation given.
Of the parts that were good:
-I think it does a decent job of giving a few working definitions of racism and privilege, though I've absolutely seen better (free) ones.
-I did really enjoy the parts about communicating discomfort as a white person in a racially charged situation, and allowing people to feel discomfort without shaming them. I think these (maybe 8 pages) were my biggest takeaway.
Really big problems:
-You don't call people just by their race! I'm not offended to be called "a white," I suppose, but you don't get to do that with other races, and it is a really poor example to set someone up that way. White people. White actors. White employers.
-The definitions didn't come until chapter six. The author harps on white fragility and privilege and microaggressions, but we don't actually learn about those until four chapters later. It appears that this author intended her work to be for people who know enough about racial issues to have the vocabulary, but not aware enough to feel safe expressing personal discomfort with some of the issues without being told in excruciating detail how the author could relate.
-There were plugs for her website and other people's more comprehensive works littered throughout in a sales-pitchy way. I would have preferred just to have had the information reiterated.
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But I'm NOT Racist! Tools for WellMeaning Whites edition by Kathy Obear Politics Social Sciences eBooks Reviews
Decent primer on how to approach systemic racism in organizations. Definitely written for performative white allies, as the author recounts her own experiences as such. I wouldn't say that this ebook is expansive enough to stand on its own, but Dr. Obear provides plenty of links to resources for the "Well-Meaning Whites" who want to do better.
Dr. Obear has been working to be an agent for racial justice so it was quite the surprise when a person of color came up to her at a workshop and told her that something she said was racist. It hit home in a very personal way and she holed up, afraid to misspeak and be called out again. What happened then was a transformation in the way she approached her calling. Here, she teaches through personal examples how to open your heart and mind to being an agent for racial justice and how to approach it with more mindfulness.
I admit, I have always been open about wanting racial justice but until the last couple of years I hadn't really thought about what that meant or how to go about affecting any change. Heck, it was only maybe two years ago that I did anything more than say I was color blind and raising my children that way. I started waking up about that time to the suffering around me and the privilege to which I had and realized that I needed to do better, both as a person but also as a parent to educate my children to their own privilege and how we need to work to bring equality to all. I'm still learning and I have so very much to learn but this was a helpful book and I appreciated it. Much of it was geared towards how to facilitate racial justice in group environments which at the moment is not super relevant to me but is good to know. A lot of it is techniques for how to engage, meaningfully and purposefully with those that are using racist language in the hopes of opening a dialogue for them to see the hurt they are causing. I found those things very helpful and plan to keep rereading some of those passages so I can learn to not be silent when it comes up. I need to work harder to find my voice to say that these things are not right and I hope that the tools she has given here will help me to do so.
My hands are shaking as I type this review. Raising awareness of white privilege and putting an end to institutionalized racism are things I care deeply about, so I am reluctant to criticize an ally. In the right hands, this book could be a useful tool in accomplishing our shared goal; Dr. Obear has vast experience and real insight to share. Additionally, chapter seven on speaking up in racist situations is worth its weight in gold.
That said, there are things both stated and implied in this book that I find troubling.
First is the obvious subtext suggested by the title. It does not take many pages for a "well-meaning white" to discover that, in Dr. Obear's analysis, the response to "but I'm not racist" is "oh yes you are!" In stories and anecdotes about her life, the reader may get the sense that the author has never truly come to terms with (or forgiven herself for) her accident of birth as a Caucasian, her mother sending her to a private school to avoid an integrated public school, or any of her past racist transgressions. She repeatedly states her feelings of guilt and shame, her fear of being called a racist and a fraud, and her desire to make "personal reparations and amends". This is brave, and this is noble, but is it the best model for the would-be change agent to follow?
Another element which gave me pause was the suggestion that "well-meaning whites" form "white affinity groups" and "white caucuses" where they can freely discuss racial issues and confront their own racism without being subjected to criticism from people of color! The parodies and attacks from the Right are predictable, but if I may critique this idea from the Left would not a better strategy be to form real relationships - with love, trust, mistakes, and apologies - with actual brown and black folks?
Maybe it's because I spent my youth in fist fights with neo-Nazis and hanging around in the "wrong" neighborhoods, maybe it's because I see "post-racial" attitudes and behaviors in some of today's youth, maybe it's because I'm ignorant of my own bias and I need to feel more white guilt, but I recommend taking this book with a grain of salt. Dr. Obear clearly understands the problem, but I cannot get behind all of her solutions.
I am always looking for new materials to promote social justice. This one was (at the time) free, and I found it on social media.
I think the only chapters that had any merit, really, were chapters one, six and seven. Chapters three through five were a painful amount of groveling and anecdotal examples with no depth or explanation given.
Of the parts that were good
-I think it does a decent job of giving a few working definitions of racism and privilege, though I've absolutely seen better (free) ones.
-I did really enjoy the parts about communicating discomfort as a white person in a racially charged situation, and allowing people to feel discomfort without shaming them. I think these (maybe 8 pages) were my biggest takeaway.
Really big problems
-You don't call people just by their race! I'm not offended to be called "a white," I suppose, but you don't get to do that with other races, and it is a really poor example to set someone up that way. White people. White actors. White employers.
-The definitions didn't come until chapter six. The author harps on white fragility and privilege and microaggressions, but we don't actually learn about those until four chapters later. It appears that this author intended her work to be for people who know enough about racial issues to have the vocabulary, but not aware enough to feel safe expressing personal discomfort with some of the issues without being told in excruciating detail how the author could relate.
-There were plugs for her website and other people's more comprehensive works littered throughout in a sales-pitchy way. I would have preferred just to have had the information reiterated.
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