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Unpacking the Embodied Plantation Backpack

By Resmaa Menakem — 2021

If you have an African American body, welcome. I wrote this blog post—and the body practice at the end—especially for you. (Everyone else, welcome as well—but please skip the body practice.)

Read on www.psychologytoday.com

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Resmaa Menakem on Why Healing Racism Begins with the Body

Trauma therapist and author of My Grandmother's Hands talks honestly and directly about the historical and current traumatic impacts of racism in the U.S., and the necessity for us all to recognize this trauma, metabolize it, work through it, and grow up out of it.

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Resmaa Menakem
2021
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5 Things You Can Do Right Now to Be a Better BIPOC Ally

Sometimes, doing the work means looking at yourself and your actions first.

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Tonya Russell
2021
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‘White Fragility’ Is Everywhere. But Does Antiracism Training Work?

Robin DiAngelo’s best seller is giving white Americans a new way to talk about race. Do those conversations actually serve the cause of equality?

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Daniel Bergner
2020
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My Grandmother’s Hands

America has been dealing with race issues for a long time. Perhaps making more headway requires a different approach—one that’s less conceptual, more body-focused.

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Psychology Today
2017
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The Year I Gave Up White Comfort: An Ode to My White “Friends” on Being Better to Black Womxn

This past year I not only stood unapologetically in the full and complete truth of my identity but also voiced that truth, my truth, aloud to all those closest to me. Including a lot of White people.

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Rachel Ricketts
2019
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Encouraging Meaningful Conversations About Race and Trauma

Moments of calm, Jenée Johnson believes, are the foundation of emotional intelligence and its skills of resilience and compassion.

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Victoria Dawson
2019
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Racism Is the Temptation White People Have Yet to Overcome

We've done our share of racism while we blame it on the racist generations that went before us. Maybe just apologizing for our own sins against a people would be a start.

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Joan Chittister
2020
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The Meaning of Serena Williams

There is a belief among some African-Americans that to defeat racism, they have to work harder, be smarter, be better.

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Claudia Rankine
2015
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Jesus Wasn’t White: He Was a Brown-Skinned, Middle Eastern Jew. Here’s Why That Matters.

Jesus was not white. You’d be forgiven for thinking otherwise if you’ve ever entered a Western church or visited an art gallery.

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Robyn J. Whitaker
2018
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Microaggressions aren’t just innocent blunders – new research links them with racial bias

Until recently, the majority of research on microaggressions has focused on asking people targeted by microaggressions about their experiences and perspectives, rather than researching the offenders. This previous research is crucial.

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Jonathan Kanter
2020
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