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4 Reasons Why Activists Burn Out

By Vinita Mehta — 2020

America’s social justice movement for racial equality appears to be full steam ahead. However, being a changemaker is not for the faint of heart—and activist burnout can undercut a movement.

Read on www.psychologytoday.com

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What White People Can Do to Move Race Conversations Forward | Caprice Hollins | TEDxSeattle

In this 2020 TEDxSeattle talk, Dr. Caprice Hollins explains why we often fail to have productive conversations about race, race relations, and racism in this country.

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The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

What would make a society drain its public swimming baths and fill them with concrete rather than opening them to everyone? Economics researcher Heather McGhee sets out across America to learn why white voters so often act against their own interests.

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Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination

Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Toni Morrison brings the genius of a master writer to this personal inquiry into the significance of African-Americans in the American literary imagination.

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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Words That Don't Belong to Everyone

Bestselling author Ta-Nehisi Coates answers an audience question about the power and ownership of words.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

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How Race and Gender Intersect in the Women’s Movement | NBC News NOW

NBC News’ Simone Boyce sits with activist Rachel Cargle to talk about how race and gender intersect in the world of activism.

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Dear White Peacemakers: Dismantling Racism with Grit and Grace

Dear White Peacemakers is a breakup letter to division, a love letter to God’s beloved community, and an eviction notice to the violent powers that have sustained racism for centuries.

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Debunking the Most Common Myths White People Tell About Race | Think | NBC News

Robin DiAngelo, author of “White Fragility,” unpacks common excuses white people make about race–and how to address them.

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Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race

The classic, New York Times-bestselling book on the psychology of racism that shows us how to talk about race in America. Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups.

Beverly Daniel Tatum

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Reviewing ‘White Fragility’: Psychoanalysis with Racism

Adam Phillips is a psychoanalyst as well as one of the most influential essayists and thinkers writing today.

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Toni Morrison Beautifully Answers an "Illegitimate" Question on Race (Jan. 19, 1998) - Charlie Rose

In 1998, Charlie asked Toni Morrison about a question a journalist had once posed to her: "Can you imagine writing a novel not centered around race?" This is her amazing response.

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