These resources are part of a collection of readings, videos etc. I have explored in an attempt to understand my own role in the maintenance of a culture of white supremacy, particularly within my workplace and community. This exploration includes participation in Beloved Conversations, a program offered by the Meadville Lombard Theological School and sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Association.
General Resources
Introduction
- 15 Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture (1999) – Tema Okun
- WSC: Catching our Conditioning (video) – Tema Okun
- White Supremacy Culture webpage – Tema Okun
- Four Stages of White Identity Formation – Beloved Conversations
- Resmaa Menakem in Conversation with Robin DiAngelo (both audio and transcript available)
- I am racist too (how could I not be?)…..A brief interview with Sonya Renee Taylor on combating racism
Thinking about White Supremacy Culture
- Why Anti-racism will Fail – The Rev Thandeka
- How did we get here: white supremacy culture – The Fifth Principle Project
- Is the “White Supremacy Culture” Paradigm a Useful Strategy for Anti-Racist / Anti-Oppression Social Justice Work? – Anne Schneider
- The current Unitarian Universalist Racial Crisis – The RevThandeka
- From White Racist to White Anti-Racist – Tema Okun
- A Word for White People – adrienne maree brown
- Scaffolded anti-racism resources – collection of contributors
Imagination:
- VIDEO: A Radical Vision for the Future (8:58)
- Love Beyond Belief – The Rev Thandeka
Key Concepts:
- AUDIO/POEM: “Sometimes” by David Whyte (audio file, 7:21)
- READING: Characteristics of and Antidotes to White Supremacy Culture by Tema Okun and Kenneth Jones
- To go deeper into these concepts visit Tema Okun’s new website: CHARACTERISTICS – WHITE SUPREMACY CULTURE
- VIDEO: Shame vs. Guilt with Brene Brown (excerpt from a Ted Talk, Brene Brown standing on on a stage, lecturing, 2:12)
- READING: The Bias of Professionalism Standards by Aysa Gray
- READING: 7 Ways to Support and Center People of Color
- The Cost of Whiteness – Thandeka
Reparations
- The Four Parts of Accountability – Leaving Evidence
- The Case for Reparations – Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Reparations for Amherst– Daily Hampshire Gazette
- Will the Towns of Amherst be Renamed – History Inquiry
- Native American Reparations – ABC News
Resilience Wisdom:
- VIDEO/SONG: Rising Appalachia – Resilient (two women singing on a stage with banjo and drum, 3:42)
- GRAPHIC: Window of Tolerance Rainbow
Dismantling Racism within Unitarian Universalist Institutions and Culture
- READING: Unitarian Universalist Association President Rev. Susan Frederick Gray’s UU World Column “A Message to White Unitarian Universalists”
- Widening the Circle of Concern (chapter on Congregations and Community, p. 39) – UUA Commission on Institutional Change
- Dismantle White Supremacy – UUA
- The history of the Eighth Principle
- Land Acknowledgements – UUA
- To Answer the Call of Love (linked below). FROM: Mistakes and Miracles: UU Congregations on the Road to Multiculturalism; this chapter tells the story of the First Parish, Cambridge, MA – Karin Lin
And here is an another important viewpoint from UU’ers
- How Did We Get Here ; White Supremacy Culture – 5th Principle Project
- The Self-Confessed “White Supremacy Culture”: The Emergence of an Illiberal Left in Unitarian Universalism – Anne Schneider
- Used to be UU – Casper and Kiskel
- The Road to the Gadfly Papers – UU” heretic,” Rev. Todd Eklof
- Wordy Shipmates (looking back at our Puritan heritage) – Sarah Vowell
UUSA Sunday Service Videos
Many Roads: Exploring White Supremacy Culture – Reverend Rachael Hayes; October 24, 2021
Worthy Now Prison Ministry – The Church of the Larger Fellowship; October 17, 2021
Indigenous People’s Day: Sacred Footprints – Reverend Rachael Hayes; October 10, 2021
Moving Through Fear – Reverend Rachael Hayes; September 26, 2021
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES