by lindaoppenheim | Jun 9, 2017 | Opinion
Freddie deBoer points to the critical need to dismantle structural racism as the key focus of the racial justice movement. “The bigotries that afflict marginalized peoples are structural, not personal, and shaming can only ever target people, not...
by lindaoppenheim | Mar 11, 2016 | Article, Website
This post in Urban Wire: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender, the think tank Urban Institute’s blog, defines the basic terms white privilege and structural racism, how they are understood and the impact they have particularly on policies and practices. “In the...
by lindaoppenheim | Apr 29, 2015 | Continuing Conversations
Please join us on Monday, May 4, 7 p.m., in the Story Room (3rd floor) for our Continuing Conversations on Race and White Privilege. This month we will be focusing on examining “Color Blindness: and other kinds of unconscious biases. To prepare for the...
