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Black Success in America Is Often Met With "Whitelash"

History shows many examples.

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158 Resources for Understanding Systemic Racism in America

These articles, videos, podcasts and websites from the Smithsonian chronicle the history of anti-black violence and inequality in the United States

158 RESOURCES TO UNDERSTAND RACISM IN AMERICA

These articles, videos, podcasts and websites from the Smithsonian chronicle the history of anti-black violence and inequality in the United States

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Video: Black Professor Unleashes Flood of White Tears After On-Air Clash Ensues When Guest Says the British Empire 'Wasn't All Bad'

A Black British academic ruffled some feathers when he deemed whiteness “a psychosis” and took Britain to task for its oppressive history. Birmingham City

A Black British academic ruffled some feathers when he deemed whiteness “a psychosis” and took Britain to task for its oppressive history. Birmingham City

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The Uncomfortable Truth: Episode 23 - White Rage - A Conversation with C...

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Join us for the opening reception of "our duty to fight," organized by Black Lives Matter Chicago. This display runs through June 11, 2016.

Join us for the opening reception of "our duty to fight," organized by Black Lives Matter Chicago. "our duty to fight" is a call to join the rebellion being waged. Artworks created especially for the exhibition include objects and images by Chicago-based artists in collaboration with the families of Chicago-area residents killed by police; a digital projection-based work calling for interaction and reflection; and an artist-designed space for dialogue, learning, and healing. Highlighted throughout the exhibition are stories, images, and ephemera detailing the paths to recent intersectional movement victories in campaigns such as #traumacenternow, #reparationsnow, and #byeanita. "our duty to fight" holds a space for survivors and families bereft of justice under anti-Black state violence and offers a living testament to the struggles that have been at the core of visionary world-making in Chicago organizing. New artworks by James T. Green, Cairá Lee Conner, Sherwin Ovid; and artists Jireh L. Drake, Itunuoluwa Ebijimi, Makeba Kedem-DuBose, La Keisha Leek and Bryant Cross, Zakkiyyah Najeebah, Ariel Perkins-Fenwick, Shelby Stone, Ethos Viets-VanLear, Rhonda Wheatley, in collaboration with the families of Rekia Boyd, Dakota Bright, Dominique “Damo” Franklin Jr., Justus Howell, Ronald “Ronnieman” Johnson, Bettie Jones, Flint Farmer, Darius Pinex, Stephon Watts. For more information about the exhibition, visit the Gallery 400 website: http://gallery400.uic.edu/exhibitions/our-duty-to-fight

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I’m Not Your Token

"As I’ve worked to dismantle my own internalized racism and the ways that I privilege whiteness, I’ve learned to resist being 'othered' through the use of language. So when someone says, 'Oh, they did that to you because you’re black,' I quickly correct them with, 'No, they did that because they are bigots.' This often shocks people. I can see the panic in their eyes. Sometimes, their eyes dart about. If there are lot of people, they may get quiet.

Sometimes, someone will try to lessen the blow of my words with some clever deflection. I then come back with, 'No. They are bigots.' I name the problem. Trayvon and Michael’s blackness wasn’t the problem. The problem was the negative perceptions of that blackness and what spaces that blackness was 'allowed' to occupy. These perceptions are supported, funded, and reinforced by institutionalized racism. Matthew Shepard wasn’t murdered because he was gay. Sakia Gunn wasn’t murdered because she was a lesbian. Matthew and Sakia were murdered by people who made a choice to exercise their bigotry within a culture that deemed Matthew and Sakia 'others.'"

- Toni Bell, "I’m Not Your Token" via The Body Is Not an Apology