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Churchill, Ward. A Little Matter of Genocide: Holocaust and Denial in the Americas, 1492 to the Present.

Cohen, Mark Nathan. Culture of Intolerance.

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Doane, Ashley W. and Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, eds. White Out: The Continuing Significance of Racism.

Dyson, Michael Eric. Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster.

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Jhally, Sut and Justin Lewis. Enlightened Racism: The Cosby Show, Audiences and the Myth of the American Dream.

Johnson, Allan. Privilege, Power and Difference.

Kendall, Francie. Understanding White Privilege.

Kivel, Paul. Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Equity.

Kozol, Jonathan. Amazing Grace.

Lewis, Michael. The Culture of Inequality.

Lipsitz, George. The Possessive Investment in Whiteness.

Massey, Douglas and Nancy Denton. American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass.

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Robinson, Randall. Quitting America: The Departure of a Black Man from His Native Land.

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Embed from Getty Images White male privilege is a term that gets thrown around a lot these days.

Whenever any bit of injustice show up, we get the opportunity to trot out the tried and true WMP.

While it is fun and convenient to push every slight into this category, we all choose to overlook ways that people who are not white or male benefit from all sorts of opportunities.

White Male Privilege is very real.

What no one will willingly take a look at is all of the other privileges that get created and are intertwined with WMP.

The machine that is patriarchy and white supremacy offer us opportunities to control and lord power over others.

Whatever group you belong to and the fact that you are human provides the impetus for dominating.

While I dont believe that is natural for folks to dominate one another, there is a tendency to lean in this direction as a result of all the gifts that are offered.

The machine must be fed and we are all invited to partake of the system that offers fake promises and severely limiting rewards.

I am a black gay man and am afforded privilege in each identity depending on who Im with and the context of all of my relationships.

Regardless of what any one will say there are certain privileges that are assigned to me simply because of the darkness of my skin.

Music, culture, fashion sense and the ability to thrive on scarps and look good while doing it all part of gay, black male privilege.

Gay privilege affords me the luxury of not having to consider reproducing.

Regardless of what any one will say there are certain privileges that are assigned to me simply because of the darkness of my skin.

Gay privilege affords me the option of not having to think long term about much of anything. It also allows me to indulge in a certain type of social isolation and a big fuck you to society if that is what I desire.

There are many gays and lesbians I know who have no interest in mainstream anything and yet are looked to when it is time to shake things up and make things interesting or cutting edge.

While these are exaggerations the point is that no one is exempt form gaining certain rewards when and if they suit them.

Much like the privileges that get bestowed upon blacks and gays, being male is another opportunity to examine what goodies get offered to us and when.

People grow to know and accept you as gay.

Nobody needs adjusting and reschooling in terms of what being male means.

Upon the birth of a male child, everyone immediately begins to decide that all of the worlds resources and treasures are his to indulge and command.

No one ever thinks : I hope my son is kind, gentle and compassionate towards others.

Instead, we immediately begin contemplating and thinking of all the ways he will rule the world.

There is no thought given to the problematic stance that because of this persons gender there might be wishes offered and granted simply because of his maleness.

When we examine all the ways that people have access to resources, it is clear that we are all very unclear as to how privilege works, how it gets assigned and what it does to all of us on a cellular and spiritually stunted level.

I like to take the definition of Tim Wise when examining the seductive and radical thinking reduction that this most dangerous process continues to engender.

According to Tim Wise, Privilege in its most basic form allows us the luxury of not having to think about certain things.

When we are allowed the freedom (or so we think) of not having to think about certain things we are then allowed the freedom(or so we think) to not have to change our behavior or invest in any real hard core action.

We can allow things to happen to those people.

We can allow brutalization to occur because folks dont look like or think like or act like us.

It is very easy to dismiss a group if including them would require a clear and radical self analysis.

When 911 occurred, we as a country were provided a clear picture of what the world thought of us and our relentless commitment to staying asleep and pursuing our interests no matter the consequences.

Being able to selfishly pursue everything we desire without any thought to whether others are safe, nurtured and have access to resources make us vile and clueless in ways that have devastating effects on the planet and our communities.

We can turn this around by questioning why certain individuals are granted certain access and demand that those in power cast a wider net when the focus is on who gets what and why.

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Anthony Carter combines his love of theatre, writing, storytelling, and black queer feminist theory to create projects that inspire all to greatness, including having been a semifinalist in the Strawberry One Act Festival 2007 with his play Breakfast for Dinner. His book Unfettered Mind: The Importance of Black Male Mental Health, released in 2012, offers several winning strategies for remaining mentally healthy and emotionally resilient in a rapidly changing world.

Mr. Carters second book, Strong Stuff: Tips on Surviving Unemployment, offers insight on maintaining self-esteem and personal friendships while one searches for work. Based on personal experiences (2.5 years of unemployment and some homelessness), this latest book is full of exercises and quick easy to read and apply tips for thriving despite being jobless. In February 2016, he is publishing his first collection of Sci-Fi/ - speculative fiction short stories entitled Rules of Reality.

Anthony Carter and his husband are joyfully co-raising nine grandchildren while relentlessly devising techniques for the worlds evolution. You can visit him onlinehere.

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Students and administrators preparing for new year

School is about to begin for another year, and administrators, teachers and students are gearing up for what the 2017-2018 academic year has to offer.

New teachers, administrators and technology will help guide students as they continue to develop and grow in schools and academic centers across the Northside.

On August 7, St. Joseph, St. Anthony, and St. Richard Catholic schools will be returning to class.

Four-hundred and 10 students will be starting at St. Joseph Catholic School, as well as 12 new faculty and staff members.

New hires include John Banks, Pat Frascogna, Scott Trousdale, Bo Bradberry, Michael Howell, Elyssa Lambert, Kathryn Sckiets, Meggan Windham, Kori Marascalco, Michael Hrivnack, Vickie Runnels and Tricia Harris.

Among other improvements, St. Joe students will see a renovated administration building and a new gym floor. The students are really going to notice the gym, Dena Kinsey, St. Joe head of school said. It has all new tile, and the floor has been redone with our logo and name in it It looks completely different.

The school is also updating the football stadium, which should be completed this fall. The stadium will have new bleachers on the visitors side, updated bathrooms, a new sound system, and upgraded press box.

This year, 278 students will attend St. Anthony, an increase from the 270 students last year. Three new teachers have been added, Laura Stringer, Lindsay Naegele and Ashley Crandall.

We upgraded our computer lab with 22 new all-in-one touch screen lab PCs, said Kristian Beatty, St. Anthony development director. We also added six new Promethean Touch ActivPanels to classrooms to finish the Promethean panel upgrade in all classrooms. Jennifer David, the new head of school at St. Richard Catholic School will welcome 230 students and four new faculty members. They include Tammy Conrad, Wendi Shearer, Madeline Weisenberger, and Dwyane Demmin.

Along with minor improvements, the school has been working on the STREAM (science, technology, religion, engineering, arts and math) lab.

The biggest thing is the new STREAM lab that will hopefully be ready when school starts, David said.

On August 8, Murrah and The Redeemer School will return for the 2017-2018 academic year. Murrah High School will have 11 new teachers. Currently, those faculty members are still going through the hiring process, said Sherwin Johnson, communications specialist at Jackson Public Schools. I cannot release their names as they are not officially employed as of yet.

Students were also in the process of registering at press time, so Johnson could not give an accurate number that will attend Murrah.

The Redeemer School, which added a fourth grade this year, will have an additional 15 students, bringing the total enrollment to 90.

To accommodate that growth, tseveral new teachers and administrators were hired:Donna Robins, Jule Hillary, Adrian Manning, Constance Burwell, Madison Pennaman and Morgan Gallon.

For advancement in technology, Redeemer has built in more computer time. Were trying to include it at various levels, Dyson said. Computer literacy hasnt been as big of a focus in our school as in previous years.

All Madison County schools start August 9.

Madison Central will have 1,303 students and four new teachers, according to Madison County Schools communication director Gene Wright. New teachers include Maria Dahmash, Pam Davis, Ariel Davis and Lynn Wilbanks.

Germantown will have 1,138 students, an increase of approximately 60 students, said Germantown head of school Wesley Quick.

Some of the changes Germantown students will see include new picnic benches at the softball and baseball fields, gated and reserved seating at the football stadium, and new landscaping.

New hires include Justin Adair, Taylor Good, Michael Guidry, Aimee Scribner, Joshua Craft, Jennifer Ford, Missy Tanner, Nikki Musgrove, and Khaleah Naylor.

Ridgeland High School is welcoming 903 students, as well as three new faculty: Alia Elkhatib, Trey Butts and John Morgan.

We have also expanded our robotics program at Ridgeland High School Wright said.

Christ Covenant School and Jackson Academy will begin classes August 10.

Christ Covenant will welcome 386 students this year. Eight new faculty members were added: Ashley Matthews, Mary Kelly Branning, Clint Pentecost, Lesley Saucier, Ryen Combest, Betsy Bowers, Rebecca Vaughan and Emily Creel.

The school has two special projects nearing completion. We have been re-configuring our school library on our third floor to accommodate a meeting area for students and staff alike, as well as two new offices, Haynie said. We are (also) building an outdoor learning pavilion in memory of long time CCS friend and supporter, Mr. Jack Laws.

When 1,200 students return to Jackson Academy they will see a variety of improvements including new drinking fountains, park updates and more.

Were replacing all drinking fountains with new filtered drinking fountains, said Patti Wade, director of marketing and communications at Jackson Academy. Were updating Ashley Park, which houses JAs ropes course....

Preschool renovations will feature new furnishings and learning spaces, including additional Hokki stools, ergonomic seating designed to allow students freedom of movement during certain classroom activities.

Nineteen fulltime faculty and staff members have been hired in divisions including chemistry, English, geometry, and lower school and kindergarten teachers. Brandt Walker has been named the associate athletic director.

For technology improvements, JA now offers Raider Network on Demand, a library of professionally-produced videos of school events. This service not only offers video from the current school year, it is also making available video archives dating back multiple decades, Wade said.

When Jackson Preps 842 students return August 11, they will see multiple upgrades and improvements designed to enhance their education and safety, according to Ryan Sherman, Prep director of communications.

Over the summer, 12 classrooms were renovated to offer enhanced institutional support, Sherman said. The upgraded facilities feature new collaborative desks, which support creative teamwork by encouraging classroom communication and the exchange of ideas in a shared space.

Preps office of college counseling was also renovated to offer a more open and accessible environment to students.

With the support of the Athletic Booster Club, the girls athletic facilities were updated.

Preps practice facility, the Manning Center, will receive a new look this fall as the foyer area will be updated to reflect all Prep sports and highlight Prep athletes, who have advanced to the next level of athletic competition, Sherman said.

Prep will have 18 new teachers staff members: Mollie Blair, Matt Butts, Brian Fugler, Chris Goodman, Pollyann Watters, Drew Wilson, Tim Wise, Katie Bonds, Kathryn Shuff, Alix Zachow, Cori Ciaccio, Haley Toler, Beth Watts, Silvia Page, Gracie Chesnut, Temperence Jones, Alyssa Finneyfrock and Jina Smith.

First Presbyterian Day School (FPDS) is welcoming 675 students back to school. School begins on August 14 for k5 through sixth grades, followed by the first day of school for k3 and k4 students August 15.

The school has two major additions this year.

First is the opening of our k3 and k4 five-day program, led by new preschool director Cathy Miller, said Gary Herring, head of school. This addition created the need for extensive renovations at FPDS, as we added a preschool center with eight classrooms with all new furnishings and equipment that will house 100 students and 16 teachers and assistants, along with a brand-new playground outside specifically for this age group.

Secondly, the school has launched an academic immersion model for students participating in the dyslexia program. For technology, First Pres can take full advantage of their Idea Lab this year.

In the fall of 2015, our traditional computer lab was renovated and converted to an Idea Lab, meant to engage students in project-based learning, Herring said.

New hires include Shannon Blakely, Hasina Brown, Ann Claridge Chestnut, Chrissy Maggio, Tina Oates, Molly Reid, Anna Splaingard, Jennifer Higginbotham, Sarah Denney, Marlene Sykes, Cindy Wilks, Ainsley Bjernegarrd, Jean Hurst, Molly Lowry, Susan Smith, Abram Hernandez, Sara Riles, Allison Grubbs, Camille Hassell, Elizabeth Brown, Connie Cade and Julie Hoeniges.

St. Andrews Episcopal School has a stable enrollment from last year, welcoming 1,150 school-wide for the 2017-2018 academic year. Students will return August 14.

The biggest addition is the opening of the Athletics and Recreation Center (ARC), a state-of-the-art facility directly benefiting all students, said Lauren McMillin, director of alumni and public relations.

The new building will include a full-sized competition court and a full-size multi-purpose court, which provides the school with enough space to host basketball and volleyball tournaments.

The 65,000 square-foot ARC also includes team meeting rooms, classrooms and coaches offices.

Technology upgrades at St. Andrews include a new Web site, which provides a streamlined approach and easier accessibility for both students and parents, McMillin said.

For faculty and administration changes, Tim Alford is returning to the north campus to become head of the middle school, where he was formerly a middle school teacher. Marcia Poole will serve as the interim head of the lower school, where she was previously an early childhood teacher.

Johnny Nichols will be joining the athletic department as the head football coach. Meagan Denney is transitioning from her position as the upper school administrative assistant to the assistant director of athletics.

Madison-Ridgeland Academy, New Summit School and The Education Center were unavailable for comment at press time.

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Back to school | The Northside Sun - Northside Sun

July 25, 2017

With fall college orientation right around the corner, we wanted to remind you that MEF offers a range of films designed to get students thinking and talking about urgent campus issues like binge drinking, sexual assault, racism, student debt, and their responsibilities as bystanders.

All of these films share the same basic goal: to empower students to take a step back and think critically about the world around them.

Weve put together this special orientation resource page featuring:

As you put the finishing touches on your college orientation, residential life, and student activities programming, take a minute to check out the below resource page now. We hope that our films continue to be springboards for thoughtful discussion on your campus.

THE LINE

This clip from The Line explores how and why the concept of a perfect victim makes it difficult for the majority of victims of rape and sexual assault to seek justice in the court system.

SPIN THE BOTTLE

Watch this section from Spin the Bottle which explores the complex connections between drinking and sex.

SPITTING GAME

This 30-minute version of Spitting Game is tailor-made for use in first-year classes and new-student orientations.

FLIRTING WITH DANGER

This video examines how young women navigate their relationships and hookups in a culture that sends mixed messages about womens sexuality, womens autonomy, and what constitutes consent and coercion.

ASKING FOR IT

Offers a unique take on the problem of sexual assault, one that complicates the issue even as it clarifies that consent must always be explicitly granted, never simply assumed.

RAPE MYTHS ON TRIAL

Anne Munch, a career prosecutor and longtime advocate for victims of gender violence, examines how cultural attitudes about womens sexuality affect the outcomes of rape and sexual assault cases.

WHITE LIKE ME

Offers a riveting look at white anxieties, racial backlash, and continuing racial inequality despite claims that weve entered a post-racial, colorblind society.

TIM WISE: ON WHITE PRIVILEGE

Bestselling author and acclaimed lecturer Tim Wise offers a spellbinding look at whiteness, white privilege, and racism in America.

THE SOULS OF BLACK GIRLS

Filmmaker Daphne Valerius award-winning documentary explores how media images of beauty undercut the self-esteem of African-American women.

TOUGH GUISE 2

Featuring pioneering anti-violence educator Jackson Katz, this bestselling video focuses explicitly on the relationship between gender violence, bullying, homophobia, and cultural norms of masculinity.

GUYLAND

Provides an astonishing glimpse into a world where young men are trying desperately to prove their masculinity with frequently disastrous consequences for young women and other young men.

KILLING US SOFTLY 4

This powerful, most recent edition of Jean Kilbournes influential and award-winning series uncovers a consistent pattern of sexism and misogyny across a range of print and television advertisements.

THE PURITY MYTH

Bestselling author Jessica Valenti places recent debates about Planned Parenthood, contraception, and the meaning of rape within the context of a larger political effort to roll back womens rights.

THE BRO CODE

This gripping look at bro culture and contemporary media targeted at young men deconstructs the larger forces in male culture that glamorize bullying, sexism, violence, and misogyny.

Host an campus screening of a MEF film and organize a corresponding talk, discussion, or workshop with one of the amazing speakers below! When you buy a film from MEF at the college/university price, you have the right to host a public campus screening of the film with no extra fee. Simply click on the links below to contact the speaker or their agent to inquire about booking them to come speak on your campus.

Jean Kilbourne is internationally recognized for her pioneering work on alcohol and tobacco advertising and the image of women in advertising. With expert knowledge, insight, humor and commitment, she explores the relationship of media images to actual problems in the society, such as violence, rape and sexual harassment, addiction, and eating disorders. Jean Kilbourne was named byThe New York Times Magazineas one of the three most popular speakers on college campuses today.

>> Bring Jean Kilbourne to your campusin conjunction with a screening ofKilling Us Softly 4,Spin the Bottle, or another one of her films.

Jackson Katz is internationally renowned for his pioneering scholarship and activism on issues of gender, race and violence. He has long been a major figure and thought leader in the growing global movement of men working to promote gender equality and prevent gender violence. He is co-founder of Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP), one of the longest-running and most widely influential gender violence prevention programs in North America, and the first major program of its kind in sports culture and the military.

>> Bring Jackson Katz to your campusin conjunction with a screening ofTough Guise 2,Spin the Bottle, or another one of his films.

Nancy Schwartzman is a director, producer, and anti-violence activist. Known for her cutting edge sensibility, she is the director of the documentary filmsThe Line(distributed by the Media Education Foundation) andxoxosms. Named one of the 10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2011 byIndependent Magazine, her work explores the intersection of sexuality, new media, and navigating partner communication about consent.

>> Bring Nancy Schwartzman to your campusin conjunction with a screening ofThe Line.

Michael Kimmel, recently referred by The Guardian as the worlds most prominent male feminist, is the SUNY Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at Stony Brook University, and founder of the Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities. His most recent book is the bestsellingGuyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men. A tireless advocate of engaging men to support gender equality, Michael has lectured at more than 300 colleges, universities and high schools.

>> Bring Michael Kimmel to your campusin conjunction with a screening of Guyland.

Jessica Valenti is a columnist for the Guardian US and a feminist author. Her most recent book,Sex Object: A Memoir, was a New York Times bestseller. In 2004, Jessica founded the award-winning blog Feministing.com, whichColumbia Journalism Reviewcalled head and shoulders above almost any writing on womens issues in mainstream media. Jessica has been interviewed onThe Colbert Report, profiled inThe New York Timesmagazine, and is a widely-sought after speaker. >> Bring Jessica Valenti to your campusin conjunction with a screening of the filmThe Purity Myth.

Tim Wise is among the most prominent anti-racist writers and activists in the US. Wise has provided anti-racism training to teachers, physicians, medical industry professionals, and law enforcement officials on methods for dismantling racism in their institutions. Tim, who was recently named one of 25 Visionaries Who are Changing Your World, byUtne Reader, has spoken in 49 states, on over 600 college campuses, and to community groups across the nation.

>> Bring Tim Wise to your campus in conjunction with a screening of White Like Me.

Daphne Valerius passion for the media industry began during her undergraduate studies at St. Johns University. She went on to complete her Masters in Broadcast Journalism at Emerson College, where she received the esteemed Associated Press Award for Public Affairs and produced her award-winning documentary,The Souls of Black Girls. Following the success of her film, Valerius was named among the Best Black Documentary Directors of 2008.

>> Bring Daphne Valerius to your campusin conjunction with a screening of the film The Souls of Black Girls.

Thomas Keith is the creator of the documentary filmsGeneration M: Misogyny in Media and Culture,The Bro Code: How Contemporary Culture Creates Sexist Men, and The Empathy Gap: Masculinity & the Courage to Change. Tom teaches courses in philosophy at California State University, Long Beach and California Polytechnic University, Pomona. He is available to speak to audiences about masculinity and gender.

>> Bring Thomas Keith to your campusin conjunction with a screening of the filmGeneration M, The Bro Code or The Empathy Gap.

Lynn Phillips, Ph.D., has taught in the Department of Communication at the University of Massachusetts since 2005 and is the 2012 recipient of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award. Her publications include Flirting with Danger: Young Womens Reflections on Sexuality and Domination, Unequal Partners: Power and Consent in Adult-Teen Relationships, and The Girls Report: What We Know and Need to Know about Adolescent Girls. Committed to participatory activist research, she has collaborated with such organizations as Planned Parenthood, battered womens shelters, sexual health and education programs, and grassroots programs and foundations supporting girls and youth development.

>> Bring Lynn Phillips to your campus in conjunction with a screening of Flirting with Danger.

Denice Ann Evans is a highly requested national speaker, collegiate trainer and workshop facilitator for organizations and schools. Her films and videos have been used nationwide, since 2008, for course curriculums and programs targeted at sexual assault prevention. She has been a keynote speaker and presenter at numerous colleges & universities. Her first award-winning feature documentary,Spitting Game: The College Hook Up Culturepremiered at the Boston Film Festival in 2008 and went on to showcase at a dozen film festivals, numerous colleges and universities, and academic conferences, including the American Public Health and American Psychological Association annual meetings.

>> Bring Denice Ann Evans to your campusin conjunction with a screening ofSpitting Game.

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This article was originally published byEveryday Feminism. It has been edited for YES! Magazine.

If you checked out the Jose Antonio Vargas documentary about White people, aptly titled White People, youll know that many White people struggle to discuss race (not that some of you needed a documentary to confirm this fact).

Throw White Privilege into the discussion, and the awkwardnessand defensivenesscan multiply astronomically.

What is White Privilege? The reality that a White persons whiteness has comeand continues to comewith an array of benefits and advantages not shared by many people of color.

It doesnt mean that I, as a White person, dont work hard (I do) or that I havent suffered (well, I have known struggle), but simply that I receive help, often unacknowledged assistance, because I am White.

Or, as Ta-Nehisi Coates writes, I believe [I am] White. Ive yet to get a DNA test, which led to a surprising result for a White supremacist who thought himself 100% White.

Perhaps most indicative of the power and prevalence of White Privilege is that, though people of color have been fighting racism since its invention, those who are most associated with White Privilege education tend to be White people: Tim Wise, Robin DiAngelo, Paul Gorski, and, of course, Peggy McIntosh, author of the 1989 article, White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack.

And I understand why Peggy McIntoshs Knapsack article continues to fill anti-racist syllabuses 26 years later. Her list of privileges makes the concept readable and digestibleheck, the success of Everyday Feminism is largely because of this listing format.

For example: I am never asked to speak for all the people of my racial group or If my day, week, or year is going badly, I need not ask of each negative episode or situation whether it has racial overtones.

Taken together, McIntoshs list reveals a privilege she never explicitly states: the privilege to feel normal. But how odd is it that White people are the ones who so often disproportionately get the credit for educating about White privilege?

Think of it this way: Because I have always had full use of my legs, Id be the last person youd turn to to learn about life in a wheelchair. In fact, navigating a tour of the state capital with a student in a wheelchair for 30 minutes taught me more about life in a wheelchair than my previous 30+ years had taught me.

Yet, when it comes to White Privilege, White people somehow become the authority.

While I have indeed learned important lessons from prominent White anti-racist educators (like the above ability-privilege analogy that I pulled from Tim Wise), here are lessons people of color have taught me that have changed my lifeand they could change yours as well.

Sure, the police who patrolled the affluent neighborhoods of my youth were an inconvenience to a few keggers, and I maintain that a traffic violation from the late 90s was unfair, but I grew up thinking of the police officers as a source of safety if I were ever in danger; I certainly never viewed them as the source of danger.

In 1999, Amadou Dialloand the 41 bullets that police officers in plainclothes discharged at this unarmed Black man with no criminal recordtaught me that not all share this privilege. Diallo was for me what Michael Brown has been to some White people. Too many Black and brown people are not safe with the police.

Not even if you are child, a lesson Tamir Rice and Dajerria Becton taught me.

Not even if you are seeking medical help, a lesson Jonathan Ferrell taught me.

Not even if you call the police for help with your mentally ill son, a lesson Paul Castaways mother taught me.

Not even if your back is turned, a lesson Rekia Boyd and Walter Scott taught me.

Not even if you tell the police you cant breathe, a lesson Eric Garner taught me.

Not even if you have your hands up, a lesson Antonio Zambrano-Montes and Michael Brown (according to sixteen witnesses) taught me.

Not even if you are safe in custody, a lesson Tanisha Anderson, Natasha McKenna, Freddie Gray, and Sandra Bland taught me. Not even if you plead for help while in custody, a lesson Sarah Lee Circle Bear taught me.

These are just a fraction of my teachers, those whose names reached the media, which too often neglect reporting police killings of women of color and Indigenous people.

Of course, I might not have learned any of these lessons if not for the efforts of Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi, the founders of the Black Lives Matter movement, a movement that is changing White perceptions of racist policing, not to mention our entire political landscape.

Kiera Wilmot and Ahmed Mohamed, both of whom were arrested for bringing science projects to school while Black or brown,helped teach me this lesson.

Recently, one Black 12-year-old was suspended for intimidating a White girl through his staringstaring that took place during a staring contest. Huh?

Studies confirm such mistreatment of Black and brown students. In one, White students who reported that they committed 40 crimes in a year were as likely to be imprisoned as black and Hispanic students who reported committing just five offenses.

In my hometown of Seattle, Black middle school students are nearly four times as likely to be suspended as White students, a reality that has attracted an investigation by the federal government.

One federal study found similar disparities start as early has preschool. Preschool.

As a parent of a White 4-year-old, I cant fathom how such heavy-handed practices would ever help my child (who recently smacked my face because he didnt want me to leave his room at bedtime).

But because were White, Im unlikely to ever receive the call from school officials that Tunette Powell recounts in her article, My son has been suspended five times. Hes 3.

Thats true, even if Im White and poor, a demographic rarely forced to live in concentrated poverty. If you are Black and poor, however, you are nearly 19 times more likely to live in concentrated poverty than poor White Americans.

When I was growing up, Brown v. The Board of Education was more than history; it was a value. Civil Rights icon Thurgood Marshall taught me this lesson. And research shows that both people of color and White people benefit from integrated schools.

Even though we ended segregation in 1954, segregation is the norm in 2015; integration has long ago been forced from the table of education reform.

Using fear tactics and coded language, White people continue to be the barrier to any attempt at integration, a fact that This American Life reminded us of last summer with its must-listen, two-part series The Problem We All Live With.

In Seattle, it was a White parent, unhappy she couldnt get her daughter into a nearby (recently renovated) high school, who shut down a districts efforts to integrate its public schoolswhich, not ironically, many White families had already fled because of previous integration efforts.

Even in progressive Seattle, people of color cant even find a safe yoga class for people of color without a White person crying discrimination.

In response to White politicians outrageous shutting down of Tucson Unified School Districts Mexican American Studies programa program that dramatically reduced educational disparities for Latinx studentsa movement to increase ethnic studies is growing, winning victories in districts that are predominately of Color, such as Los Angeles Unified and most recently Oakland Unified.

Until White America joins the fight, the lesson that educator and activist Jose Del Barrio teaches below will continue to hold true:

Unfortunately, in too many schools and districts, ethnic studies is not even an elective.

And the whitewashing of curriculum extends into bookstores (less so into libraries) where I live. And its not because Im a bad shopper (though I am).

In a New York Times op-ed, Walter Dean Myers taught me that of 3,200 childrens books published in 2013, just 93 were about Black people. And that doesnt mean the remaining 3,107 are filled with people of color of various races.

In 2013, only 8 percentof childrens books were written by or about people of color.

On my many trips to Seattle bookstores, I find the few such stories that do exist tell the stories of Civil Rights icons and trailblazers, such as Jackie Robinson and Rosa Parks.

And while these stories are important and inspirational, I have not yet been ready to teach my 4-year-old that people of color have been normally oppressed; I just want him to view the faces of people of color as normal.

Fortunately, the #WeNeedDiverseBooks campaign we can join has emerged to take on this privilege, which is actually a curse if we want our children to interact with others based on reality, not stereotypes.

Everyday Feminism writer Maisha Z. Johnson deepened my understanding of this bias that rears its unwelcome, White-loving head, for example, in pictures that humanize White killers while simultaneously dehumanizing victims of Color:

Two sets of pictures, one with and one without mugshotsfor the same crime, covered by the same reporter (on the same day)further illustrate this bias:

And these biases are besides a media that, according to Vanity Fair, continue to be overwhelmingly whitewashed (not to mentioned malewashed, straightwashed, and youthwashed).

If you are still not convinced, check out actor Dylan Marrons website, Every Single Word, through which the Venezuelan American has edited mainstream movies so that only the characters of color speak. Even the two-hour-and-19 minute-movie, Noahset in a region filled with Brown peopleis reduced to just eleven seconds.

More proof is just one Google image search away. Google beauty and count the people of color. Heres what my search found (and notice the glaring lack of Idris Elba images):

And if the media are not blatantly biased, remember that they are covering a blatantly biased country, one that views the epidemic of heroin, used overwhelmingly by White people, as a health problem instead of a crime problem.

Apparently, the addictions of White people merit a gentler war on drugs, not the three-strikes laws and mandatory minimums that have devastated Black and brown communities.

Given that, throughout this countrys history, White people have been responsible for unspeakable atrocities against people of colorgenocide, forced migrations, lynchingswhat a set up that violent stereotypes attach to people of color and not to White males like me. Or the three White males recently charged with plotting to bomb black churches and synagogues as part of a race and hate war.

Or these two, pictured above, who were arrested for threatening the lives of Black students at the University of Missouri, students who had dared to protest rampant racism on campus.

The Huffington Posts Julia Craven recently taught me that, since September 11, White supremacists (who tend to be White) have perpetuated more terrorism in the United States than any foreign threat.

The Southern Poverty Law Center connects nearly 100 killings to a single White supremacist website, Stormfront (whose users also tend to be White).

And though I share a similar skin color as these violent White people, I move about free from violent stereotypesand I havent even brought up all the famous White serial killers!

Meanwhile, Homeland Security misdirects its resources on the surveillance of the Black Lives Matter activists who dare to protest rampant racism in our country.

Another set up that benefits White people. And I dont mean to sound judgmental. If we have espoused colorblindness, its because we have been taught to do so.

However, countless students of color have taught me a different lesson: Race is a fundamental part of their identities and deserves to be acknowledged and appreciated.

Yes, race is a social construction based on physical differences that, genetically speaking, make as much sense as classifying people by fingerprint pattern and blood type.

Nevertheless,White people have been using the invention of race,through policy and legislation, to systematically benefit White people from as early as the colonial era.

And when overt racism (finally) became socially unacceptableafter, of course, vast inequality had become deeply entrenched in every aspect of political, social, and economic lifewe switched to colorblindness, making it virtually impossible to address this societal inequality.

It also makes it very difficult for White people to examine their implicit biases, like the ones that associate lighter skin with intelligence. Or the ones that prescribe less pain medication for Black and Latinx children than White children in severe pain. Or the ones that prefer White-sounding names when it comes to school discipline, job applications, and government inquiries.

And, of course, who pays the heaviest price?

Again, what a setup, one that clearly benefits White people, though it does lead to some hypocrisy:

Then I watched Color of Fear, and Victor Lee Lewis taught me a new reality (as did Lee Mun Wah, who made the film).

And while its not the job of people of color to educate White people on racism, its no longer difficult to find useful resources that teach about the toll Victor Lee Lewis powerfully describes above.

Shaun King, a prominent voice of the Black Lives Matter movement, set me straight on November 10, 2015.

We are living during a Civil Rights Movement. Will you spend it enjoying the privilege to ignore the movementor will you join it?

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