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Welcome Jackie! So glad to see you today.

Will we be able to listen to the recording of this presentation when available?

Yes

The recording will be sent out following the event.

Thank you!

Wow! Thank you for that information

Erica I teach Black studies and Afrikan-American literature, and never are my white students emotionally distraught or guilt-ridden when they learn this history; instead, they're angry that they were never taught it.

@Erica +1 I hear it all the time.

I took a African American course in undergrad but some topics were not covered. I took the course in 2003/2004

It's shameful the amount of history that remains hidden to the vast majority of Americans, including Black and Brown folks, not even just white people.

It's shameful and down right horrible.

Tye, exactly. To call it shameful is an understatement.

Exactly Elka

Joining from England tonight and SUPER happy that is in the past :-)

We’ll see for how long!

Welcome!

White Male Power that afforded privilege, all grounded in capitalism

Nicola it's only in the past for folks who are centered and benefit from white supremacy. Welcome to the space.

If things keep going the way they are..not much longer

Which Ida B Wells disproved in the Red Record (the myth of the rapacious Black man).

This is blowing my mind.

This is why Amy Cooper (2020) felt justified on calling the cops on the Black male birdwatcher.

Welcome to the Rde Pill, Tye Smith.

Red Pill

I would argue that race-based fear goes back even further to Bacon's Rebellion and the invention of "whiteness."

Nanette I feel like I've fallen down the rabbit hole, but I am so thankful for this presentation.

Lol Tye!! 😁

Sadly, none of this is “in the past”. The reverberations continue and renew as we speak. This is so important. We must also change k-12 school curriculum if we have any chance for sustained awareness, much less change.

Agreed, Shell!

Well said Shell.

As Malcolm X said, "Don't talk to me about the South. If you're anywhere south of the Canadian border, you're in the South."

This is such an important program. Please all, share other spaces for more education and personal development. I’d appreciated anything shared to continue my own education. Thank you!!!!

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Will we be able to get a copy of the comments and the resources shared here???

Yes!

@Shell - I had a high school AP U.S. History teacher who assigned us "A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn as an optional, supplemental textbook for the course. If you have not read it before, it covers some of the topics in this presentation, and I was grateful to learn about some of that history at the time which was not included in the normal curriculum.

Unless of course that discomfort is experienced by a BIPOC person or other marginalized group

Ronald Takaki's A DIFFERENT MIRROR is another fantastic resource. It presents American history from the perspective of the oppressed.

Candie yaaas!! Takaki is a must-read.

For sure, Elka. Takaki is required reading in my courses.

That's awesome Candie, good for you, love it.

Now, how do you teach about slavery and no one feel some shame. guilt, distress, etc. about it?If you don't, you don't have a pulse.

Librarianship is overwhelming 80% white and female. The connections run deep

Candis exactly, and our role is not to protect or monitor feelings, it's to teach truth and impart knowledge.

Amen, Elka!

Exactly! Of course this makes me feel guilty. And also angry it's been stamped out. But it's still necessary. The point of teaching should not be to avoid guilt, but to impart truth and knowledge!!

The idea that this 80% white, majority suburban/, middle class population of American teachers are out here teaching CRT and making white kids feel bad is just laughable on its face. Jacqueline is absolutely right that these laws are meant to control the flow of information and protect white supremacist structures.

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Exactly, we're ALL culturally conditioned to uphold white supremacy. As I tell my students, you don't have to be white to be a white supremacist.

Yesss Elka

Absolutely, Elka.

Recognizing our role, not using guilt as an excuse but as a way to grow, and doing the work every day to better ourselves and help others learn.

https://centerforearthethics.org/the-story-of-how-humanity-fell-in-love-with-itself-once-again/

Knowledge is power

I recall my high school instructor directing us to push our desks aside and lay down on the floor in rows for his lecture one day while he described the conditions on trans-atlantic slave ships, and he asked us to imagine and empathize with those conditions. That wasn't a damaging experience that we needed protection from, it was valuable.

Joy DeGruy speaks on this beautifully. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9KfhemgUf4.

Thanks Candis

Joy DeGruy: About resolving trauma and how we can all BE the healing."

If I have made no error, here is that link:https://centerforearthethics.org/the-story-of-how-humanity-fell-in-love-with-itself-once-again/

Candis, Dr. DeGruy is going to be the featured speaker at our Juneteenth event!!

This was AMAZING and eye opening

Thank you so much. I have to leave early. I appreciated all of this!

Thank you, Anthony.

It's going to be virtual and free so if you're interested in attending hit me up! ejackson@centerfornv.org

so appreciated the data, facts, comparative analysis!!!

Thank you Jackie! That was an amazing presentation.

Wow, Elka! That is fantastic! I'd love to attend:)

Elka I would love to attend. Tsmith@rappahannock.edu

Feel free to add questions here

A wonderful presentation, Jackie. I loved the legal basis to white supremacy in America. SO eye-opening!

Can you speak more about the white rage part of the story? Do you have suggestions for breaking through?

Or raise your hand if you would like to ask a question to Jacqueline

Those of you who are interested in the Dr. Joy DeGruy conference on racial healing, feel free to contact me. Just an FYI: the conference is geared toward people of Afrikan descent.

Jacqueline, THAT part!

The American education system has been causing harm and trauma to Black and Brown children for generations and no one is writing legislation to stop that.

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I appreciate Ms. Taylor's question. I have had that too

If you have a question you can raise your virtual hand or put it in the chat

Thank you for your question, Lucy. Capitalism is so intertwined with (if not the basis of) racism.

Lucy to your point, I highly recommend "The Half Has Never Been Told," which examines enslavement and white supremacy as the root of American capitalism.

Seconded

Whoo---thank you, Elka!

https://centerforearthethics.org/the-story-of-how-humanity-fell-in-love-with-itself-once-again/

Interested in your thoughts and the intersection of white women’s internalized patriarchy and racism.

Thank you Jacqueline and SpeakOut!

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Omg Jacqueline, I literally just said that to my students yesterday as we vented together about what's happening with Roe.

'Success is never final,' Freeman Hrabowski

I appreciate all of the modeling done through Jacqueline's talk and the event itself. May we rise to this challenge.

Thank you SpeakOut and Jacqueline and team! Great sessions.

Thank you Candis and Elka

Lucy you're so welcome!

I am not anti capitalism, just unrestrained capitalism. We can do better. We need to tie that history along with this discussion as well.

I pray you are right …..

That is a hopeful message. My mentor says that we can't make change without hope. 🧡 I'm sorry to run to a meeting, thank you for this Speak Out and Jacqueline

The only way out is in!!!

Gotta go. Great presentation

YES!! Lucy

great comparison with not guilty men, thank you!

Thanks, everyone! I'm off to teach my next class.

Have a good night Rob!

Thank you!!!

Thank you!

Thank you all!

White women in particular feel guilt, I think.

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Thank you!!

I wonder if white men feel as much guilt as white women related to whites and racism…

thank you thank you!!!

thank you!

Thank you! I enjoyed being in this space tonight!

Thanks Jackie!

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Thank you so much!

Thank you! This was a great session and conversation :)

question for another time...It strikes me that so much harm has been done by the white "God" As you said the guardians of the law claim to use God's will towards whatever end they want. The white god has done so much harm. How can we separate "religious morals / family values" from racial progress?

Thank you Jackie and SpeakOut!

thank you!

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Great session Jacqueline and SpeakOut, thank you!! Nice to have been in the space with all of you!

Thanks so much for this powerful talk and conversation!

Thanks

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