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• Runner-up for IPPY Awards 2022 (United States)

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Author:   Ilsa Govan ,  Tilman Smith
Publisher:   New Society Publishers
Imprint:   New Society Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.386kg
ISBN:  

9780865719613

ISBN 10:   0865719616
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   19 October 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Foreword Acknowledgments 1. Introduction     The Canyon We Must Cross     Working in Relationship     A Push     Focus Groups     The Power of Language     Acknowledging Our Lens 2. A Power Analysis: White Women and Institutional Access     Navigating Sexism     Benefiting from White Privilege     Occupying the Buffer Zone 3. A Model of White Women's Development     Overlapping Characteristics     The Progression: Sexism Before White Privilege     Feeling Each Phase     Strategic Questions     Using a Developmental Model 4. Immersion     Normalizing Whiteness     Gender Role Limitations     The Carrot and the Stick     Advancing White Male Agendas     Competing for Male Attention     The Ideal Object     Nice White Ladies Hurting People of Color     Final Thoughts     Feeling Immersion     Strategic Questions for Immersion 5. Capitulation     Putting People of Color at Risk     Stuck in the Middle with You     Normalization of the White Woman     What About Me?     Silent Consent     Between Helpless and Powerful     Passive Aggression     The Politics of Capitulation     Final Thoughts     Feeling Capitulation     Strategic Questions for Capitulation 6. Defense     Defense Reversal     Fighting for Crumbs: Sexism Versus Racism     I Got This     Take What I Want and Leave the Rest     I Love Your People     That's Not What I Meant!     Helpful and Nice Aggression     Please Join, as Long as You Make Me Feel Good     Physically Defending Ourselves     But I'm a Good Anti-­Racist: Defensiveness Toward People of Color     Final Thoughts     Feeling Defense     Strategic Questions for Defense 7. Projection     Following the ""Rules"" of Anti-­Racist Allyship     Dualistic Thinking     Competing to be the Best White Person     Relating to Black Men     The Helper     Final Thoughts     Feeling Projection     Strategic Questions for Projection 8. Balance     Driving in the Ocean     Intersectionality     So, How Do We Do This?     Awareness     Knowledge     Skills     Action/Advocacy     Final Thoughts     Feeling Balance     Strategic Questions for Balance 9. Integration     Capturing a Moment     Being With One Another     Final Thoughts     Feeling Integration     Strategic Questions for Integration 10. White Women's Tears     Women of Color and Tears     White Women's Tears As a Response to Sexism     Tears for Fears     The Impact of White Women's Tears     Tears in Immersion     Tears in Capitulation     Tears in Defense     Tears when Transitioning to Projection     Tears in Projection     Tears in Balance     Tears in Integration     Beyond Tears 11. If What, Now What?     Grow Awareness and Knowledge     Using Awareness and Knowledge to Inform Skills     Interrupt Oppression     Connect with People of Color     Final Thoughts (For Now) Appendix A: Community Conversations: A Guide for Collective Praxis     Getting it Together     Things to Consider: Some Unhelpful Common Patterns of White Women     Let's Get Real: Using Serial Testimony for Deep Reflection     The Basics     Reflection Topics— Examples Appendix B: Focus Group Participants     Definitions     Focus Group Participant Book List Notes Index About the Authors About New Society Publishers"

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Tilman Smith has been an educator, project manager, and racial justice consultant for over thirty-five years, serving as a classroom teacher, college instructor, caucus facilitator, trainer, and coach. She has facilitated workshops and caucuses throughout the country on the topics of racial equity, white privilege, internalized sexism, and internalized white superiority. She lives in Seattle, Washington. Ilsa Govan has extensive experience as an anti-racist facilitator, consultant, leadership coach, and activist. As co-founder of Cultures Connecting, she has helped countless organizations put their vision of racial equity into practice. Her facilitation superpower is guiding white people in examining how we've internalized racism in our assumptions and actions. She lives in Seattle, Washington.

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