The time is now:
anti-racism in the vi
FORUM SESSION 1: DEFINITIONS
Definitions: Racism vs Bias vs Prejudice vs Discrimination, Part One
This first session of our virtual anti-racism session, “The Time Is Now: Discuss, Digest & Dismantle Racism In The USVI,” was held on Friday, November 20.
- What is Ethnicity? (Video – Origin of Everything)
- Implicit Bias – How It Effects(sic) Us and How We Push Through by Melanie Funchess (Video – TEDxFlourCity )
- Three Myths About Racism by Candis Watts Smith (Video – TEDxPSU )
- What is Internalized Racism by Donna K. Bivens (Article – Racial Equity Tools)
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh (Article, Commentary and Notes for Facilitators)
- What I Said When My White Friend Asked for My Black Opinion on White Privilege by Lori Lakin Hucherson (Article – Good Black News)
- Jane Elliott’s “Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes” Anti-Racism Exercise (Video – The Oprah Winfrey Show)
- Racism Is Terrible. Blackness Is Not. by Imani Perri (Article – The Atlantic)
- Cracking the Codes: Joy DeGruy, A Trip to the Grocery Store (Video – World Trust TV)
- Internalized Racism: A Definition by Donna Bivens (Article – Women’s Theological Center)
Definitions: Racism vs Bias vs Prejudice vs Discrimination, Part Two
What do some of the terms we hear so often mean? How are they different?The first session of our virtual anti-racism forum, The Time Is Now: Discuss, Digest & Dismantle Racism In The USVI, was held on Friday, November 20.
- What is Ethnicity? (Video – Origin of Everything)
- Implicit Bias – How It Effects(sic) Us and How We Push Through by Melanie Funchess (Video – TEDxFlourCity )
- Three Myths About Racism by Candis Watts Smith (Video – TEDxPSU )
- What is Internalized Racism by Donna K. Bivens (Article – Racial Equity Tools)
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh (Article, Commentary and Notes for Facilitators)
- What I Said When My White Friend Asked for My Black Opinion on White Privilege by Lori Lakin Hucherson (Article – Good Black News)
- Jane Elliott’s “Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes” Anti-Racism Exercise (Video – The Oprah Winfrey Show)
- Racism Is Terrible. Blackness Is Not. by Imani Perri (Article – The Atlantic)
- Cracking the Codes: Joy DeGruy, A Trip to the Grocery Store (Video – World Trust TV)
- Internalized Racism: A Definition by Donna Bivens (Article – Women’s Theological Center)
FORUM SESSION 2: Race is a Myth
Anti-Racism Forum: Session 2 - "Race Is A Myth--Class Is Real
What or who gives meaning to race? The second session of The Time Is Now: Discuss, Digest & Dismantle Racism In The USVI, was held on December 10, 2020.
- The Origin of Race in the USA (Video – Origin of Everything)
- What I Am Learning From My White Grandchildren — Truths About Race by Anthony Peterson (Video – TEDxAntioch)
- This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work (Book – available on Amazon.com and Zulily.com)
- “Race: Human.” The Un-Science of Race Categories – by Teja Arboleda (Video – TEDxClarkUniversity)
- Not Like The Other Black Girls by Springer (Article – EurekAlert!)
- Race Is A Fiction. Racism Is Not: Francys Johnson (Video – TEDxUGA)
- The Myth of Race (Video – Vox)
- It’s More Than Racism: Isabel Wilkerson Explains America’s “Caste” System (Audio Interview – npr.org)
- Genetically Speaking, Race Doesn’t Exist In Humans (Article – EurekAlert!)
FORUM SESSION 3:
Historical to current racism
Anti-Racism Forum Session 3: Identifying Historical To Current Racism In The USVI
Knowing our history is key to ending the continuing trauma of racism. In this session, we look at VI history, but with a focus on solutions and actions to end racism. The third session of The Time is Now: Discuss, Digest & Dismantle Racism in the USVI was held on January 15, 2021.
- James Baldwin vs. William Buckley 1965 Debate (Video – Question posed “Is the American Dream at the expense of the American Negro?)
- The Left and Right’s Blind Spot in Systemic Racism: The US Colonies by Congresswoman Stacey E. Plaskett (Article – The Grio)
- Philanthropy and Race in the U.S. Virgin Islands by Deanna James (Article – St. Croix Foundation for Community Development)
- We Must Talk About Race & American Colonialism by Dr. Hadiya Sewer (Video – TEDxSaintThomas)
FORUM SESSION 4:
Unified community action
Anti-Racism Forum - Session 4: A Call To Unified Community Action
The last in series for the forum brought the community together to dive deeply into next steps and committing to planning and activism as we move forward. Allyson Reaves was our moderator for the forum. The fourth session of The Time is Now: Discuss, Digest & Dismantle Racism in the USVI was held on February 11, 2021.
- How To Be An Antiracist Interview – Jemele Hill & Dr. Ibram X. Kendi (The Aspen Institute – Video)
- Several Antiracist Books Are Selling Out. Here’s What Else Black Booksellers and Publishers Say You Should Read by Suyin Haynes (Article – Time Magazine)
- For Our White Friends Desiring To Be Allies by Courtney Ariel (Article – Sojourners)
- 13th by Ava Duvernay (Full-Length Feature Film)
- I Am Not Your Negro Based on the Unfinished Book of James Baldwin by Raoul Peck (Full-Length Feature Film)
- Strong Island by Yance Ford (Documentary)
- Let’s Go To The Root of Racial Injustice by Megan Ming Francis (Video)
- Campaignzero.org (Organization – Platform of research-based policy solutions to end police brutality in America)
- Colorofchange.org (Organization – Nation’s largest online racial justice organization)
- National Resources List – detailed list including books, organizations and information on legal aid
- 12 Parents of Black Children on Raising Their Kids Right Now by Rozalynn S. Frazier (SELF Magazine)
- Dear White Parents: Are you Still Talking to Your Kids About Race by Amanada Hambrick Ashcraft
- My Eulogy for Congressman John Lewis by Barack Obama
- How To Be Anti-Racist: Speak Out In Your Own Circles by Kristen Rogers (Article, CNN Health – cnn.com)
- Manifesto for Fighting for Systemic Change… and Racism by Jned (Article – medium.com/DCCI)
- He Was The Only Black Boy In His Class. His Life Changed the Day He Found Out Why., by Theresa Vargas (Article – medium.com/thewashingtonpost)
- Ta-Nehisi Coates on Entrenched Racist Myths (Video – Politics & Prose)