Session | Topic | Assigned text for discussion |
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Week 1 | Introduction to seminar and structural racism | “Allegories on Race and Racism” TedTalk by Jones 10 |
Week 2 | Whiteness and white racial literacy—white privilege | “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” Article by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh 11 |
Week 3 | Whiteness and white racial literacy—white fragility | “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism” Book by Robin DiAngelo, 12 PhD |
Week 4 | AntiRacism | “How To Be An Antiracist” Book by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi 13 |
Week 5 | Structural Racism—legacy of slavery and race relations | “The 1619 Project” Essay Collection from The New York Times Magazine 14 |
Week 6 | Structural racism—criminal justice system | “Just Mercy” Book (or adapted film) by Bryan Stevenson
15
Or Read the book: “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” Book by Michelle Alexander 16 |