Resources
Levels of Racism: A Gardener’s Tale
By: Camara Phyllis Jones In this piece the author presents a framework for understanding racism on 3 levels–institutionalized, personally mediated, and internalized–and uses a gardening metaphor to illustrate the relationship between the 3 levels to suggest ways of mitigating the impacts of racism on health.
Jump Starting Racial Justice
Originally published in Yes! Magazine in June 2009 By: Terry Keleher (2009) In this piece the author suggests processes through which acknowledgement of historical racial injustices may occur.
Taking on Postracialism
By Rinku Sen (2009) In this piece the author explores the impacts of the rise of the concept of “postracialism”.
Progressive Politics: The Strategic Importance of Race
By: john a. powell and Stephen Menendian (2006) In this report, the authors explore the roles race and class play in developing a sustainable progressive movement.
Structural Racism and Community Building
By: Keith Lawrence, Stacey Sutton, Anne Kubisch, Gretchen Susi and Karen Fulbright-Anderson (June 2004) This report explores how race shapes the social, political, economic, and cultural institutions of our society, and how those dynamics produce significant and ongoing racial disparities.