Sentences with phrase «white allies»

Because hate is so often invisible, especially within others who look like them, its emergence can take white allies by surprise.
Which is why I'm thrilled to see white allies engage Pondiscio, including an open letter from a group organized by Justin Cohen, and a response from Stacy Childress at the NSVF.
Amjad Ali, assistant head at Aureus School in Oxfordshire, added that minority ethnic people «need white allies to open up spaces for us to be who we are».
DiAngelo advises that white allies seeking to improve their comprehension of racially fraught subjects attempt «to understand the racial realities of people of color through authentic interaction rather than through the media or unequal relationships» and to take «action to address our own racism, the racism of other whites, and the racism embedded in our institutions.»
I got a job in corporate America because of a white ally.
Black and Hispanic religious conservatives will expect their white allies to address issues too often seen as «Democratic» by their constituencies — such as racial bias in sentencing.
[For some great insight on how white allies can best respond to this situation, check out «Becoming A White Ally to Black People in the Aftermath of the Michael Brown Murder» by Janee Woods.]
Moreover, it was the first time I have seen my White allies and funders admit their limitations and take a backseat to leaders of color.
Former BESE President Chas Roemer, a White ally, said upgrading Louisiana's public school system is a massive job.
At the end of October, Republican Senator David Vitter, a leading gubernatorial candidate who is considered a White ally, wrote a public letter urging White to remove New York State's math program from its suggested Common Core - aligned curricula.
«You spend four or five years on it, and it doesn't dawn on you that you're four or five years ahead of everyone else,» says Chas Roemer, the Republican president of the state's board of education and a White ally.
She currently works as the Director of School and Studio Programs at Hyde Park Art Center and as an Adjunct Lecturer at the Art Institute of Chicago, and is Co-Ambassador of the White Ally Network at the National Guild for Community Arts Education.
After unpacking whiteness, Phillips gave some advice to white allies: that they need to question why they choose the work they do.
Soul Work, A Two Day Conference for People of Color and White Allies, June 8 - 9, 2018, Stamford, CT..
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