White Awareness: Handbook for Anti-Racism Training
Judith H Katz
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Description
Originally designed for facilitators as a training handbook complete with exercises and tools to assist white people address racism, this book guides white people through the process of understanding, challenging, and confronting issues of racism. This training program provides a meaningful way to help create change in the white community. Responding to the challenge of creating a learning environment in which to address racism, White Awareness provides a detailed step-by-step guide through six stages of learning - from awareness to action. The exercises within each of the stages focus on key themes including: defining racism and its inconsistencies, confronting the reality of racism, exploring aspects and implications of white culture and identity, understanding cultural differences and examining cultural racism, analyzing individual racism, and developing action strategies to combat racism. This newly revised edition published on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the first edition, includes over forty activities with instructions and suggestions for conducting each session as well as recommended readings and sources for use in the activities. Proving worthwhile in educational, business, community, and military settings, the program is detailed yet flexible. The volume has been updated to include new source information, insights on President Bill Clinton's 1998 "Initiative on Race," and groundbreaking research on racism as a mental disorder. Judith H. Katz is coauthor of The Inclusion Breakthrough: Unleashing the Real Power of Diversity. She is Executive Vice President of The Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group, Inc., a Troy, New York firm that assists private and public sector organizations in promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Product Details
Price
$29.94
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Publish Date
September 22, 2003
Pages
232
Dimensions
6.08 X 0.64 X 8.98 inches | 0.74 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780806135601
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Judith H. Katz is Executive Vice President and Frederick A. Miller is CEO and Lead Client Strategist, of The Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group, Inc. They are the coauthors of The Inclusion Breakthrough and Be BIG.