"Understanding our Shared Liberation" with David Dean
David Dean is an anti-racist educator. He specializes in helping white people understand how their liberation is bound up with undoing racism for everyone.
David Dean, Anti-Racist Educator
We explore the history of whiteness and race in the U.S. and across human history. The stories or racism, classism and patriarchy are all bound up together and they impact all of us.
An exploration of deep history helps us understand how all of our ancestors were ripped way from their origins and forced to participate in a system that wants us to be divided, so that we can’t organize to fight the real sources of oppression. We talk about how these wounds play out today.
I’m personally transformed from this conversation. It’s provocative and powerful, and is not your typical conversation about race.
Learn more about David’s work and upcoming workshops on his website: sharedliberation.org
Read David’s article “Roots Deeper than Whiteness.” This article represents years of research, inquiry, and guidance from elders and friends, a culminating synthesis of historical insight into the relationship between racism, capitalism, and the creation of a socially constructed identity.
David is part of Circles for Social Change facilitates workshops in the Bay Area for white people who wish to be more responsive and effectively challenge racism in society and in ourselves.
White Awake provides online curriculum, resources and support to dismantling and de-conditioning white supremacy. Learn more about White Awake and their upcoming online webinars here.
Resources on Race, Poverty, Immigration and IncarcerationPovertyU.S. Poverty Rates by Race
In 2015, 13.5% of Americans (43.1 million) lived in poverty. Yet other scholars underscore the number of Americans living in "near-poverty," putting the number at around 100 million, or nearly a third of the U.S. population.
In this episode we talk about the Poor People's Campaign, A National Call for Moral Revival uniting people across the country to challenge the evils of systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and the nation’s distorted morality. Learn more about the Poor People’s Campaign demands and principles here.
Here is an article in the Guardian about class, race and politics: “Democrats can win by tackling race and class together. Here's proof.”
Historical trauma refers to a complex and collective trauma experienced over time and across generations by a group of people who share an identity, affiliation, or circumstance. Read more about the impacts on present day health here.
IncarcerationU.S. Incarceration Rate 1925-2010
Inmates in adult facilities, by race and ethnicity (2010)
Jails, and state and federal prisons.
Race (ethnicity) % of US population National Incarceration Rate
White (non-Hispanic) 64% 450 per 100,000
Hispanic 16% 831 per 100,000
Black 13% 2,306 per 100,000
Likelihood of Imprisonment during Lifetime by gender and race
Audio & Video ResourcesHow can democrats build a multiracial coalition that adds up to an electoral majority? A discussion about whether it’s necessary or possible to win back voters we’ve lost. Listen to The Wilderness podcast's episode "The Big We”.
In the United Kingdom, the freedom to walk through private land is known as “the right to roam.” The movement to win this right was started in the 1930s by a rebellious group of young people who called themselves “ramblers”. More about Ramblers in this podcast: “Right to Roam” on 99 Percent Invisible
Here is the official video of “Mamwlad” by Lyla June
Watch Brené Brown TedTalk on Listening to Shame here.
Brené Brown is also the author of Men, Women and Worthiness more info on her book here.
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