Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice - Softcover

Kivel, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0865714592 ISBN 13: 9780865714595

Publisher: New Society Publishers, 2002

Synopsis

Continuously at the top of New Society Publishers’ best-seller list for five years, Uprooting Racism has sold over 25,000 copies since its first printing. Substantially revised and expanded, the new edition has more tools to help white people understand and stand-up to racism.

Uprooting Racism explores the manifestations of racism in politics, work, community, and family life. It moves beyond the definition and unlearning of racism to address the many areas of privilege for white people and suggests ways for individuals and groups to challenge the structures of racism. Uprooting Racism’s welcoming style helps readers look at how we learn racism, what effects it has on our lives, its costs and benefits to white people, and what we can do about it.

In addition to updating existing chapters, the new edition of Uprooting Racism explores how entrenched racism has been revealed in the new economy, the 2000 electoral debacle, rising anti-Arab prejudice, and health care policy. Special features include exercises, questions, and suggestions to engage, challenge assumptions, and motivate the reader towards social action. The new edition includes an index and an updated bibliography.

Marketing Plans:
· Print review campaign to progressive and social action magazines
· Web publicity campaign to progressive and activist sites
· Course adoption campaign
· Advertising in Education magazines
· Promotional mailing to libraries

Paul Kivel is the author of Boys Will Be Men (ISBN: 0-86571-395-2, New Society Publishers, 1999) and Men's Work (ISBN: 0-34537-939-X, Ballantine, 1998). He is the founder of the nationally recognized Oakland's Men's Project and has conducted hundreds of workshops on racism and anti-violence for teens and men all over the country. He lives in Oakland, California.

Also Available by Paul Kivel
Boys Will Be Men: Raising Our Sons for Courage, Caring, and Community
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About this title

About the Author:

Paul Kivel is the co-founder of the internationally recognized Oakland's Men's Project and has conducted hundreds of workshops on racism and anti-violence for teens and men all over the country. The author of Men's Work and Boys Will Be Men, he also co-authored the Making the Peace Curriculum and Young Men's Work Curriculum. He lives with his partner and their daughter and two sons in Oakland, California.

Review:

Can white people work for racial justice? Kivel's tells average readers how to intervene against racism in situations where it's usually encountered: at work, in public, and on the home front. It's easy not to get involved in massive political stances; but hard to ignore the practical advice and examples here, which share stories and advice on how to fight racism at home. -- Midwest Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: New Society Publishers
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0865714592
• ISBN 13: 9780865714595
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272