The Male Privilege Checklist:An Unabashed Imitation of an Article by Peggy...
In 1990, Wellesley College professor Peggy McIntosh wrote an essay called “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack”. McIntosh observes that whites in the U.S. are “taught to see racism only...
View ArticleChallenging patriarchy in political organizing
What is Patriarchy? Patriarchy, a system that gives men privileges, results from a gendered socialization process in all areas of our lives – social, economic, ideological, cultural, political, and...
View ArticleTools for White Guys who are Working for Social Change and other people...
1. Practice noticing who’s in the room at meetings – how many gender privileged men (biological men), how many women, how many transgendered people, how many white people, how many people of color, is...
View ArticleRacist Activism 101 [or “How to be a Completely Clueless and Aggravating...
[This article was originally written for the Concordia Student Union Handbook.] DISCLAIMER: This is far, far FAR from being an exhaustive checklist. Sure, this is my opinion and mine only, but run it...
View ArticleShinin’ the Lite on White, Part One: White Privilege
Introduction Tonight is the first of three sessions entitled, “Shinin’ the Lite on White.” This one is on white privilege. The second will be on white privilege behavior, and the third will be on white...
View ArticleList of demands from a gender liberation conference
These are a list of demands from women that arose from discussions at a recent statewide gender liberation conference held for the activist community. Men should read this list carefully, reflect on...
View Article25 ways to tokenize or alienate a non-white person around you (or, 25...
1. walk up to that black girl you barely know in the co-op and say “what do you think of the new (insert hip-hop artist here) album.” 2. ask one of the only arabs in your community to write the article...
View ArticleTen Things to Remember: Anti-Racist Strategies for White Student Radicals
After many years as a white student radical (in high school and then college), I’m reconsidering my experience. I made a lot of mistakes and was blind in many ways, particularly as a white person. What...
View ArticleAnti-Oppression Organizing Tools
Principles of Anti-Oppression Power and privilege play out in our group dynamics and we must continually struggle with how we challenge power and privilege in our practice. We can only identify how...
View ArticleMoving Beyond a Politics of Solidarity Towards a Practice of Decolonization
North America’s state and corporate wealth is largely based on the subsidies provided by the theft of Indigenous lands and resources. Colonial conquest was designed to ensure forced displacement of...
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