Publisher's Synopsis
While addressing a room of white audience, Jane Elliot an anti-racism activist asked "if you as a white person would be happy to receive the same treatment as our black citizens in this society please stand up" no one could stand up which affirms that they are aware about the unfair treatment but can't or won't do anything about itIn a society that privileges white people, racist ideas are considered normal throughout our culture, social systems, media and institutions.Being antiracist is fighting against racism. Racism takes several forms and works most often hand-in-hand with at least one other form to reinforce racist ideas, behavior, and policy.To create an equal society, we must commit to making unbiased choices and being antiracist in all aspects of our lives. How it can be achieved is outlined in this book; believe it or not, no one was born racist or anti-racist, these results from the choices we make as individuals, it is not who we are but what we chose to do. To become anti-racist begins with the mind and manifests through our deeds and action.
