Advancing Racial Liberation

Module Objectives:

• Reflect on the liberatory aim and development of an antiracist mindset

Reflection Exercises: 

As you go through the module, please consider taking the advancing racial liberation worksheet linked below to inform where you stand on racial liberation and open up dialogue on advancing racial liberation:

RECI - Advancing Racial Liberation Worksheet Download RECI - Advancing Racial Liberation Worksheet

Reflecting on Advancing Racial Liberation

1. Defining Narratives - What does advancing racial liberation mean to you?
   1. Consider specific resources (activities, articles, books, historical/contemporary events, images, infographics, personal experiences, quotes, videos, websites, etc.) that help you best articulate your consciousness (dispositions + knowledge + awareness + skills) toward advancing racial liberation.
2. Visualizing Opportunities - How do you see yourself advancing racial liberation?
   1. Consider areas of opportunity you can engage personally and with your communities of influence (familial, professional, organizational, residential, spiritual, social, etc.)
3. Cultivating Commitments - How can you develop your consciousness to advance racial liberation?
   1. Consider consciousness development techniques and strategies you can engage personally and with your communities of influence.

Reflection Resources:

• The Cycles of Socialization and Liberation - Harro Download The Cycles of Socialization and Liberation - Harro
• Developing A Liberatory Consciousness Download Developing A Liberatory Consciousness
• Becoming An Antiracist
• Structural Racism Awareness and Assessment Guide

Suggested Viewing: 

From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation | Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (15:40)

150 Years to the day following the unconditional Confederate surrender to the Union Army, Freddie Gray was arrested in Baltimore and severely beaten. His subsequent death, and that of other African Americans at the hand of police, exposed the factual chasm between formal equality before the law and actual self-determination and self possession inherent to actual freedom. Recorded at TEDxBaltimore January 2016.

Keeanga-Yamahtta is an Assistant Professor at the Center for African-American Studies at Princeton University. She is also interested in social movements and Black politics in the United States. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. 

How we can make racism a solvable problem -- and improve policing | Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff (12:13)

When we define racism as behaviors instead of feelings, we can measure it -- and transform it from an impossible problem into a solvable one, says justice scientist Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff. In an actionable talk, he shares his work at the Center for Policing Equity, an organization that helps police departments diagnose and track racial gaps in policing in order to eliminate them. 

What Does It Mean to Be Anti-Racist? (10:41)