Social Justice & Anti-Racism: Support Resources

Practicing Self-Care

For People of Color & Native People in Crisis

• Crisis Text Line: Text START to 741-741
• Lifeline Crisis Chat (Online Messaging)
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: (800) 273-8255
• RAINN 24/7 Hotline: 800-656-HOPE (800-656-4673)
• RAINN Live Chat (National Sexual Assault Online Hotline)
• National Coalition Against Domestic Violence: (800) 799-7233 (calls are anonymous)
• Hate Crimes Reporting (New York State.gov)
• Ayana Therapy--Online Therapy for Marginalized & Intersectional Communities
• What to Do If Your Rights Are Violated at a Demonstration or Protest (ACLU.org)

White Privilege

In the U.S., white privilege is the lived experience of greater social/political access, representation and entitlement, and material and economic security that people considered white have as a result of white supremacy. It's important to note that while many white people are oppressed on the basis of class, gender, sexual orientation, ability, religion, culture, ethnicity, etc, it is still true that ALL white people benefit from white privilege in various ways.

Deconstructing White Privilege with Dr. Robin Di Angelo from GCORR

• White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
• Product Review: The Invisible Knapsack of White Privilege from L.L. Bean
• White Privilege Explained in 5 Minutes (video)
• Liabilities Of White Privilege: How White Privilege Hurts White People
• How To Explain White Privilege Exists: 7 Common Arguments, Debunked
• Dear Fellow White People
• White Privilege and Native American
• So you say you’ve got white privilege. Now what?
• What I Said When My White Friend Asked for My Black Opinion on White Privilege

Reverse Racism is a term created and used by white people to deny white privilege. Those in denial use the term "reverse racism" to refer to hostile behavior by people of color toward whites and to affirmative action policies which allegedly give ‘preferential treatment’ to people of color over whites. However, while people of color can certainly exhibit prejudice against white people, in North America that prejudice is not supported by a system of institutional power. And despite some public opinion to the contrary, studies show the largest group to benefit from affirmative action policies is white women. (adapted from "Definitions & Descriptions of Racism")

White Fragility

White fragility is a state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress becomes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive moves. These moves include the outward display of emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and behaviors such as tears, argumentation, silence, and leaving the stress-inducing situation. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium. 

White people in North America live in a social environment that protects and insulates them from race-based stress. This insulated environment of racial protection builds white expectations for racial comfort while at the same time lowering the ability to tolerate racial stress, leading to...White Fragility. (from DiAngelo, White Fragility)

• White Fragility 
• Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
• On White Fragility
• An extended interview on the theory of white fragility
• White Fragility is Real: 4 Questions White People Should Ask Themselves During Discussions About Race
• White Fragility Self-Test
• The Sugarcoated Language of White Fragility
• Stop Your White Fragility--It's Racial Violence and Here's Why
• Uprooting White Fragility: Intersectional Anti-Racism in the "Post-Racial" Ethical Foodscape (Video)
• Settler Fragility: Why Settler Privilege Is So Hard to Talk About

Robin DiAngelo on White Fragility