White Women: Everything You Already Know about Your Own Racism and How to Do Better
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- Create Date：2022-10-01 00:19:40
- Update Date：2025-09-13
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- Author：Regina Jackson
- ISBN：0143136437
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Reviews
Jennifer
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Regina Jackson and Saira Rao founded the group Race2Dinner， providing a dinner experience to facilitate radically honest conversations about racism and xenophobia and white supremacy， and they bring those experiences to the page in this new book。 While white men might be the ones most publicly pegged as racists， the authors point out， white women uphold white supremacy in ways that may not seem as overt but are just as harmful: demanding perfection， maintaining a veneer of niceness， gaslighting， Regina Jackson and Saira Rao founded the group Race2Dinner， providing a dinner experience to facilitate radically honest conversations about racism and xenophobia and white supremacy， and they bring those experiences to the page in this new book。 While white men might be the ones most publicly pegged as racists， the authors point out， white women uphold white supremacy in ways that may not seem as overt but are just as harmful: demanding perfection， maintaining a veneer of niceness， gaslighting， weaponizing their tears， and practicing toxic positivity and performative allyship， to name just a few。The book offers refreshing bluntness in demonstrating that white women already know many subtle ways to reinforce white supremacy -- and in stressing that white women need to UNLEARN those ways in order to dismantle racism at the personal and the community level。 The authors do not shy away from making the reader uncomfortable， and that's the point: without sitting with that discomfort， that defensiveness， the reader cannot take the steps needed to make changes。 Jackson and Rao repeatedly point out that white women need to stop exceptionalizing themselves and excusing themselves from the more overt racism expressed by other white women -- all white women need to do this work。 And as a white woman， I agree and commit to doing better myself。Absolutely a necessary and powerful addition to the ongoing discussions of anti-racism and finding ways to dismantle white supremacy -- highly recommended to all white women， no matter at what stage of "not racist" we might think we are， and an essential addition to library collections everywhere。Thank you， Penguin Books and NetGalley， for providing an eARC of this book。 Opinions expressed here are solely my own。 。。。more
Kathy Duda
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Patience is not one of my virtues， but persistence。。。 I've got that！ Passion too！ Anti-rascism WORK is an ongoing priority for me。 I want to have real conversations。 Some of my fellow white friends welcome these conversations， others avoid these conversations。 This book is for ALL of us！If you are someone that engages in DEI work， be sure to check the remnants of your white fragility at the door and read it。 If you are someone who wishes they had more black & brown friends to help you understand Patience is not one of my virtues， but persistence。。。 I've got that！ Passion too！ Anti-rascism WORK is an ongoing priority for me。 I want to have real conversations。 Some of my fellow white friends welcome these conversations， others avoid these conversations。 This book is for ALL of us！If you are someone that engages in DEI work， be sure to check the remnants of your white fragility at the door and read it。 If you are someone who wishes they had more black & brown friends to help you understand and learn more， read it。 If you are someone that likes the sound of a dinner with the sole purpose of discussing race， here is your invitation。If you are someone that， over the course of the last few years， good naturedly shrugged off my anger & frustration about the rampant rascism in this country， by suggesting that I won't have time to worry about this "STUFF" when I go back to a "REAL" job- yes， this book is for you。 Finally， for all my wonderful black and brown friends， who have PATIENTLY spent countless， exhausting hours explaining rascism to your white friends （me） and family （me） members while also sparing our white feelings， enjoy this book。 Written by my friends Saira Rao and Regina Jackson this book is a gift。With forthright honesty， transparent vulnerability， thought provoking examples， and compelling stories Regina and Saira led me through a personal journey of reliving my many experiences with rascism。 Some of those experiences had been buried and needed to be resurrected from my subconscious。 This book also reiterated the IMPERATIVE need for us white women to move beyond "learning and listening" and taking that scary leap into action。 I read it in two late night sittings， then re-read it a second time to give myself a chance to absorb it all- there is so much in here。 I believe that this book can change the trajectory of our rascist thinking。 。。。more
Cari
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An absolutely essential read for white women （like me） who want to be true allies to Black， Indigenous， and brown people。 The authors are upfront about the racism that bleeds through every aspect of our society and about how white women propagate it。 Jackson and Rao speak to white women through their for-profit organization， Race2Dinner。 A host invites guests to a dinner party for a frank and honest discussion。 White women， be prepared for a reality check and true action items - not to "help" BI An absolutely essential read for white women （like me） who want to be true allies to Black， Indigenous， and brown people。 The authors are upfront about the racism that bleeds through every aspect of our society and about how white women propagate it。 Jackson and Rao speak to white women through their for-profit organization， Race2Dinner。 A host invites guests to a dinner party for a frank and honest discussion。 White women， be prepared for a reality check and true action items - not to "help" BIPOC， but to dismantle white supremacy。 One takeaway I had was about white women aspiring to be be perfect and how that supports the white male gaze。 It helped me understand why it's okay to be a sloppy mess and why it's okay to shift my focus from that endeavor to more important ones。 。。。more
Brigette
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“White women: everything you already know about your own racism and how to do better” by Regina Jackson and Saira Rao。The description of this book， let alone the title， immediately intrigued me。 The book itself came out of dinner conversations that the authors call “Race2dinner。”There are some hard truths in the beginning， not only about white women but about the authors themselves。 As a white woman myself I wanted to deny some of the generalizations the authors make at the beginning。 I continue “White women: everything you already know about your own racism and how to do better” by Regina Jackson and Saira Rao。The description of this book， let alone the title， immediately intrigued me。 The book itself came out of dinner conversations that the authors call “Race2dinner。”There are some hard truths in the beginning， not only about white women but about the authors themselves。 As a white woman myself I wanted to deny some of the generalizations the authors make at the beginning。 I continued to remind myself to hear what is being said - white women put Trump in the White House。 We are guilty of that。 That is just one example of what we have done， putting race over gender。As badly as the phrase can be taken， “white supremacy” at its most basic means white people are superior to all other races。 It is the norm。 White privilege is the unearned benefit of having white skin。 Even the phrases that are used like “people of color” is part of the system of racism - white is a color， but white is what is expected。The dinner conversations sound very difficult and draining for the authors。 But this is their work。 A Black woman and a brown woman trying to open the eyes of white women。 We need to do better。You are probably going to feel many emotions while reading this book: uncomfortable， mad， confused， resistant and more。 The ultimate takeaways for me from this book is I need， and we all need， to do so much more。 White supremacy hurts everyone - even white people。 The authors write: “Don’t be an “ally” - be an accomplice， a partner， a collaborator， a co-conspirator。” There are immediate things I can put into place and act。 But it will also take me more time to think about what else can be done。 After finishing this book I immediately texted a white woman friend of mine and asked her to read this book so we can then discuss it。 This book is very powerful in the end and in your face。 Go with it and hopefully together more change can occur。 。。。more
Jillian Doherty
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