Overcoming Our Racism: The Journey to Liberation
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This extraordinary book by Derald Wing Sue, a highly-regarded academic and author, helps readers understand and combat racism in themselves. It defines racism not only as extreme acts of hatred, but as "any attitude, action or institutional structure or social policy that subordinates a person or group because of their color." This landmark work offers an antidote to this pervasive social problem.
- Shows how each of us has a role in the oppression of others, and what we can do about it
- Offers a way to overcome racism on a very intimate level
- Outlines specific guidelines and suggested activities
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Derald Wing Sue is professor of psychology and education at Teachers College, Columbia University. He was president of the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues, the cofounder and first president of the Asian American Psychological Association, and currently president of the Society of Counseling Psychology. He is the author of the best-selling book Counseling the Culturally Diverse, fourth edition 2002 from Wiley.
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Preface xi
Part I: The Problem
1. Are You a Racist? 3
2. What Is Racism? 23
3. Do You Oppress? 45
4. What Is Your Racial Reality and That of White America? 71
5. Isn't Racism a White Problem? 97
6. What Does It Mean to Be White? 115
7. What Is White Privilege? 137
Part II: Overcoming the Problem
8. How Do You Develop a Nonracist White Identity? 163
9. What Must You Do to Combat Racism? 191
10. What Must Society Do to Combat Racism? 231
11. What Must People of Color Do to Overcome Racism? A Personal Message to My Brothers and Sisters of Color 255
Epilogue 277
Notes 281
About the Author 287
Index 289
