EP99: Katie Friedman on Understanding Whiteness & the Relationship between Personal and Collective Healing

What She Shares: The historical foundations of the consolidation of whiteness Collective Healing vs. Personal Healing-- How Are They Related-- are they automatic? The timeline of the emergence of the new wave of identity politics and its impact   What You'll Hear: The role of collective and individual healing in race relations Beginning of "whiteness" as a concept How whiteness has manifested into what is seen throughout the world today Societal role of immigrants within early America How other groups view whiteness Acknowledging white privilege Differentiating between white guilt and white privilege, and how to use it for change Understanding why identity politics are so strong today The role of white people within minority studies How to turn understanding and solidarity into change How racism is institutionalized and indoctrinated The power shift of White = Good to White = Bad   Resources: How Jews Became White Folks by Karen Brodkin Sacks The Possessive Investment in Whiteness by George Lipsitz