Social Work Gatherings Discussion

Someone who cares for you

White-guilt??? Yea right. I do not feel guilty for anything. Let me ask you all a question, why don't you all move down to an all Black or all Mexican neighborhood and see how much love you receive. You would quickly find out there is only hate and racism towards you and not love. You see, you can give, give...

Margery Freeman

New York doesnt do potlucks, they warned. Since we had just moved to New York from New Orleans where everyone has potlucks we did one anyway.It turns out that New Yorkers do do potlucks. At that first one, in October 2004, people from all walks of life were in the room. A Latina sitting on the sofa next...

David Billings

Sandy, You asked me about some of our fellow anti-racists saying that the 9/21 symposium is just about the Child Welfare system and thus they are not participating. I have many opinions on this and some are historical in nature. But, I would say to them that the race construct in the U.S. is systemicall...

Anonymous

I want to report on a recent activity at The Bridge that has taken us to a new level of undoing discussion. As part of our recognition of Social Work month (2 years ago Mary P-G introduced undoing racism at that years event), we bought copies of President Obamas Dreams from My Father for every Bridg...

Sandy Bernabei

Educators discuss racism, labels in schools Leah Rae The Journal News March 28, 2009 WHITE PLAINS - A roomful of educators came up with a list of words that some schoolchildren are marked with at an early age: At-risk. Low performing. Thug. Troublemaker. Oppositional. Lazy. Those words can become s...

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	You are being fooled! (Preview) White-guilt??? Yea right. I do not feel guilty for anything. Let me ask you all a question, why don't you all move down to an all Black or all Mexican neighborhood and see how much love you receive. You would quickly find out there is only hate and racism towards you and not love. You see, you can give, give...	Someone who cares for you	0	491	Apr 22, 2013 by Someone who cares for you
	Stories from the AntiRacist Potluck (Preview) New York doesnt do potlucks, they warned. Since we had just moved to New York from New Orleans where everyone has potlucks we did one anyway.It turns out that New Yorkers do do potlucks. At that first one, in October 2004, people from all walks of life were in the room. A Latina sitting on the sofa next...	Margery Freeman	0	636	Jun 19, 2010 by Margery Freeman
	The trap of "staying within our specialty" (Preview) Sandy, You asked me about some of our fellow anti-racists saying that the 9/21 symposium is just about the Child Welfare system and thus they are not participating. I have many opinions on this and some are historical in nature. But, I would say to them that the race construct in the U.S. is systemicall...	David Billings	0	506	Nov 12, 2009 by David Billings
	The Bridge that has taken us to a new level of “undoing” discussion. (Preview) I want to report on a recent activity at The Bridge that has taken us to a new level of undoing discussion. As part of our recognition of Social Work month (2 years ago Mary P-G introduced undoing racism at that years event), we bought copies of President Obamas Dreams from My Father for every Bridg...	Anonymous	0	549	Apr 6, 2009 by Anonymous
	Racism in Public Education (Preview) Educators discuss racism, labels in schools Leah Rae The Journal News March 28, 2009 WHITE PLAINS - A roomful of educators came up with a list of words that some schoolchildren are marked with at an early age: At-risk. Low performing. Thug. Troublemaker. Oppositional. Lazy. Those words can become s...	Sandy Bernabei	0	464	Mar 29, 2009 by Sandy Bernabei
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