Waking up white book group

Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Waking up white book discussion group begins sunday september. Waking up white is the book irving wishes someone had handed her d. Aug 10, 2015 waking up white explores white privilege. And finding myself in the story of race by debby irving this winter. Presbyterian mission agency waking up white book study group. Waking up whites personal narrative is designed to work well as a rapid read, a book group book, or support reading for courses exploring racial and cultural.

Jan 23, 2017 its been called one of the most important books on race in recent memory. Waking up white is the book irving wishes someone had handed her. I can think of no bigger misstep in american history than the invention and perpetuation of the idea of white superiority. The task force invites the first united methodist church of cary community to participate in this good work. One church, one book aims to jumpstart discussions about race. As you enter the conversation, perhaps you will be moved, like i was, to continue to examine the role race has. By sharing her sometimes cringeworthy struggle to understand racism and racial tensions, she offers a fresh perspective on bias, stereotypes, manners, and tolerance. Logistically, the meetings would be a once a month potluck dinner. Using debby irvings seminal book waking up white as a framework, this will be a hybrid book clubworkshop run by anne romney. As irving unpacks her own longheld beliefs about colorblindness, being a good person, and wanting to. Waking up whites personal narrative is designed to work well as a rapid read, a book group book, or support reading for courses exploring. Irvings personal and moving tale takes us on an adventure to a world utterly new to her as she wakes up to the reality of how, without her knowledge or active pursuit, she lives in a society which is set up to reward her at the expense of people of color. If it hadnt been a book group read, i would likely have passed it by as another, i had. Waking up whites personal narrative is designed to work well as a rapid read, a book group book, or support reading for courses exploring racial and cultural issues.

Waking up white, and finding myself in the story of race. Wake up the warrior and become the man you crave to be with garrett j white master, coach, mentor. Raised in a white, upperclass community, irving takes the reader through her life journey of coming to understand racial privilege and how to be an ally to promote equity rather than to cause more harm. Aug 03, 2016 we agreed as a group that people didnt need to have finished a book to be part of the discussion, but someone in the group needed to have read it. Waking up white book discussion westminster presbyterian is hosting a fourweek book study group january 21 at 11. Theres so much in this book about what it means to be in the white race. Are you ready to take your life to its highest level. Some of these books, like the charleston syllabus address our contemporary moment, some like waking up white, how i shed my skin, and white like me, are first person accounts of how individual white people came to understand themselves as white and to desire an end to.

Book discussion group meets the third tuesday of every month at 1. By sharing her sometimes cringeworthy struggle to understand racism and racial tensions, she offers a fresh perspective on bias, stereotypes. Aj bush and bich thy betty nguyen will be facilitating this book study. Finding myself in the story of race debby irving tedx. Waking up white is the book i wish someone had handed me decades ago. Waking up white is the book irving wishes someone had handed her decades ago. In waking up white, irving tells her often cringeworthy story with such openness that readers will turn. Waking up white by debby irving religious action center. Thank you for participating in this book study of waking up white, by debby irving. Reviews for waking up white what a provocative read. About this study we need to get comfortable with being uncomfortable.

Waking up white book group michael servetus unitarian society. Much as irvings family sought to shield her from the contours of the nations racial drama, so too do far too many white americans continue to do the same. Waking up white book group michael servetus unitarian. Discussion centers on debbie irvings book, waking up white. The focus will be on looking at racism today through the lens of white privilege and building an awareness of how racism is multidimensional internal, interpersonal, ideological and institutional. My dad, brother, and i are now doing a monthly book club together. Presbyterian mission agency waking up white book discussion. Exercises at the end of each chapter prompt readers to explore their own racialized ideas. Our first book selection is waking up white by debby irving. The racial justice intentional community of covenant community church in louisville, ky is having a book discussion using waking up white. Join our online conversation group meeting via zoom from 7. Debby irving grew up in winchester, massachusetts, in a predominantly white, upper middle class. We are jumping in, starting this as a book group to look at the history of systemic racism and the creation of white supremacy in an effort to further our own understanding of racism and to work toward making change. Join us each month for a lively discussion on a book chosen by the group.

This is an eyeopening book so relevant to our renewal 2017. Jan 05, 2020 the congregation will read waking up white. Irvings focus on the mechanics of racism operating in just one life her own may lead white readers to reconsider the roots of their own perspectives and their role in dismantling old myths. Social justice questions for book clubs from debby irvings waking up white. Mar 10, 2015 the spring reading group, facilitated by susan hill cetl will discuss waking up white. Using debby irving s seminal book waking up white as a framework, this will be a hybrid book clubworkshop run by anne romney. Jan 09, 2014 waking up white, and finding myself in the story of race paperback january 9, 2014. Debby irvings powerful waking up white opens a rare window on how white americans are socialized. Mar 30, 2018 a few months ago daniel chose waking up white, and finding myself in the story of race by debby irving. When we invited new folks, we needed to let them know our parameters. At the end of the discussion, we will ask each group member what action they plan to take because they have read the book. Members from a group studying the book in geneseo wrote open letters to hanover park members and vice versa.

Special thanks to the fenway alliance and berklee college of music. I believe that you will find, like i did, that this book is a great first step toward understanding why, in 2017, we are still talking about race. An africanamerican family wakes up white and has thirty days to determine if they will return to their cultural roots or stick with the new skin that they are in. White has long stood for normal and better, while black and brown have been considered different and. Irving claimed she didnt have a racist bone in her body. My hope is that by sharing my sometimes cringeworthy struggle to understand racism and racial.

As irving unpacks her own longheld beliefs about colorblindness, being a good person, and wanting to help people of color, she reveals how each of. We pray that this first step of our journey will enable us to start a. Jun 21, 2016 waking up white with debby irving brings to racial justice the perspective of working as a community organizer and classroom teacher for 25 years without understanding racism as a systemic issue. When they learned that they were both planning book studies of waking up white during the season of lent, they decided to experiment with a crossstudy penpal relationship. Quotations from waking up white waking up white has been an unexpected journey thats required me to dig back into child. Have you read the book, waking up white and finding myself in the story of race, by debby irving. Future book studies on this topic may also be offered in the fall. My hope is that by sharing my sometimes cringeworthy struggle to understand racism and racial tensions, i offer a fresh perspective on bias, stereotypes, manners, and tolerance. What stereotypes about people of another race do you remember hearing and believing as a child. Jul 20, 2015 this talk is designed to be a 101 for white people about what white privilege and institutional racism are and how they manifest. Waking up white and finding myself in the story of race.

Jan 09, 2014 waking up white is the book irving wishes someone had handed her decades ago. Waking up white book discussion group begins sunday. Waking up white study group good samaritan episcopal church. Waking up white book group join us for a book discussion on waking up white. One of us chooses a book, we all read it, and then we do an hourlong. Each chapter has questions to reflect on and further our thinking.