MDUSD CAC Equity Book Club Continues: March 2nd 5:45 – 6:45 pm on Zoom:
Join the MDUSD CAC Equity Book Club Meetings, once a month on Zoom to discuss the intersection of race/class/gender/language and neurodiversity.
Mt. Diablo Unified School District’s Community Advisory Committee’s (MDUSD CAC) Equity Book Club Mission Statement:
The MDUSD Community Advisory Committee (CAC) in collaboration with the
MDUSD Equity Team, has established this book club. The club’s specific focus is on the intersection of race/class/gender/language/ and neurodiversity. Through education and courageous conversation, it is the goal of the club that those who serve our students can apply the learning to their area of service - to become not only consumers of knowledge but practitioners of that knowledge.
The first book we will be exploring is: White Fragility by Robin Diangelo.
Book Club will occur the first Tuesday of every month (prior to the CAC Meetings) 5:45 – 6:45 pm (except for April, it will be the 13th).
Meeting ID: 847 8113 5074 Passcode: 972204
You can join the book club at any time; and will cover one chapter per month.
Book Club discussions will occur when we meet one time per month.
There will be 2-4 questions chosen for discussion and 1 of those questions will be:
How will you apply this knowledge in your daily service?
Guidelines for Group Discussion
Grab a copy of the book, read Chapter 2, think about the questions and join us on March 2nd at 5:45 pm to be a part of the Book Club. If you can't join us in March don't worry about it, just read Chapters 2 and 3 and come in April.
Chapter 2: Racism and White Supremacy Questions:
1. What does it mean to say that race is “socially constructed”?
2. What is the difference between racial prejudice, racial discrimination, and racism?
3. What does the author mean when she says that there is no such thing as reverse racism?
4. How does the birdcage metaphor illustrate oppression?
5. What is scientific racism? Give some examples of how scientific racism is conveyed today.
6. What does Cheryl Harris mean when describing whiteness as a form of property?
7. What is problematic about the idea of the U.S. as a great “melting pot”? How did the melting pot actually work?
8. Discuss Coates’s statement that race is the child of racism, not the father.
9. The author cites Ruth Frankenberg’s description of whiteness as “a location of structural advantage, a standpoint from which white people look at ourselves, at others, and at society, and a set of cultural practices that are not named or acknowledged.” Explain each of these dimensions in your own words.
10. How is the author using the term “white supremacy”?
The White Racial Frame 1. Explain the concept of the white racial frame. What are some examples? 2. Take a few minutes to share some of your answers to the reflection questions on pp. 35-37. What surprised you?
How will you apply this knowledge in your daily service?
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