Upcoming Film Discussion:
Join us on Friday, July 17, from 11:30-12:30 for a film discussion on the award-winning documentary, Race: The Power of an Illusion, moderated by Stephanie Williams, Cultural Humility Practitioner. Attendees are encouraged to watch all three parts of the series and may submit questions prior to the discussion upon registration. Attendees will be able to ask questions of the moderator through the Q&A feature. WPL strives to provide a safe and respectful place for the community to have a dialog on race through this event.
Ms. Stephanie Williams is a native of Worcester, MA. She previously served as Director of Multicultural Affairs at Anna Maria College and Multicultural Affairs Liaison at Becker College for several years, where she provided visual leadership and strategic direction around disrupting “business as usual” to achieve social change, developing new approaches to education and engagement around diversity and inclusion, multiculturalism, and social justice. She currently works in state government where she has spent the last five (5) years utilizing her MBA, working with marginalized populations in areas such as financial stability, economic self-sufficiency and personal growth.
Register for our program here.
About the Film:
Race: The Power of an Illusion is one of the most widely taught documentaries in the United States. A three-part series that was released in 2003, this documentary asks the question: What is race? What is discovered is that many of our assumptions about race are wrong, yet the costs of racism are detrimental to our society. Millions of people have used the series to examine their beliefs about the idea of race, and explore how our social divisions are created.
Access this documentary through Kanopy, a streaming service available to patrons with a valid library card. If you do not have a Kanopy account, you can create one. Click here for instructions.
For further exploration of this film, visit Race:PowerofanIllusion.org for a discussion guide, articles, and videos.
Additional Resources:
Articles
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
What Is White Privilege, Really?
Dismantle Collective: White Allyship 101, Resources to Get to Work
Surviving & Resisting Hate: A Toolkit For People of Color
Just Jasmine: Self-Care for People of Color after Psychological Trauma
Teaching Tolerance: Affirming Black Lives Without Inducing Trauma
Videos
We Are Mitú: Can Latinos benefit from White Privilege?
Booklists
How to Be an Antiracist and Other Books
#BlackLivesMatter: Background, Context, & Resources
31 Children's books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance
Recursos en español sobre el anti-racismo
Podcasts
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