“Me and White Supremacy” Spring Book Group

“Me and White Supremacy” was written by Layla Saad, a Black woman, to provide white-presenting people a reflective guide on how internalized white supremacy affects their thoughts and behaviors. Here is one of Layla’s video introductions to the book content (you will hear her reference it as an Instagram challenge, which it was at that time– and now it’s a book).

I’ll (Robin) be hosting two groups this spring– we will meet once a week for 1.5 hours, for 10 weeks. Each group will be capped at twelve people to build intimacy and trust. You can see the outline of topics divided by ten weeks here.

Friday Group: 5-6:30pm, ten Fridays from April 2 – June 4
Saturday Group: 1-2:30pm, ten Saturdays from April 3 – June 5

The only cost is to purchase a “Me and White Supremacy” book (don’t let cost get in the way– just let me know if you could use community support on covering it).

If you are interested, please complete this form: https://forms.gle/Xd3iXMMQvkeH27h38
You can also email me (they/she) at robin@neighborhoodanarchists.org

Note from the book: 
Important Note for biracial, mixed race and people of colour who hold white privilege:

This workbook is for you too, however your experience of doing this work will be very different to the experiences of white people who are not biracial, mixed race or people of colour. While you may receive the so-called “benefits” of white privilege, that does not mean you have had the same experiences as a white person. You might have white parent(s) or other ancestors. Or you may not be white at all, but instead be a person of colour who is very light-skinned, white passing or white adjacent. Your white privilege does not erase your other identities. And so while it is important for you to do the work to address your internalised white supremacy, you may need to adjust the questions to more appropriately fit your experiences as a person who holds white privilege, but is not white.It is also important to know that this work will also bring up some challenging feelings around your internalised oppression against yourself, your family members, your marginalised identities, and about how you have also been oppressed by a system that only benefits you to the extent that you are able to ‘present’ or ‘pass’ as white, and be anti-black.

This work will likely bring up many conflicting emotions including shame, confusion, fear, anger, remorse, grief, and anxiety. This work may bring up dynamics that have caused you or others harm in your family relationships, your friendships, your romantic relationships or work relationships. Please prioritise your self-care as you move through this work. Do not use it as an excuse to not do the work in a substantial way, but at the same time honour yourself and the different feelings that show up around your identities. Do not use this work as a stick to beat yourself with. But rather, use it to interrogate your complicity within a system of privilege that is only designed to benefit you to the extent that you can conform to the rules of whiteness.