White Men Challenging Racism

by Thompson, Cooper; Schaefer, Emmett Robert; Brod, Harry; Loewen, James W. (CON)

• ISBN13: 9780822330844
• ISBN10: 0822330849
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-05-01
• Publisher: Duke Univ Pr

Summary

"With range, depth, and integrity, the narratives in this collection flesh out both the 'promise and the way of life' of white people who have taken on racism as central to their life work. "White Men Challenging Racism" is a valuable contradiction to the construct of 'angry white men' that has fueled racial backlash over the past twenty years."--Mab Segrest, author of "Memoirs of a Race Traitor"

Table of Contents

Foreword	xv
James W. Loewen
Preface	xxxi
Acknowledgments	xxxv
Introduction: Just Living	1	(16)
Movement Elders
86, radical historian; San Jose, CA	17	(10)
Herbert Aptheker
85, journalist and Klan infliltrator; Jacksonville, FL	27	(10)
Stetson Kennedy
81, fought for a racially integrated neighborhood; Denver, CO	37	(7)
Art Branscombe
77, coalition builder; Boston, MA	44	(7)
Horace Seldon
70, community organizer; Boston, MA	51	(9)
Pat Cusick
70, social worker and organizer; New York, NY	60	(13)
Nat Yalowitz
Grassroots Organizing
43, organizes working-class white men; West End, NC	73	(9)
Jesse Wimberley
42, executive director, United Vision for Idaho; Boise, ID	82	(8)
Jim Hansen
52, researches right wing groups; Cambridge, MA	90	(9)
Chip Berlet
44, union official and labor organizer; Watsonville, CA	99	(10)
Joe Fahey
60, community organizer with Central American immigrants; Houston, TX	109	(12)
Mike McMahon
Art and Politics
34, graphic artist and founder of Think Again; San Francisco, CA	121	(11)
David Attyah
57, singer / songwriter and executive director of Grassroots Leadership; Charlotte, NC	132	(11)
Si Kahn
43, executive director of Jump-Start Performance Company; San Antonio, TX	143	(9)
Steve Bailey
33, writer, lecturer, social critic, and activist; Nashville, TN	152	(12)
Tim Wise
42, community-based performance director and choreographer; Philadelphia, PA	164	(11)
Billy Yalowitz
Challenging the System from Within
39, bilingual Spanish teacher; Boston, MA	175	(10)
John Allocca
60, former Boston police officer; Emerald Island, NC	185	(9)
Bill Johnston
43, teacher and director of multiculturalism at University of Michigan; Ann Arbor, MI	194	(9)
A. T. Miller
56, lawyer for Puerto Rican and Asian American civil rights; New York, NY	203	(9)
Ken Kimerling
57, teacher and historian; Detroit, MI	212	(10)
Monte Piliawsky
56, consultant and community organizer; Seattle, WA	222	(6)
Lonnie Lusardo
51, historian and dean at a historically black college; Albany, GA	228	(9)
Lee Formwalt
55, minister of a multiracial congregation; Decatur, GA	237	(12)
Nibs Stroupe
Challenging the System from the Margins
53, founder of the Prison and Jail Project; Americus, GA	249	(9)
John Cole Vodicka
56, advocate for racial and gender justice in sports and society; Orlando, FL	258	(7)
Richard Lapchick
46, environmental health specialist; Albuquerque, NM	265	(7)
Chris Shuey
58, psychiatrist, prison activist, and author; Oakland, CA	272	(8)
Terry Kupers
51, Native American treaty rights advocate; Milwaukee, WI	280	(9)
Rick Whaley
54, firefighter and advocate for children's rights in Southeast Asia; Boston, MA	289	(10)
Jim Murphy
The Next Generation
38, researcher with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; New York, NY	299	(6)
Sean Cahill
36, director of a Mennonite anti-racism initiative; Akron, PA	305	(9)
Tobin Miller Shearer
32, grassroots coordinator for the Mexico Solidarity Network; Chicago, IL	314	(8)
Jason Wallach
31, co-executive director of the Colorado Progressive Coalition; Denver, CO	322	(8)
Bill Vandenberg
26, community activist; Louisville, KY	330	(9)
Matt Reese
Appendix	339	(4)
Endnotes	343	(8)
Suggestions for Further Reading	351	(4)
About the Authors	355