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Dismantling the Racism Machine: What White People Are Not Taught about White Supremacy

What are some key myths that white people are taught that perpetuate systemic racism? There is a false but popular belief that race, including whiteness, is biological when it’s actually an invention, an idea that was created during colonial America. Exploring the concepts from Karen’s new book Dismantling the Racism Machine: A Manual and Toolbox, participants will look at how the public understands—and doesn’t understand—race and racism.

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Karen Gaffney, Ph.D.
Professor of English, Raritan Valley Community College

Karen Gaffney, PhD, is the author of Dismantling the Racism Machine: A Manual and Toolbox (Routledge, 2018), an accessible introduction to race and racism with tools for action. She’s an English professor at Raritan Valley Community College, where she teaches courses on composition, gender, and race. She facilitates anti-racism workshops in the community and at conferences, and she runs a blog with resources, Divided No Longer, which works to call out white supremacy, understand it, and dismantle it.

PROGRAMS BY THIS SCHOLAR

  • Questioning the Questions of the US Census
  • Dismantling the Racism Machine: What White People Are Not Taught about White Supremacy

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