Recording: Dr. Kimberley Richards Addressing Racism

RECORDING OF DR. RICHARDS' PRESENTATION

Dr. Kimberley Richards' quest for learning and experiencing culture and different environments has taken her to study theater arts, education, fabric arts, international organizing, anti-racist practice, spiritual practice and more in The Gambia, West Africa; South Africa; London, England; Holland; Brazil; Puerto Rico; Canada and almost every state in the U.S.

Dr. Richards is a graduate of Clark College in Atlanta where she majored in education and theater. She also holds a master's degree in education from Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, and completed her doctorate in education from the University of Pittsburgh as a Lilly Endowment Fellow in 1995. She currently serves as interim executive and core trainer/regional organizer with the People's Institute for Survival and Beyond.

So the undoing [ of racism ] is a matter of undoing our thinking, undoing what we have grown to accept as just normal, natural, and what we have grown to tolerate.

Questions for Reflection

To unlearn systemic racism, we must look at our own history and how we have contributed to those systems. What new lessons have you learned by reexamining history with an anti-racist lens?
Richards provides a variety of books to read. Which books are you interested in reading and why? See “Additional Resources” below for suggestions.

Additional Resources

Explore The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond.
Listen to Stamped From the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi for free on Spotify.
Order A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn from a Black-owned bookstore.

Additional recommended reading from Dr. Richards:

In the Matter of Color by A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.
Man’s Most Dangerous Myth: The Fallacy of Race by Ashley Montagu

Dr. Kimberley Richards

Questions for Reflection

Additional Resources

Additional recommended reading from Dr. Richards:

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