for those who are interested, this website sends free books about being an anti-racist. it is also run by my daughter Bekah and some of her friends. Bruce
https://www.antiracistbookexchange.com/ On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 2:10 PM 'Alice Gordon' via Shakespeare at Winedale Email List <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Everyone, > > I’m addressing the group of us at the Zoom happy hour inspired by James > Shapiro’s new book, *Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays > Tell Us About Our Past and Future, *but I couldn’t single our small group > out, so I hope no one minds getting this email. > > What can I/we do? was a question several people at the happy hour asked > themselves aloud. The question reminded me of a moment in a PBS News Hour > Special "Race Matters: America in Crisis,” aired in early June, that > knocked me out. > > Moderator Judy Woodruff, toward the end of her interview with Black > filmmaker Ava DuVernay, asked what DuVernay would say to white people about > what they could do. DuVernay's answer gave me, and I hope all viewers of > the program, just what I hadn’t quite figured out I had been profoundly > longing to hear: > > *"I have a lot of white people calling and texting me, great friends of > mine, people that I love dearly, asking me, what do I do? And my answer is, > Educate yourself.* > > *There have been white allies throughout the history of America who have > gotten together and come up with muscular strategies for change. And many > of them have worked. I feel like this “What do I do? What do I do?” …. > really is asking for Black labor— in this moment—to help you think through > what to do. **Trust me: there’s something to do, right where you are.”* > > The whole segment, which includes an introduction to the program and > another impressive interviewee, Darren Walker, president of the Ford > Foundation, is about 14 minutes long and is, to my mind, a must- watch. > Here’s the link: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwJAHghmU6s > > Thank you for letting me drop by your Sunday afternoon! > > Alice > > -- > Be vigitant, I beseech you! > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Shakespeare at Winedale Email List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list/8763FE24-0666-4192-8433-FC70F2D841E0%40icloud.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list/8763FE24-0666-4192-8433-FC70F2D841E0%40icloud.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . >
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