Thanks for this, Bruce. Go, Bekah!! > On Jun 21, 2020, at 5:58 PM, bruce meyer <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > 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/ > <https://www.antiracistbookexchange.com/> > > > On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 2:10 PM 'Alice Gordon' via Shakespeare at Winedale > Email List <[email protected] > <mailto:[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 > <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] > <mailto:[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>. > _______________________________________________ > Winedale-l mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/winedale-l
_______________________________________________ Winedale-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/winedale-l
