Me and White Supremacy Week 2 Curriculum

Opening grounding - lost voices

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpPASWlnZIA

1st round of Check-in

How are you and how did you experience the curriculum this week?

Curriculum Questions

What have you begun to see and understand about your personal complicity in white supremacy that you were not able to see or understand before you began this work? (pg. 73)

Describe your most visceral memory of experiencing white fragility. How old were you? Where were you? What was the conversation about? Why did it bring up white fragility in you? How do you recall feeling during and after the interaction? How do you feel about it today? (Pg. 44)

What tone policing thoughts have you harbored inside when you’ve heard BIPOC talk about race or their lived experiences, even if you didn’t say them out loud? (pg. 51)

It can be policing BIPOC for using tones that are “too angry” when talking about racism or celebrating them over other BIPOC for using tones that are considered more soft, eloquent, and soothing. (pg. 45)

What questions do you have as you enter into the next week?

Final Round of Check-in

What is still on your mind?

Logistics announcements

Is someone able to lead next week?

Is this group interested in reading at the 11:00 service on Christmas Eve?

Two things to begin to think about:

Do you want to continue gathering together in some capacity in the new year?

If our church led another Me and White Supremacy Group would you be interested in leading/co-leading it?