Racing to Justice : Transforming Our Conceptions of Self and Other to Build an Inclusive Society

Renowned social justice advocate john a. powell persuasively argues that we have not achieved a post-racial society and that there is much work to do to redeem the American promise of inclusive democracy. Culled from a decade of writing about social justice and spirituality, these meditations on race, identity, and social policy provide an outline for laying claim to our shared humanity and a way toward healing ourselves and securing our future. Racing to Justice challenges us to replace attitudes and institutions that promote and perpetuate social suffering with those that foster relationships and a way of being that transcends disconnection and separation. Cover 1 Title 2 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Contents 10 Foreword 12 Acknowledgments 16 Introduction: Moving beyond the Isolated Self 18 Part One: Race and Racialization 30 Chapter 1: Post-Racialism or Targeted Universalism? 32 Chapter 2: The Color-Blind Multiracial Dilemma 58 Chapter 3: The Racing of American Society 78 Part Two: White Privilege 102 Chapter 4: Interrogating Privilege, Transforming Whiteness 104 Chapter 5: White Innocence and the Courts 131 Part Three: The Racialized Self 162 Chapter 6: Dreaming of a Self beyond Whiteness and Isolation 164 Chapter 7: The Multiple Self 192 Part Four: Engagement 224 Chapter 8: Lessons from Suffering 226 Afterword 258 Notes 276 References 302 Index 320 Renownded social justice advocate John A. Powell persuasively argues that we have not achieved a post-racial society and there is much work to do to redeem the American promise of inclusive democracy. Culled from a decade of writing about social justice and spirituality, these meditations on race, identity, and social policy provide an outline for laying claim to our shared humanity and a way toward healing ourselves and securing our future. -- Book Cover