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road map
● Introductions and Assumptions● Naming racism● Postures of Ministry● Awkward Conversations● Microagressions and Privilege● The Monster at the End of the Book
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way back
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today-ish
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what i do now
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random
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assumptions: we all have them
Important, not only to acknowledge social location, but to name assumptions with which one operates.
These are mine on race and the work of the church.
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assumption 1: beyond the conversation
The church must not only be a safe place to talk about race, it must also be a place where the complex beauty of the created is yearned for and made real.
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assumption 2: the multicultural destination
Multiculturalism will always and only be window dressing unless the culture is intentionally, excruciatingly, and consistently diverse.
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assumption 3: aspirational and evident
Race work is aspirational, big picture, and systematic as well as concrete, specific, and personal.
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your story
● My name is: Bruce
● My preferred pronouns are: he/him/his
● My home is: San Francisco by way of Stockton
● I identify racially as: Filipino/Chinese
● For fun I: Watch NCIS
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marie averas
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then
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today
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culture
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violence
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where have you seen racism
● Entertainment● Political● Social● Institutional● Personal● Historical
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We must not only confront social injustice, but we must
embrace the idea that we each get there differently.
now what?
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Jesus was like...
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Jesus was like . . .
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Jesus was like . . .
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I love being an [x]!
● What do you love about being [x]?
● Common misconceptions about [x]?
● What frustrates you about [x]?
● Why do you need [x] to be part of the group?
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Pretending that a problem doesn’t exist doesn’t mean that the problem doesn’t exist.
what problem?
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As with most difficult conversations, our initial reaction is to find ways not to have them well.
la, la, la, i can’t hear you
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One person's being “politically correct” is another person's remembering that “words have power and can impact others more than you know.”
we dismiss
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we deny
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Even A-Rod has a mother.
we demonize
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We romanticize youth culture in a way that leads to abdicating our role in raising up the next generation or justice seekers.
we romanticize
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We are patronizing and condescending towards newly realized justice seekers -- often in order to hold onto power and status.
we patronize
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We fetishize and observe as spectacle instances of racism allowing us to distance ourselves from the realities of race.
we festishize
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In an effort to show solidarity we shift focus away from those impacted and re-center the focus on us.
we de-center
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“It is appalling that the most segregated hour of Christian America is eleven o'clock on Sunday morning.”
we derail
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awkward conversations
Privilege allows us choose to avoid having conversations about race.
Awkward conversations about race only get less awkward by having them.
We miss out on the possibilities that may be on the other side of the tensions.
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Lets take a break.
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microagressions
“Racial microaggressions are brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative racial slights and insults towards people of color.” - Racial Microaggressions in Everyday Life
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microagressions
Pup. E. ChowI really like animals.I especially love dogs.
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“No, where are you from?”
microagression
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“But I don’t see you as Asian.”
microagression
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microagressions
“Don’t be so sensitive.”
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“Why do you always sit together?”
microagressions
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“He’s a different kind of Black.”
microagressions
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microagressions
“You are a bad Asian.”
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“Do you know martial arts?”
“If they can say it . . .”
“But you never show up.”
“Out comes the race card.”
“We need at least one.”
“You’re not a good Asian.”
more . . .
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more microagressions
● What microagressions have you used?
● Other microagressions directed at you?
● Other microaggressions that you have heard?
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microagressions
“It’s hard being white.”
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sitting in the front row
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who are you?
● How do microagressions and privilege contribute to the creation and reinforcement of institutional racism?
● How might you inspire, increase, or improve conversations about race in your life?
● What will hold you back? What compels you?
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it’s just us
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But I Don’t See You as Asian: Curating Conversations About Race
Bruce Reyes-Chow@breyeschow
the end
