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White People Depend On Racism
We, White People, Depend on Racism in our Everyday Lives. Is there an Alternative? Last March as the pandemic was beginning to reach our...

David Billings
Sep 21, 20202 min read


15 years after Hurricane Katrina: How that Natural Disaster Mirrors theNational Disaster of Police
It seems like yesterday: images of New Orleanians on rooftops crying out for someone to rescue them; sleeping in the Superdome crying out...

David Billings
Aug 25, 20207 min read


He's My Brother
William Barnwell was a tireless organizer and faith leader across the United States. He was the first person I met after moving to New...

David Billings
Aug 14, 20202 min read


History Of Race In The US
Margery Freeman's style of presentation is on full display in this 2007 Undoing Racism workshop by the People's Institute. Her smooth...

David Billings
Aug 6, 20201 min read


Giants: C.T. Vivian & John Lewis
Shelia Collins was one of founding organizers of the People's Institute. It was Shelia and John Collins' home in New Rochelle, NY that...

David Billings
Aug 5, 20201 min read


Will the South Rise Again? It Already Has.
Growing up in the Jim Crow South of McComb, Mississippi, and Helena, Arkansas, in the 1950's and 60's, I realize looking back how...

David Billings
Aug 4, 20204 min read


Racial Identity Development: Cheryl Franks
Dr. Cheryl Franks is an anti racist community organizer and professor at John Jay University, School for Criminal Justice. She is a white...

David Billings
Jul 30, 20201 min read


This Revolution Is Being Televised
We live in a revolutionary moment. Whether the revolution results in a changed power arrangement remains to be seen. For me, and I think...

David Billings
Jun 24, 20203 min read


Make 'Em An Offer They Can't Refuse - Part 1
Since the beginning of what became the United States, the question of what to do with all the poor white people -- given what was...

David Billings
Apr 20, 20203 min read


White People Get Lockjaw
Just as the scientific community identifies the current virus and struggles to agree on common definitions and protocols to solve the...

David Billings
Apr 20, 20204 min read


Why My Blog?
I started this blog because I believe an antiracist analysis and organizing strategy is needed as we approach one of the most important...

David Billings
Apr 20, 20202 min read
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