WEBINAR DESCRIPTION

Since Peggy McIntosh introduced the "invisible knapsack of white privilege” into the racial justice lexicon, it has become a way to describe White people's relationship to unearned power as well as a catchall phrase for experiences which are not privilege at all. The misunderstanding and misuse of "privilege" sows separation, breeds guilt and defensiveness, and maintains White dominance. In our 2023 Fall Healing Together Series, you will learn to differentiate between three distinct phenomena that have been lumped into “White Privilege”: 1) Human Rights, 2) Systemic Obliviousness, and, 3) Entitlement. We will understand how “benefit” and “advantage” narratives of “privilege” undermine solidarity, reinforce White supremacy, encourage assimilation, and perpetuate paternalism. We will also explore how “privilege” denies the costs to White people as non-targets of racism: loss of humanity, connection, culture, and belonging.

WEBINAR DESIRED OUTCOMES

At the end of this webinar, we will have:

• Understood how the “White Privilege" narrative encourages assimilation, breeds guilt and defensiveness, and keeps White supremacy and systemic racism in place

• Recognized and named patterns of internalized dominance and entitlement, systemic, non-target obliviousness, and human rights as distinct concepts
• Shifted from experiencing non-target identity as one of “privilege” to one of “loss” as we recognize the costs of oppression to and as non-targets
• Deepened our understanding of LJIST’s core theory of social transformation and its application to ending racism 

VIEWING INFORMATION

You will have 30 days to watch this webinar from the date of purchase. 

Organizational viewing licenses are available for this and other LJIST webinars for up to 100 viewers and up to 500 viewers.

EXTENSIONS POLICY

Please note that if an unforeseen emergency affects your ability to watch the webinar within your viewing window, we may be able to grant you a one-time, one-week extension. Due to limited capacity, we are only able to honor one extension per webinar license. Please contact us at [email protected] with the details of your request.