Very good book, very important learnings for white anti-racism. Uses a lot of academic concepts and terminology but still fairly accessible and not too dense. Some of my takeaways:
1. Don’t “other” other white people (including “white trash” as well as slaveowning ancestors). That’s just a way of cutting off parts of your self. Stay in dialogue with them and be able to accept that they are human beings even while challenging the wrongs they are doing. Be honest and critical.
2. Be deliberate in raising race-conscious (not color-blind) children
3. White guilt and shame are problematic as motivators for change, as they tend to make ppl shut down, get small, or go into “fury of humiliation.” Instead we should develop critical self-love.