1. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America

2. “Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether." Abraham Lincoln

3. “We now as a people desires to be elevated, and we desires to do all we can to be educated, and we hope our friends will aid us all they can. I may state to all our friends and to all our enemies that we has a right to the land where we are located. Why? I’ll tell you. Our wives, our children, our husbands, has been sold over and over again to purchase the lands we now locates upon. For that reason we have a divine right to the land.” Bailey Wyatt

4. Embracing Racial Equity
Kimberlee Archie
Equity & Inclusion Director
City of Asheville

5. “The truth will set you free…
…but first it will piss you off!”

6. Onramps to Embracing Racial Equity
Learn the truth

7. Onramps to Embracing Racial Equity
2. Expand your worldview

8. 3. Use your advantage, privilege and power for good
Onramps to Embracing Racial Equity
3. Use your advantage, privilege and power for good

9. Resources
Books
White Fragility; Why it’s so Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin Diangelo
So you Want to Talk about Race by Ijeoma Oluo
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Media
Scene on Radio podcast, Seeing White series, 2017
Race the Power of an Illusion
Cracking the Codes
Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible
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