21-DAY EQUITY CHALLENGE
DAY 2
“White privilege is an absence of the consequences of racism. An absence of structural discrimination, an absence of your race being viewed as a problem first and foremost.”
Reni Eddo-Lodge
DEFINITION AND GENERAL CONCEPTS

RACIAL PRIVILEGE: Race-based advantages and preferential treatment based on skin color (often experienced without any conscious effort or awareness)
Undoing Racism by Design
(3 Minute Read)

Read this article to get an example of the different levels that racism operates historically and in the present day. It also discusses meaningful interventions.
Moving the Race Conversation Forward
(4:38) (Faster if you play at 1.5* playback speed!!!)

Founded in 1981, Race Forward brings systemic analysis and an innovative approach to complex race issues to help people take effective action toward racial equity. Race Forward publishes the daily news site Colorlines and presents Facing Race, the country’s largest multiracial conference on racial justice.
Anti-Racism Institute of the Southwest (ARTI)

ARTi believes that a shared analysis and understanding of racism, its history, and its institutional structure is essential to building and maintaining healthy communities
QUESTIONS?
For any questions about the challenge please reach out to Denise Nava of the Albuquerque Community Foundation or Hannah Royer of United Way of Central New Mexico.
If after reading this newsletter you felt that there are other co-workers, friends or family members you feel may benefit from the challenge, feel free to send them the link to sign up for the challenge found below!