Unpacking Whiteness
A 7-Week Embodied Journey
What is whiteness? What is white privilege/white supremacy?
How can folks who identify as white see and dismantle their racism?
At this historic moment of uprising against the violence and injustice of systemic racism and white supremacy, how can our practice support waking up to and dismantling these systems both internally and externally? And how can our spiritual practice support white folks to courageously follow this inquiry without collapsing in shame, guilt, or defensiveness?
Racism is not only racial hatred and bigotry, it includes the vast array of visible and invisible systems that give advantages to people who are considered white while disadvantaging people of color.
For white identified folks, looking at racism it can be painful, provocative—and ultimately liberating.
This series is a introduction to whiteness and racism, with an emphasis on integrating the history and current context of systemic racism in the US with relational, emotion, and somatic practices to actually digest the material and allow ourselves to be transformed by it.
We are dedicated to creating an anti-racist culture of connectedness and solidarity among white identified folks, rather than one of judgment and shame.
The 7-week structure allows time to digest and inquire in a supportive but challenging environment.
This course is held via Zoom quarterly. To get an email notification when the next cohort is announced, please subscribe via the button below.
The curriculum of this series is designed primarily for people who identify as white to do the important work of waking up to racism in ourselves and the world– i.e. it is intended to be a white caucus space as one very small part of larger social justice movement spaces that are BIPOC led and centered. If any BIPOC folks are interested in joining (at no charge), please be in touch at the email below.
The next Unpacking Whiteness series will begin Thursday April 22nd, and go from 5 pm-7pm pacific time. The link for registration is here:
https://www.yogajubilee.com/unpacking-whiteness