ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the many ways that white people can work together to support their racial identity development and help each other see how white supremacy may be operating. Growing this self-awareness and racial consciousness is at the root of all the authors do as antiracist educators because without it, even with the best intentions and the best curriculum, they can still cause harm. The white teacher and white students discuss the films as an intellectual exercise while the one Black student experiences, in real time, racial stress and trauma. When more white people can notice and name racially problematic moments or practices, it takes some of the burden off People of Color to bring issues forward. There is also a common misconception that white antiracist groups are a form of navel gazing—the excessive and indulgent self-focus on us at the expense of seeing the bigger picture.
