We tend to see white supremacists as a separate breed from the rest of us. The fact is that all people, no matter their racial identity, internalize forms of white supremacy. This workshop explores the process of that internalization and how its presence in our brains finds a wide variety of harmful manifestations, from implicit bias and micro-aggressions to hate crimes and racial terrorism. By using a mindfulness approach, we will explore the way racism causes trauma and how to interrupt racism in ourselves and in the racially charged interactions we encounter. The goal of the workshop is to move from harm to healing in our racial lives.

To be presented at the Northwest Public Employees Diversity Conference