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Table of Contents: Almost Hereditary

Table of Contents

 INTRODUCTION

PART I
MY FAMILY HISTORY AND ROOTS OF MY RACISM

 1. THE ROOTS OF MY FAMILY’S RACISM

1. Slavery

2. The Civil War

3. Reconstruction and the Years After the Civil War

2. THE JIM CROW ERA AND MY FAMILY

3. MY MOTHER’S LEGACY

4. IN MY FATHER’S SHADOW

5. MY BROTHERS AND ME

PART II
PERSONAL GROWTH AND JOURNEY OUT OF RACISM

6. A LIFE-CHANGING FRIENDSHIP

7. WAKING UP TO MY OWN RACISM

8. SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCES ALONG THE WAY

9. MY SPIRITUAL JOURNEY INTO GREATER AWARENESS

PART III
UNDERSTANDING AND HEALING PREJUDICES

10. SOME CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF RACISM AND OTHER FORMS OF PREJUDICE

1. Learned Prejudice

2. Generalizing from Negative Experiences

3. Perceiving Others as “Different” Leading to Feelings of Fear and Separation

4. Low Self-Esteem in Both Targets and Perpetrators of Prejudice

5. Judging Faults We Perceive in Others That are Unconscious Within Ourselves

6. Stereotyping

7. Scapegoating

8. Lack of Awareness of One’s Racism That May Cause Unintentional Harm

11. HEALING RACISM AND PREJUDICE IN OURSELVES

1. Broadening Our Understanding through Education and Life Experiences

2. Some Steps to Overcome Prejudice and Develop Compassion

Meditation: Loving Kindness (Metta) Meditation

Meditation: Giving and Receiving (Tonglen) Meditation

3. Becoming Aware of and Examining Our Judgments and Stories about Others

4. Overcoming Self-Righteousness

5. Developing Self-Awareness

6. Accepting Ourselves

7. Overcoming Separateness by Seeing Our Sameness

Exercise: Just Like Me

Exercise: Without a Story

8. Honoring Diversity

9. Understanding and Accepting Unintentional Racist Behavior

10. Love

12. HEALING RACISM AND PREJUDICE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND THE WORLD

1. Reducing Our Prejudices by Connecting with People Different from Ourselves

2. Becoming Aware of White Privilege

3. Breaking Down Barriers Between Ourselves and Those Whose Beliefs and Actions we Oppose

4. Acting Effectively Against Prejudice and Discrimination

5. Examining Our Motives

6. Addressing Prejudice in Educational Settings

7. Not Overlooking the Trees for the Forest

PART IV
THE JOURNEY CONTINUES

13. THE JOURNEY CONTINUES

EPILOGUE

MISSISSIPPI REVISITED

APPENDICES

Appendix 1: Article: The Campaign to Discredit Martin Luther King

Appendix 2: Article: Martin Luther King: The Ideal vs The Reality

Appendix 3: A Philosophy of Social Action

Appendix 4: Some Thoughts for Young People About  Pursuing Social Justice and Overcoming Prejudice

Appendix 5: Questions for Class Discussions, Book Clubs, or Individual Reflection

Appendix 6: Family Genealogy

Appendix 7: Slaves Named in Nancy Robinson’s Account Book

Acknowledgements

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX


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