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Privilege and Race

Read more about the article What I Learned: How Diversity Benefits Privileged People Like Me | Princeton Alumni Weekly

What I Learned: How Diversity Benefits Privileged People Like Me | Princeton Alumni Weekly

  • Post published:March 6, 2019
  • Post category:Privilege and Race
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

I was recently asked to write a piece for the Princeton Alumni Weekly. In it, I share a bit about my experience as an undergraduate at Princeton, what I learned…

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Read more about the article The Problem with “Noblesse Oblige”

The Problem with “Noblesse Oblige”

  • Post published:February 20, 2019
  • Post category:Privilege and Race
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

After George H.W. Bush died, we heard a lot about how he modeled the idea of “noblesse oblige.” It’s a French term that translates as “nobility obligates.” In other words,…

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Read more about the article Invitation to Discuss White Picket Fences

Invitation to Discuss White Picket Fences

  • Post published:February 11, 2019
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

I have put together several discussion guides that I hope and pray will help you to gather people together and equip you for a great conversation about the themes and…

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Guest Post: Cara Meredith – Author of Color of Life

  • Post published:February 8, 2019
  • Post category:Guest Post/Privilege and Race
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

Cara Meredith’s new book, The Color of Life, is a memoir about race, justice, and love. I so appreciated Cara’s story—her marriage to James Meredith, a black man who came…

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Read more about the article White Picket Fences Discussion Guides Are Here!

White Picket Fences Discussion Guides Are Here!

  • Post published:February 1, 2019
  • Post category:Books/Privilege and Race
  • Post comments:4 Comments
  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

“Are you going to tell me I have to sell my house?” “How should I respond when people tell me I am a burden to society?” “The word privilege doesn’t…

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Guest Post: Brian Allain – Why I Started Publishing in Color

  • Post published:January 25, 2019
  • Post category:Guest Post/Privilege and Race
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

Many people are troubled by the social divisions in our nation, and many people want ways to respond to these divisions. I’ve written about the need for holistic and lifelong…

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Can My Little Efforts Make Any Difference in an Angry and Divided World?

  • Post published:January 18, 2019
  • Post category:Current Events/Privilege and Race
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

January brings with it the promise of change: all those New Year’s resolutions and 365 days to implement plans and hopes and dreams of a better future. Three weeks in,…

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Read more about the article Five Memoirs to Read Alongside White Picket Fences

Five Memoirs to Read Alongside White Picket Fences

  • Post published:January 10, 2019
  • Post category:Books/Faith/Privilege and Race
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

Last night, Natasha Sistrunk Robinson, author of A Sojourner’s Truth: Choosing Freedom and Courage in a Divided World, and I read passages from our respective memoirs side by side at…

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Read more about the article A Note on the Terms in White Picket Fences

A Note on the Terms in White Picket Fences

  • Post published:November 26, 2018
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

White Picket Fences addresses the topic of privilege, giving particular attention to race, class, and disability. I chose to use the term “African American” most of the time within these…

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Read more about the article Hope for Healing: Engaging with the Problem of Privilege

Hope for Healing: Engaging with the Problem of Privilege

  • Post published:November 14, 2018
  • Post category:Books/Privilege and Race
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

Hope for Healing When I started to really engage with the problem of privilege, I wanted to figure out how to fix it. I studied the issues by reading books…

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