Issues
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The Ally Pledge
Please send comments, feedback, resources, and suggestions for distribution to paul@paulkivel.com. Further resources are available at www.paulkivel.com. All articles may be quoted, adapted, or reprinted only for noncommercial purposes and with an attribution to Paul Kivel, www.paulkivel.com. Creative Commons Attribution Read more... -
The Benefit of Being White
I FIND IT A CONSTANT EFFORT TO NOTICE that people of color don’t share many of the economic and other benefits I enjoy from being white. This exercise helps white people understand how racism works in our favor, and on Read more... -
The Benefits of Being Male
AS A PERSON WHO IDENTIFIES AS “MALE,” was socialized as a male, and is assumed by others to be male, I don’t often realize the benefits or privileges I enjoy that women, transgender, and transsexual people don’t share with me. Read more...Issue: Gender JusticeRead More -
The Costs of Racism to White People
We tend to think of racism as a problem for people of color and something we should be concerned about for their sake. It is true racism is devastating to them, and if we believe in equity and justice for Read more... -
The Culture of Power
IF YOU ARE A WOMAN and you have ever walked into a men’s meeting, or a person of color and have walked into a white organization, or a child who walked into the principal’s office, or a Jew or Muslim Read more... -
The Economic System and Class
By Paul Kivel Adapted from You Call This a Democracy? (2004) A class is a segment of society that, through its shared economic position and cultural values, participates in common social, political, and economic interests and specific forms of access Read more...Issue: Economic JusticeRead More -
Projects
The Free Child Project
The FreeChild Project advocates, informs, and celebrates social change led by and with young people around the world, especially those who have been historically denied the right to participate. The organization facilitates trainings and workshops, and offers an excellent online Read more...Issue: Young PeopleRead More -
The Iconocast: Joanna Shenk’s interview with Paul Kivel
From their website: “The Iconocast is a collective project of a handful of radical practitioners, separated by thousands of miles, each exploring the way of Jesus in the Empire. Usually, episodes follow an interview format. We don’t always interview Christians Read more...Issue: ReligionRead More -
The Impact on the Rest of Us of Having a Ruling Class
By Paul Kivel Adapted from You Call This a Democracy? (2004) When I began to think about writing about the economy, it was from an abstract understanding of the economic system, and a general awareness of the tremendous inequalities in Read more...Issue: Economic JusticeRead More -
The Myth of a Post-Racial America
“Recent Elections Reaffirm Racial and Ethnic Politics” Jeff Schechtman interviews Paul Kivel for Who. What. Why Photo credit: Johnny Silvercloud / Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) Ten years ago people actually talked about Americans living in a post-racial society. Not only Read more...