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  Islamophobia

  On August 25, 2010, Ahmed H. Sharif, a taxi driver in New York, was attacked with a knife and slashed on the neck and face by Michael Enright. The attack occurred immediately after he had replied yes to his young Read more...

  Issue: Racial Justice, Religion, Uprooting Racism 4th Edition

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  Jewish Male Violence

  AFTER I HAD WRITTEN Men’s Work, a book on male violence, and after I had worked with incest offenders and batterers and had even said that I am never surprised to learn that any man is a batterer or Read more...

  Issue: Gender Justice

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  Jewish People

  When I’m in a workshop on racism, and the facilitators tell everyone to break up into a white group and a people of color group, I immediately want to say, “Wait a minute. I’m not white.” There are many white Read more...

  Issue: Racial Justice, Religion, Uprooting Racism 4th Edition

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  Land and Housing

  Land is wealth. It is the foundation for housing, the source of food, the producer of wood, minerals, oil, gas and other resources, the location of industry. The history of racism in the United States can be traced to people’s Read more...

  Issue: Racial Justice, Uprooting Racism 4th Edition

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  Man to Man

  THE LETTER BELOW IS SOMETHING I wrote to address individual men in communities that I live, work and play in because we still, all too often, assume that “our” men have it together and are safe and non-abusive in their Read more...

  Issue: Gender Justice, Violence Prevention

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  Men’s Movements

  I ORIGINALLY WROTE THIS EPILOGUE 1 when the men’s movement (as it was labeled) was strong and visible and before the Promise Keepers had been organized. I have decided to leave the original section because it identifies some important questions Read more...

  Issue: Gender Justice

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  Men’s Work: To Stop Male Violence

  Adapted from Men’s Work: How To Stop the Violence  by Paul Kivel “WHY DO MEN BATTER WOMEN?” “Why do men rape women?” “Why do men stalk, harass, exploit and mistreat women?” To answer such questions we must first of all Read more...

  Issue: Gender Justice, Violence Prevention

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  Multicultural Competence

  IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE that everyone is not only present, but can also participate fully, we need to be what many people call “culturally competent.” Cultural competency is the ability to understand another culture well enough to be able Read more...

  Issue: Racial Justice, Religion, Uprooting Racism 4th Edition

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  Muslims and Anti-Muslim Oppression

  Adapted from Paul Kivel, Uprooting Racism, revised 4th edition, New Society, September 2017 On February 10, 2015 three young Muslims, Yusor Abu-Salha, her husband, Deah Barakat, and her sister Razan Abu-Salha were murdered by their white neighbor in Chapel Read more...

  Issue: Islamophobia

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  Myths and Facts about Violence

  THERE IS A COMMON PROCESS of public speaking and public education which relies on a technique I’ll call “myths and facts.” It is used in the rape crisis and domestic violence movements, which is the area I work in, so Read more...

  Issue: Violence Prevention

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