[Libs-Or] Unpacking Discussion Issues a Challenge!

[Brittany Young]

Thank you for sharing this, Anna.  Not only the quote, but introducing
Bryan Stevenson to us. As a law librarian, I appreciate this doubly because
Bryan is a social justice lawyer!

On Wed, Mar 1, 2023 at 2:44 PM Anna Skinner via Libs-Or <
libs-or at omls.oregon.gov> wrote:

> Bryan Stevenson:
>
> "You can be very progressive, you can be very educated, and you can still
> be complicit in the kind of microaggression that takes place
> when you look at people through this lens of racial difference. So we all
> have a lot to learn. I don’t think that we should expect to make
> progress on these issues without bumping into one another, without making
> mistakes. We just have to have the humility and the patience
> and the courage to work through that. What I don’t think we should do is
> just retreat because we don’t know exactly where all the landmines are."
>
> Best,
> Anna
>
> On Wed, Mar 1, 2023 at 1:30 PM Unpacking Discussion Group via Libs-Or <
> libs-or at omls.oregon.gov> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Last month in Unpacking, we started working our way through the White
>> Supremacy Culture article by Tema Okun. We talked a lot about perfectionism
>> and a fear of failure. The vast majority of us (white folks) are scared to
>> venture into difficult discussions, especially about EDI, because we're
>> afraid of "messing up." *We challenge you to overcome that fear and join
>> us tomorrow. *We don't bite. In fact, we all leave feeling more
>> supported, informed, and reflective than when we came into the (virtual)
>> room. Realizing you've misstepped doesn't mean you are a bad person; it
>> means you are willing to push yourself and learn. That's a great thing!
>>
>> If you have any questions, please just let us know. You can sign up for
>> tomorrow's discussion and future updates on our website
>> <https://unpackingdiscussion.weebly.com/about--contact.html>.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> *The Unpacking Team*
>> unpackingdiscussion.weebly.com
>> unpackingdiscussion at gmail.com
>> Caitlin McMahan (she/her) Eugene Public Library
>> Taylor Worley (she/her) Eugene Public Library
>> Brittany Young (she/her) Lane County Law Library
>>
>> *Unpacking  <https://unpackingdiscussion.weebly.com/>*is a
>> discussion-based forum created to provide a space in which white and
>> white-identifying individuals can examine the realities of their white
>> privilege. Through conversation, we explore how to actively dismantle
>> systems which oppress Black, Indigenous, and People of Color and from which
>> all white and white-identifying individuals benefit. *Unpacking* is
>> designed for the communal education of white and white-identifying
>> individuals, but welcomes all people who would like to contribute to or
>> engage in this work. Additionally, though *Unpacking *is rooted in
>> conversations about race, we welcome a broad range of topics which can help
>> libraries and museums to become more diverse, equitable, inclusive, and
>> accessible.
>>
>> *Spring Season:*
>> Tema Okun's White Supremacy Culture article.
>> <https://www.whitesupremacyculture.info/uploads/4/3/5/7/43579015/okun_-_white_sup_culture_2020.pdf>
>>  *We're going to work through this together in real time, so there is no
>> expectation that you will have already read the article.* That being
>> said, if you would like to build yourself a more robust foundation, we
>> highly recommend reading the original article, exploring Okun's website
>> <https://www.whitesupremacyculture.info/>, and checking out their recent
>> update, "White Supremacy Culture: Still Here
>> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XR_7M_9qa64zZ00_JyFVTAjmjVU-uSz8/view>"
>> from May 2021.
>>
>>
>>
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Anna Skinner
> factwrangler at gmail.com
>


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*Brittany Young*

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