Humanity Over Comfort
October 2021 | 160 pages | Corwin
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Increase your racial equity capacity for transformational change

The years 2020 - 2021 will be remembered for COVID-19 and racial injustice. COVID illuminated long-standing structural inequities. Increased media focus on police brutality helped fuel a protest movement that underscored the urgency of the moment. In schools, non-profits, and various business sectors, conversations about race and institutional racism are becoming increasingly common. However, most of these conversations are performative and do little to disrupt the status quo. The authors of Humanity Over Comfort aim to move beyond the transactional response of using only conversations to respond to structural inequalities. Alternatively, the authors advance tools that promote transformational change that eliminates the access and opportunity gaps for Black and Brown individuals. Written to cultivate awareness that increases racial equity capacity, this book will help readers

  • Understand historical context and the influence of racism in shaping reality
  • Engage in reflections that connect learning to personal experience 
  • Understand the Conscious Anti-Racist Engendering Framework (CARE), which draws from adult learning theory to build community in organizations
  • Leverage one’s span of control to implement practices that incrementally work to dismantle systems of oppressions
  • Direct their increased capacity towards dismantling racially predictable policies and practices

Transactional responses to racism perpetuate marginalizing narratives and outcomes and do little to support the humanity of a community, including White members. This book will guide readers towards transformational change to build a system that supports the restoration of our collective humanity.

Contents

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

About the Authors

How to Use This Book

How to Use This Book

Part I: Beginning the Journey - The Reflecting Space

  • Chapter 1: Race Matters Because Racism Does
  • Chapter 2: Building Community by Reimagining New Possibilities
  • Chapter 3: Confronting Blame by Reframing Accountability

Part II: Leaning Into the Learning - The Making Meaning Space

  • Chapter 4: Power and Influence
  • Chapter 5: Invisibility and Other Barriers to Engaging in the Work of Anti-Racism and Structural Transformation

Part III: Curating Transformation - The Doing Space

  • Chapter 6: Creating Space for Productive Struggle
  • Chapter 7: Application of Equity Lens for System Change
  • Chapter 8: Building to Transformation Through Collective Application
  • Chapter 9: Final Thoughts

References

References

Index

Index

Description

Increase your racial equity capacity for transformational change

The years 2020 - 2021 will be remembered for COVID-19 and racial injustice. COVID illuminated long-standing structural inequities. Increased media focus on police brutality helped fuel a protest movement that underscored the urgency of the moment. In schools, non-profits, and various business sectors, conversations about race and institutional racism are becoming increasingly common. However, most of these conversations are performative and do little to disrupt the status quo. The authors of Humanity Over Comfort aim to move beyond the transactional response of using only conversations to respond to structural inequalities. Alternatively, the authors advance tools that promote transformational change that eliminates the access and opportunity gaps for Black and Brown individuals. Written to cultivate awareness that increases racial equity capacity, this book will help readers

  • Understand historical context and the influence of racism in shaping reality
  • Engage in reflections that connect learning to personal experience 
  • Understand the Conscious Anti-Racist Engendering Framework (CARE), which draws from adult learning theory to build community in organizations
  • Leverage one’s span of control to implement practices that incrementally work to dismantle systems of oppressions
  • Direct their increased capacity towards dismantling racially predictable policies and practices

Transactional responses to racism perpetuate marginalizing narratives and outcomes and do little to support the humanity of a community, including White members. This book will guide readers towards transformational change to build a system that supports the restoration of our collective humanity.

Contents

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

About the Authors

How to Use This Book

How to Use This Book

Part I: Beginning the Journey - The Reflecting Space

  • Chapter 1: Race Matters Because Racism Does
  • Chapter 2: Building Community by Reimagining New Possibilities
  • Chapter 3: Confronting Blame by Reframing Accountability

Part II: Leaning Into the Learning - The Making Meaning Space

  • Chapter 4: Power and Influence
  • Chapter 5: Invisibility and Other Barriers to Engaging in the Work of Anti-Racism and Structural Transformation

Part III: Curating Transformation - The Doing Space

  • Chapter 6: Creating Space for Productive Struggle
  • Chapter 7: Application of Equity Lens for System Change
  • Chapter 8: Building to Transformation Through Collective Application
  • Chapter 9: Final Thoughts

References

References

Index

Index

October 2021 | 160 pages | Corwin

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Paperback 01/02/2026 9781071847916 $37.95
Lifetime 01/02/2026 9781071847930 $35.00

Increase your racial equity capacity for transformational change

The years 2020 - 2021 will be remembered for COVID-19 and racial injustice. COVID illuminated long-standing structural inequities. Increased media focus on police brutality helped fuel a protest movement that underscored the urgency of the moment. In schools, non-profits, and various business sectors, conversations about race and institutional racism are becoming increasingly common. However, most of these conversations are performative and do little to disrupt the status quo. The authors of Humanity Over Comfort aim to move beyond the transactional response of using only conversations to respond to structural inequalities. Alternatively, the authors advance tools that promote transformational change that eliminates the access and opportunity gaps for Black and Brown individuals. Written to cultivate awareness that increases racial equity capacity, this book will help readers

  • Understand historical context and the influence of racism in shaping reality
  • Engage in reflections that connect learning to personal experience 
  • Understand the Conscious Anti-Racist Engendering Framework (CARE), which draws from adult learning theory to build community in organizations
  • Leverage one’s span of control to implement practices that incrementally work to dismantle systems of oppressions
  • Direct their increased capacity towards dismantling racially predictable policies and practices

Transactional responses to racism perpetuate marginalizing narratives and outcomes and do little to support the humanity of a community, including White members. This book will guide readers towards transformational change to build a system that supports the restoration of our collective humanity.


Table Of Contents:

  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Authors
  • How to Use This Book
  • Part I: Beginning the Journey - The Reflecting Space
  • Chapter 1: Race Matters Because Racism Does
  • Chapter 2: Building Community by Reimagining New Possibilities
  • Chapter 3: Confronting Blame by Reframing Accountability
  • Part II: Leaning Into the Learning - The Making Meaning Space
  • Chapter 4: Power and Influence
  • Chapter 5: Invisibility and Other Barriers to Engaging in the Work of Anti-Racism and Structural Transformation
  • Part III: Curating Transformation - The Doing Space
  • Chapter 6: Creating Space for Productive Struggle
  • Chapter 7: Application of Equity Lens for System Change
  • Chapter 8: Building to Transformation Through Collective Application
  • Chapter 9: Final Thoughts
  • References
  • Index

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