Mind the Color Gap: Race in North America and Antiracist Organizing
Channel: redemmasvideo
Date: 2012-06-09

Workshop presented at the Mobilizing and Organizing From Below Conference in Baltimore, MD, June 1-3, 2012.  For more coverage, go to http://indyreader.org/mobconf.

White supremacy has historically been and continues to be one of the structural violences impeding the progress of liberatory movements. Anarchism's engagement with the racial order has been a mixed bag and thus more work is necessary along this front. This workshop will consist of a brief history of race in North America, an analysis of the structure of white supremacy, and then strategies for antiracist organizing. It is dedicated to the memory of Joel Olson.

Kotu Bajaj is a straight-edge vegan sociologist and one of the founders of the All Power to the Imagination! conference at the New College of Florida. He enjoys all things science fiction and cuddling with his toy poodle, Chanelly Belly aka princess angel cupcake.

James Birmingham is a four-field anthropologist and one of the founders of the All Power to the Imagination! conference at the New College of Florida. He enjoys cooking and split custody of a greyhound named Finnegan.