How is shame like vampires?Why is it so difficult to hear information about ourselves that doesn't fit with what I believe to be true?How should we receive race related criticism?We shouldn't manage our white guilt and shame with BIPOC.Shame can derail our work if we do not allow it to be aired so it can dissipate and be gone.Reading ResourcesTa-Nehisi Coates’ article, The Case for ReparationsVan Jones’ article, “Black People ‘Loot’ Food..White People ‘Find’ Food”BooksThe New Jim Crow, Michelle AlexanderCaught, Marie GottschalkBetween the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi CoatesWhite Fragility, Robin DiAngeloMe and White Supremacy, by Layla F. SaadUprooting Racism, How White People Can Work for Racial Justice, Paul KivelShelly Tochluk, Witnessing WhitenessRace and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race, Derald Wing SueSo You Want to Talk About Race Ijeoma OluoWhere to give money or time:NAACPSouthern Poverty Law CenterDream DefendersBlack Youth Project 100National Bail Fund