The values we live and raise our families by are grounded, first, in love. Contrary to many of today's so-called family values, our values go beyond one or two loaded social issues to a wholehearted lifestyle of practicing compassion, hospitality, justice, peace, and belonging.Click each chapter to find the discussion questions:
This book articulates ten values that forward-thinking, openhearted people want to embody in their lives and pass on to their children. With practical ideas and thought-provoking questions, this book inspires families to live more intentionally, engage their communities, and make a difference in the world.
"If feminism can understand the patriarchy, it's imprt to question why so many feminists struggle to understand whiteness as a political structure in the very same way." — Reni Eddo-Lodge, Why I' No Longer Talking to White People about RaceDay 23: You and White Leaders
"If we don't challenge each other to use our platforms for better than our niches or what our quote-unquote brand is, what are we doing as influencers? If we can't activate our audiences at the times it's important or needed, then what do we have these platforms for?" — Luvvie AjayiDay 24: You and Your Friends
"There is no social-change fairy. There is only change made by the hands of individuals." — Winona LaDukeDay 25: You and Your Family
"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite." — Nelson MandelaDay 26: You and Your Values
"Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public." — Cornel WestDay 27: You and Losing Privilege
"Whitness is an advantage and privilege because you have made it so, not because the universe demands it." — Michael Eric Dyson, Tears We CAnnot Stop: A Sermon to White AmericaDay 28: You and Your Commitments
"The relevant question is not whether all Whites are racist but how we can move move White people from a position of active or passive racism to one of active antiracism." — Beverly Daniel Tatum, Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?Footnote — The overview blog post for this book is found at this link:
"Our humanity is worth a little discomfort, it's actually worth a lot of discomfort." — Ijeoma OluoDay 16: You and White Centering
"I have had reviews in the past that have accused me of not writing about white people ... as though our lives have no meaning and no depth without the white gaze. And I've spent my entire writing life trying to make sure that the white gaze was not the dominant one in any of my books." — Toni MorrisonDay 17: You and Tokenism
"The norm is white, apparently, in the view of people who see things in that way. For them, the only reason you would introduce a black charater is to introduce this kind of abnormality. Usually, it's because you're telling a story about racism or at least race." — Octavia ButlerDay 18: You and White Saviorism
"Funny. Slave masters thought they wer making a difference in black peple's lives too. Saving them from their 'wild African ways.' Same shit, different century. I wish people like them would stop thinking that people like me need saving." — Angie Thomas, The Hate U GiveDay 19: You and Optical Allyship
"Racism should never have happened and so you don't get a cookie for reducing it." — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, AmericanahDay 20: You and Being Called Out/Called In
"Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to error that counts." — Nikki GiovanniDay 21: Week 3 Review
"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better." — Maya AngelouFootnote — The overview blog post for this book is found at this link:
