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The inner work of racial justice : healing ourselves and transforming our communities through mindfulness
2019
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An essential mindfulness-based approach to increase our mental and emotional capacity to heal from injustices done against us

Law professor and mindfulness practitioner Rhonda Magee shows that the work of racial justice begins with ourselves. When conflict and division are everyday realities, our instincts tell us to close ranks, to find the safety of our own tribe, and to blame others. The practice of mindfulness--paying attention to our thoughts, feelings, and physical sensations in an open, nonjudgmental way--increases our emotional resilience, giving us the space to become less reactive and to choose how we respond to injustice.

For victims of injustice, mindfulness calms our fears and helps us to exercise self-compassion. Magee shows us how to slow down and reflect on microaggressions--to hold them with some objectivity and distance--rather than bury unpleasant experiences so they have a cumulative effect over time. She helps us develop the capacity to address the fears and anxieties that would otherwise lead us to re-create patterns of separation and division.

It is only by healing from the injustices done against us and dissolving our personal barriers to connection that we develop the ability to view others with compassion and to live in community with people of vastly different backgrounds and viewpoints. Incorporating mindfulness exercises, research, and Magee's hard-won insights, The Inner Work of Racial Justice offers a road map to a more peaceful world.
Table of Contents
Foreword    Jon Kabat-Zinnp. ix
Introductionp. 1
Part 1Groundingp. 9
Chapter 1Pausing and Reckoningp. 11
Chapter 2Sitting with Compassionate Racial Awarenessp. 19
Chapter 3Honoring and Rememberingp. 30
Chapter 4Mindfulness Practice as ColorInsight Practicep. 49
Chapter 5True Inheritancep. 55
Part 2Seeingp. 63
Chapter 6Looking at the Reality of Racismp. 65
Chapter 7Deepening Insight Through Compassionp. 74
Chapter 8Seeing Implicit Biasp. 94
Chapter 9RAINing Racism: Recognizing, Accepting, and Investigating Racism with Non-Identificationp. 103
Chapter 10Developing Mindful Racial Literacy amid Complexityp. 116
Chapter 11Making the Invisible Visible Through Mindfulnessp. 127
Part 3Beingp. 139
Chapter 12Mindful Social Connectionp. 141
Chapter 13Personal Justicep. 157
Chapter 14Entering a Room Full of People (and Elephants), and Leaving a Communityp. 163
Chapter 15From Identity-Safety to Braveryp. 174
Chapter 16Particularity as the Doorway to Empathy and Common Humanityp. 189
Part 4Doingp. 201
Chapter 17"Fuck!" and Other Mindful Communicationsp. 203
Chapter 18Deconstructing Whiteness and Racep. 216
Chapter 19Color-Blind Racism and Its Consequencesp. 229
Chapter 20The Wolf in the Water: Working with Strong Emotion in Real Timep. 250
Chapter 21In Living Color: Walking the Walk of Mindful Racial Justicep. 265
Part 5Liberatingp. 285
Chapter 22Walking Each Other Homep. 287
Chapter 23That Everything May Heal Usp. 295
Chapter 24Hearts Without Borders: Deep Interpersonal Mindfulnessp. 305
Chapter 25Stepping into Freedomp. 326
Acknowledgmentsp. 335
Notesp. 339
Indexp. 347
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