Racial Justice Book Discussion

Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 7:00PM
Virtual

Join us for a book discussion on Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race by Dr. Derald Wing Sue.


Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence debunks the most pervasive myths about talking about race using evidence, easy-to-understand examples, and practical tools.

This book discussion is a program of The Temple’s commitment to racial justice. Ongoing programming and initiatives seek ways in which The Temple can, as a sacred congregation and in collaboration with the Reform movement, address the issues of race, racism both within the Jewish community and more broadly in the wider community, locally and nationally.


About Dr. Derald Wing Sue

Born in Portland, Ore., Dr. Derald Wing Sue is the son of parents who emigrated from China. Early childhood memories of being teased due to his ethnicity lead to his fascination with human behavior. His deep interest and passion led him to becoming one of the most prominent voices in cross cultural studies. With over 150 publications under his belt he is the most cited Multicultural Scholar today.

He received a bachelor’s degree from Oregon State University, and a PhD in counseling psychology from the University of Oregon. The Civil Rights Movement sparked an interest in him and was the foundation for his interest in multicultural studies. Sue, along with his brother, and fellow psychologist, Dr. Stanley Sue wanted to emphasize the importance of understanding the culture of Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders, making sure that they too received attention and accurate mental health services. In 1972, Sue co-founded the Asian American Psychological Association (AAPA) with his brother Stanley Sue. Both brothers felt there was a need for others to understand the experience of Asian-Americans and this was the beginning.

Currently, Sue is a professor of psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University. Aside from his interests in multicultural counseling and diversity training he is the recipient of countless awards and honors such as The Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues with the Mentoring and Leadership Award. He held numerous positions throughout the APA, including president of Division 45, Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race. Sue has written several books, including Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation, Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice, and Overcoming Our Racism: The Journey to Liberation.

Wednesday, February 16, 2022, 7:00PM
Virtual

Join us for a discussion of the book Black Power, Jewish Politics by Marc Dollinger.

We’ll look at the relationship between the Jewish community and Black community to support the Temple’s Racial Justice Taskforce’s relationship building efforts between our own congregation and various community groups.

Dollinger argues that so much of what we think about the fracturing of the alliance between Blacks and Jews during the civil rights era is based on myth. In an NPR interview from 2018, Dollinger states that uncovering the real story can teach all Americans a lot about privilege, historical memory, and the way we construct our own stories.

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The book cover of Black Power, Jewish PoliticsMarc Dollinger charts the transformation of American Jewish political culture from the Cold War liberal consensus of the early postwar years to the rise and influence of Black Power–inspired ethnic nationalism. He shows how, in a period best known for the rise of black antisemitism and the breakdown of the black-Jewish alliance, black nationalists enabled Jewish activists to devise a new Judeo-centered political agenda―including the emancipation of Soviet Jews, the rise of Jewish day schools, the revitalization of worship services with gender-inclusive liturgy, and the birth of a new form of American Zionism. Undermining widely held beliefs about the black-Jewish alliance, Dollinger describes a new political consensus, based on identity politics, that drew blacks and Jews together and altered the course of American liberalism.