The Results of An Open Mind
My Guest Column in the Los Angeles Free Press July 2020: An open mind is said by some to be a virtue that corrects errors in judgment....
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Carolyn L. Baker, M.Ed.
Award-winning author of
An Unintentional Accomplice:
A Personal Perspective on White Responsibility
and the upcoming
DISPATCHES, From Racial Divide to a Road of Repair,
A Collection of Essays
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Carolyn L. Baker
- Jul 2, 2020
What Does it Mean to "Defund the Police", Anyway?
Law enforcement is a difficult job. Among my family members is a police officer, a deputy sheriff, and a California Highway Patrol...
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Carolyn L. Baker
- Jun 30, 2020
A Counter-Cultural Idea for Peace and Justice
My Guest Column in The Los Angeles Free Press July, 2020 August, 1970. I was a white high schooler in my even-whiter southern California...
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Carolyn L. Baker
- Jun 29, 2020
"I'm not a racist!"
Here’s a phrase I hear from many of my white friends. “I’m not a racist.” Of course you’re not a racist – you’re not burning crosses on...
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Carolyn L. Baker
- Jun 26, 2020
Women's Strike 1970
Women’s Strike 1970: A Unique Perspective by Carolyn L. Baker, M.Ed. Guest Writer, Los Angeles Free Press. It was fifty years ago this...
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Carolyn L. Baker
- Jun 25, 2020
The Divide Between White Women and Black Women
Through the process of finalizing Chapter 5: Womanism of An Unintentional Accomplice I had the opportunity for frank conversations with...
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Carolyn L. Baker
- Jun 24, 2020
What Does it Mean to Be White in America?
For a while now I’ve been recommending white people to read books written by black authors. As a companion to this, I highly recommend...
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Carolyn L. Baker
- Jun 23, 2020
Inclusivity Checklist
A question I am often asked is “What does it mean to ‘do the work’ of inclusivity?” In An Unintentional Accomplice: A Personal...
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Carolyn L. Baker
- Jun 20, 2020
Teaching the Tulsa Race Massacre
I attended grade school and middle school in segregated southern California in the 1950s and 1960s. The history of Tulsa Race Massacre in...
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