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Carolyn L. Baker, Ed.D.
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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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....
Carolyn L. Baker
Jul 7, 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...
Carolyn L. Baker
Jul 2, 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...
Carolyn L. Baker
Jun 30, 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...
Carolyn L. Baker
Jun 29, 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...
Carolyn L. Baker
Jun 26, 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...
Carolyn L. Baker
Jun 25, 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...
Carolyn L. Baker
Jun 24, 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...
Carolyn L. Baker
Jun 23, 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...
Carolyn L. Baker
Jun 20, 2020
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