"The commodification of Otherness has been so successful because it is offered as a new delight, more intense, more satisfying than normal ways of doing and feeling. Within commodity culture, ethnicity becomes spice, seasoning that can liven up the dull dish that is mainstream white culture." bell hooks

"They love our bodies, but they don't love us." #BlackWomensLivesMatter #SayHerName

• Rachel Dolezal and the Trouble with White Womanhood by Jessie Daniels. Racism Review, June 12, 2015.

• There is no comparison between transgender people and Rachel Dolezal by Meredith Talusan. The Guardian, June 12, 2015.

• Black womanhood under attack... a wild week by Shay Stewart-Bouley. Black Girl in Maine, June 13, 2015.

• Rachel Dolezal a lesson in how racism works by Michael P. Jeffries. Boston Globe, June 13, 2015.

• An open letter: Why co-opting transracial Rachel Dolezal is problematic by Kimberly McKee, Ph.D., et al. Angry Asian Man, June 16, 2015.

• Black Like Who? Rachel Dolezal's Harmful Masquerade by Tamara Winfrey Harris. New York Times, June 16, 2015.

• Rachel Dolezal Case Leaves a Campus Bewildered and Some Scholars Disgusted by Stacy Patton. Chronicle of Higher Education, June 17, 2015.

• We Don't Need White People Pretending to be Black, We Need Freedom Fighters Ending White Supremacy by Chris Crass. Good Men Project, June 17, 2015.

• What is Whiteness? by Nell Irvin Painter. New York Times Sunday Review, June 20, 2015.

"#Charlestonsyllabus is more than a list. It is a community of people committed to critical thinking, truth telling and social transformation."- Chad Williams

The Charleston Syllabus was conceived by Chad Williams, a Brandeis University professor, in response to the events in South Carolina on June 17, 2015. It mirrors the Ferguson Syllabus created last summer. The syllabus is continually expanded upon on Twitter under the hashtag #charlestonsyllabus. It contains "a list of readings that provide valuable information about the history of racial violence in this country and contextualize the history of race relations in South Carolina and the United States in general. They also offer insights on race, racial identities, global white supremacy and black resistance." More at http://aaihs.org/resources/charlestonsyllabus/ 

Who was David Walker? Most people haven't heard of him, but his name should be as familiar as those of Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass and other icons of the anti-slavery struggle.

Community Change, Inc. is proud to play host to The David Walker Memorial Project, which aims to celebrate and elevate David Walker (c.1797-1830), a leader of Boston's Black community and a hugely influential force in the the abolitionist movement. Find out more here: http://www.davidwalkermemorial.org/