Robin Alpern Racism

Robin Mallison Alpern is a white cis-gender woman raised in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). She works with anti-racism organizations in her home community and among Quakers. Her anti-racist vision and practice have been informed by a multitude of mentors and leaders, both white and of color.
Robin was a founding member in 2003, and is still active with, European American Quakers Working to End Racism. She works closely with New York Yearly Meeting’s Black Concerns Committee, Task Group on Racism, and Indian Affairs Committee.
As Director of Training at the Center for the Study of White American Culture (CSWAC), Robin co-designed and co-leads a series of workshops on What White People Can Do About Racism. She has co-presented workshops at the annual White Privilege Conference and has been a guest speaker at anti-racist events and podcasts. She created and co-leads a 7-week course on white women and anti-racism.
Robin has raised four anti-racist white children who teach her every day how to make the world a better place to live.
Resources for Robin Alpern’s November 13, 2022 program What’s Racism Got to Do with Me?
Website
The Center for the Study of White American Culture
Books
• The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee
• Lifting the White Veil: A Look at White American Culture by Jeff Hitchcock
• Living In The Tension: The Quest for a Spiritualized Racial Justice by Shelly Tochluk
• Becoming an Anti-Racist Church: Journeying toward Wholeness by Joseph Barndt
• Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship: Quakers, African Americans, and the Myth of Racial Justice by Donna McDaniel and Vanessa Julye
Articles
• Study: Covid’s racial disparities made some white people less vigilant about the virus
• How voter suppression laws hurt White people
• Dr. King Said Segregation Harms Us All. Environmental Research Shows He Was Right. [NYT article, may have paywall]
• Racism Impoverishes the Whole Economy
• 10 ways white supremacy wounds white people: A tale of mutuality
• Slavery in the Quaker World, Friends Journal
Videos
• “The Sum of Us” & The True Cost of Racism
• Racism has a cost for everyone
• The Price of Whiteness, Robin Alpern