Tapestry of Faith: Building the World We Dream About: An Anti-racism Multicultural Program

Leader Resource 1: Putting White on the Table

Read these sentences aloud in pairs, pausing briefly between the two items in each pair, and pausing again after each pair is read.

This is my best friend, Mandy

This is my best White friend, Mandy

 

I love green beans

I love green beans made by that White company, Dole Foods

 

I live in the neighborhood of Riverside

I live in the White neighborhood of Riverside

My husband is an engineer

My White husband is a White engineer

The Vice President of the United States

The White Vice President of the White United States

The clerk took my ticket at the gate

The White clerk took my ticket at the gate

My son married a lovely woman

My White son married a lovely White woman

I graduated top of my class

I graduated at the top of my White class