Challenging racism - exploring whiteness

Black Lives Matter and Aboriginal Lives Matter movements are not once-off events relegated to 2020. Fighting and resisting white supremacy is not a new experience for people of colour – it is a daily reality in a world that demands all to revolve around whiteness. Without individual and collective activism there are limits to social justice practices and community building.

In this work, we invite you to join us, to talk about race – your race, your racialised practices and systemic racism.

Caucusing is one way to create speaking spaces; to respectfully and rigorously explore and challenge racisms in our every day. Caucusing provides a context for a political, structured, robust and respectful collective exploration of race, whiteness, power and privilege. We will have people of colour and white people caucuses. Caucuses are dialogue processes convened along identity-based lines – specifically on racial lines.

People of colour require a space that is not under the gaze of white people to talk about their experiences politically, personally and freely. White people have an obligation to explore whiteness and its impact on themselves; personally, politically and professionally in this white-centric racist world.

We want to be clear: caucusing is not group therapy. This type of work should challenge ourselves and our world view, especially in relation to others.