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S5 Racism Awareness Saturday Workshop

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Racism Awareness Saturday Workshop

What is this Workshop all about?
Useful resources for Racism Awareness
The Student Spot
S5 Programme

Resources Addition Form
Contributions to this page

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Welcome to the S5 Racism Awareness Workshop web page. This page is designed to provide useful resources relating to topics covered in S5 with WEMTC. If you have found useful resources or have questions you would like ask, please do contribute.

What is this Workshop all about?

This Workshop will examine institutional racism in the Church and the racism within each of us before exploring ways in which we can combat racism. It is designed to alert students to the nature and history of racism, its prevalence in Britain and its presence in the churches. A brief biblical and theological critique of racism will be offered with some ways of challenging racism in the Church and society. There will be work on the implicit racism and prejudice within ourselves and experiential learning about marginalisation. As a result this saturday workshop will be slightly longer than others. Click here for:

Useful resources for S5

Indicative Books

Anwar M Race and Politics London Tavistock Publications 1986
Leech K Struggle in Babylon: Racism in the Cities and Churches of Britain Sheldon 1988
Patel R Equal Partners? Theological Training and Racial Justice London CCBI 1992

See our Racism Awareness Booklists for further books.
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S5 Racism Awareness Web Resources

You may find the following web sites helpful for reflecting on the Racism Awareness. Material on the net has no quality control making tutors very wary - and rightly so! Nevertheless there is a growing amount of first class work on line particularly coming from Religious Studies Departments of good Universities. Treat with care and you'll find it very useful.

The Internet is not 100% reliable and documents move, disappear and change their names. If you find a link does not work, try again in an hour, a day, or a week. But do feel free to email us to report a link doesn't work. Don't forget to tell us the name of the link!

Racism Awarenesses
I am at present researching relevant websites. See the general religion links as a starting point for your own searching

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The Student Spot

This spot is for contributions from those who are doing or have done S5. It needs your contributions - books that have been helpful, questions you would like answered, adverts for things related to the module etc. Content is monitored by the webmaster with reference to the tutors and class reps if necessary. Click here to submit something for the page.

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A sample S5 Workshop Programme

Please note that programmes are constantly being revised and the actual content of your Workshop may look rather different.

9:30 Stereotyping, Values and Assumptions
10:30 Coffee Break
10:45 Discrimination
12:00 Ideology and Racism
1:00 Lunch
1:30 Instituitional Racism
3:00 Strategies for Change

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Contribution to this Page

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The Full Module Description for S5 Racism Awareness

Code and title

S5 Racism Awareness Saturday Workshop

Tutor

Core staff and guest speakers

Brief description

This Workshop will examine institutional racism in the Church and the racism within each of us before exploring ways in which we can combat racism.

Status

Contributes to F101 Ministerial Formation

Type

Standard

Prerequisites

Nil

Content summary

This weekend will cover:

Racism - what and where is it
A brief history of racism in the UK and the church
A biblical and theological critique of racism
Ways of challenging racism in the Church and society.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the day students should:

a) Knowledge and Understanding

Be able to define racism
Be aware of the history of racism
Understand formative events in race relationships within the UK particularly as they impact upon the Church (e.g. the Church's response to the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry)

b) Skills

Have identified racist elements in their own attitudes and behaviour - and in those of their churches.
Be equipped with resources for affirming Black people in the churches and challenging racism within them

Assessment

Nil

Indicative resources

Anwar M Race and Politics London Tavistock Publications 1986
Leech K Struggle in Babylon: Racism in the Cities and Churches of Britain Sheldon 1988
Patel R Equal Partners? Theological Training and Racial Justice London CCBI 1992

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