Deconstructing Racism: A Path toward Lasting Change Major Barbara Crain

Barbara Crain Major and Joseph Barndt bring ninety combined years of experience as community organizers, teachers, and anti-racism trainers in community and church settings to this book. The authors propose that the deconstruction of racism must take place through the reconstruction of these systems and institutions.The authors seek to unmask the complexities of racism and the invisible patterns that keep it in place. In Deconstructing Racism, they propose the deconstruction of racism's roots within systems and institutions that have been created, both structurally and legally, to serve white people.

In order to do this, they identify and address race-based identity, history, and cultural issues rooted in current systems.Three chapters specifically address societal systems and There is no quick fix, but they believe racism can be deconstructed and undone.