MEDIA
SELECTED INTERVIEWS
THE TAKING OFF THE MASK PODCAST
What Whiteness Takes Away From White People
David Dean and Ashanti Branch discuss whiteness, masculinity, and what it means to "take off your mask."
THE SHIFT NETWORK
An Interview at the 2023 Ancestral Healing Summit
David shares a framework for anti-racist ancestral recovery for Euro-descendant people.
AMERICAN HUMANIST ASSOCIATION
A Virtual Fireside Chat with AHA
David Dean and Jasmine Banks discuss a model of anti-racism that prioritizes coalition building and class struggle.
FRACTAL FRIENDS PODCAST
Understanding Our Shared Liberation
David Dean and Duncan Autrey talk about a solidarity-based approach to organizing and finding one's "roots deeper than whiteness."
FUTURE PRIMITIVE PODCAST
David speaks on the connections between white supremacy and capitalism and how to show white folks their stake in cross-racial organizing for social change.
THE RE-ROOTED PODCAST
An Interview hosted by Francesca Maximé on the Be Here Now Network
David Dean and Eleanor Hancock discuss their upcoming online course.
SELECTED WRITING
WHITE AWAKE
Remembering who we are for the well-being of all
When we understand this story, we can more easily divest ourselves of the dysfunctional role we have been groomed to play, and join with people of color in the creation of a life sustaining society.
BOOK CHAPTER IN LISTENING TO THE MOVEMENT
Bringing a Racial Justice Lens to the Restorative Justice Movement
How we can use the power of restorative processes to cultivate racial justice.
NASPA MEN & MASCULINITIES KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITY
Healing Men and Restoring Community
Reflections on a collegiate project for men's transformation.
WHITE AWAKE
Healing the Dominant Group, Breaking the Cycle of Violence
What kinds of healing might we need to confront the systems of exploitation our ancestors put in place?
SELECTED TOWARD SOLIDARITY ESSAYS
The banner photo above, taken by Jack Rottier, is from the 1968 Poor People's Campaign, Martin Luther King Jr.'s final cause that sought to unite the multiracial working class to stand against the interlocking evils of poverty, racism, and militarism.
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