A Common Sense Approach To Racism And Other Exclusivities - Softcover

Tillman, Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1418435074 ISBN 13: 9781418435073

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2004

Synopsis

This book, A Common Sense Approach to Racism and Other Exclusivities, will encourage peoples of all cultures to step outside their culturally defined boxes, remove their cultural blinders, and understand the evil nature and function of their social systems. The Tillman philosophy asserts that every culture has conditioned its people to accept its values, or exclusivities, as their "idol gods." The culturally conditioned dependence upon these "idol gods" has developed into what the Tilimans call the Exclusivity Syndrome. The Exclusivity Syndrome is that "insecurity" in humankind that makes each person feel that in order to "be somebody," he must have somebody beneath him. Power leaders have manipulated this syndrome in their people. Nationalism, classism, sexism, racism, tribalism, regionalism, denominationalism, ageism, culturalism, and other "-isms" are used as tools to keep humans boxed in, separate from, suspicious of, and hostile towards other human beings. The "sin of exclusivity" is universal. Mary Tillman examines the nature of culture in general and then focuses on American culture. The Tiliman philosophy posits White racism as a collective mental illness which causes continuous racism in America, The Tilimans' concept was first published in the Minnesota Journal of Education (1965.)

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About the Author

Mary Norman Tillman has worked unceasingly for the eradication of racism and other exclusivities. She received her Masters degree in urban studies at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia. In 1962 Tillman pioneered a successful campaign through the National Textbook Publishers' Institute that was responsible for the first depiction of multi-racial pictures in textbooks in American schools. She was an Adjunct Professor of Church and Society at Gordon/Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts. Tillman, as special consultant to the Baptist Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, conducted racism seminars for administrators, clergy, and lay leaders throughout the United States. She also led numerous workshops for corporations, colleges, and universities. Tillman is the co-author of numerous articles and books.

Edition details

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1418435074
• ISBN 13: 9781418435073
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 148