John Nicholas Brown Center for Advanced Study
Systemic Racism and Resilience Project
The Systemic Racism and Resilience Project explains how systemic racism works in contemporary America to a wide and diverse public audience.
Systemic Racism and Resilience Project
The Systemic Racism and Resilience Project explains how systemic racism works in contemporary America to a wide and diverse public audience.
Conceptualized and directed by Brown University Professor Tricia Rose with support from the Mellon Foundation and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Systemic Racism and Resilience Project explains how systemic racism works in contemporary America to a wide and diverse public audience.
Way Outta No Way
Way Outta No Way is a dynamic web-based experience that blends a systems analysis of racism with compelling character-driven stories, supported by rigorous research. It demonstrates the power of Black life and culture to originate rich modes of human resistance and resilience.
By centering the lived experiences of an intergenerational African American family and their community, Way Outta No Way sensitively captures the dynamic tension at heart of the Systemic Racism and Resilience Project: the devastating loss, suffering and systemic barriers to human thriving that define “no way out”—and the enduring power of Black imagination, resilience and freedom-dreaming that insist on living and loving forward. A way out of no way.
The Way Outta No Way experience is enhanced by the Spirit Stays Free YouTube channel, companion guides and more. Please keep in touch with the latest updates by joining our mailing list. More information is also available via email: jnbc@brown.edu.
"The whole thing brought systemic racism to a much more emotional and personal level than I had previously experienced. It resonated very deeply and in new ways."
"When you're looking as a Black person [you think] 'that's my grandmother, that's my parents'... almost anybody looking at this website can think of a story in their family that [relates]."
"I love that the content is written for anyone to understand but doesn't over-simplify the topic."
Visitor Testimonials
Metaracism
Released to superior reviews, Metaracism: How Systemic Racism Works—And How We Break Free by Tricia Rose (Basic Books, 2024) reveals how systemic racism works by re-telling three case studies through a systems lens: the murders of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown, and the felony conviction of Kelley Williams-Bolar.
In addition to the book itself, Metaracism learning materials, suitable for book club and other discussion-based groups, include:
- Discussion guides and prompts for facilitators
- Prompts for participants/learners
- “For further learning” suggestions
"Metaracism" offers the clear-eyed analysis we urgently need.