The Genesis of Race and Racism in the New World

Our in-depth exploration of the origins of race and racism, and class and classism, going back over 500 years.

Keryl McCord sitting on a stage in front of an audience, giving a presentation. On the large screen behind her is a slide titled ‘Genesis of Race and Racism in the New World,’ featuring a historic painting of settlers traveling across a landscape with covered wagons and trains. Keryl, who has light gray hair, is seated with a microphone, and the audience is seated in rows of chairs, attentively watching the presentation. The setting appears to be a lecture hall or theater, and the overall atmosphere is academic and educational, focusing on historical themes related to race and racism.

“The creation of whiteness, and anti-blackness, is a story 571 years and counting.”

Keryl McCord

Headshot of Keryl McCord, a woman with medium brown skin and short, curly gray hair. She is shown from the chest up, wearing tortoiseshell glasses, a dark turtleneck, and dangling earrings. The expression on her face is calm and poised, with a neutral gray background that highlights her professional appearance.

“I am an immigrant who became a U.S. Citizen and a Catholic white female married to an Asian who has biracial children. I have been trying to understand racism in America. It is the first time everything makes sense to me. Thank you!”

Headshot of Keryl McCord

Dismantling Racism Learning Lab Participant

“The Genesis of Race and Racism in the New World,” by founder and CEO Keryl McCord, is how we launch every Dismantling Racism Learning Lab. In this eye-opening one-hour presentation, Keryl retraces the origins of the racism that continues to harm all of us to this day.

Together, we uncover the parts of history that have been whitewashed and erased, and we start the conversation around how to co-create a 21st century that works not just for those who are assigned whiteness, but for everyone.

As Keryl says, because the ideology of race “is a lie that has been imposed and enforced upon us by humans, it can be undone then by humans.”

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