Dismantling the Racism Machine: A Manual and Toolbox uses the metaphor of a machine to illustrate how systemic racism operates. The inner-workings of the Racism Machine perpetuate structural racism, from the criminal justice system to education to the media. The Racism Machine is devastatingly effective because it obscures these inner-workings of systemic racism by diverting attention towards myths it creates that encourage people to ignore systemic racism and believe instead that our society is post-racial. This manual will help readers shift their attention away from the distracting myths that the Racism Machine propagates and focus instead on the Machine's interlocking wheels and gears of systemic racism. While seeing the inner-workings of the Machine can be overwhelming at first, it can also provide two important things: hope and responsibility. This book's many examples of resistance to the will show that change is possible. Furthermore, if we did build this Machine, one that has caused so much damage, then we have the responsibility to take it apart.