Racial Equity and Inclusion

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Non-Black People of Color & White People: Challenging Racism (Yours and Others')

  • Books to Read
    1. How To Be An Antiracist – Ibram X. Kendi
    2. So You Want to Talk About Race – Ijeoma Oluo
    3. Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis
    4. The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
    5. White Fragility – Robin DiAngelo
    6. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
    7. Just Mercy – Bryan Stevenson

 

Current and Historical Publications:

    1. History of Police Brutality in America
    2. The Case for Reparations
    3. 1619 Project
    4. A Guide for Sustaining Conversations on Racism, Identity, and our Mutual Reality by Steve Burghardt, Kalima DeSuze, Linda Lausell Bryant, & Mohan Vinjamuri

 

Films and Shows:

    1. 13th documentary (available on Netflix)
    2. American Son (available on Netflix)
    3.  The Hate U Give (Hulu)
    4. Fruitvale Station (available for rent on many platforms)
    5. Just Mercy (now available for free on many platforms)
    6. Selma (available for rent on many platforms
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  1. 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice; 
  2.  A Guide to Being an Ally
  3. 6 Things White People Can Do To Reach Friends and Family Members to End Racism)

Learn about what is happening in your community regarding dismantling anti-Black racism. Showing up for Racial Justice has many chapters around the country and tend to be predominantly white spaces where white people support other white people in becoming anti-racist.

Educating Children About Race

  1. Why All Parents Should Talk With Their Kids About Social Identity – National Public Radio
  2. How to Talk to Kids about Race and Racism – Parent Toolkit
  3. Talking Race With Young Children – National Public Radio [Podcast]
  4. Learning Race At Home: Why Colorblindness Just Isn’t Enough – Psychology Today
  5. Three Lessons from Zootopia to Discuss with Kids – Greater Good Magazine
  6. Moving Beyond Colorblind: White Parents Learning to Talk about Race – Washington Post
  7. The Consequences of Teaching Colorblindness to White Children – Washington Post
  1. Building Anti-Bias Early Childhood Programs: The Role of the Leader – National Association for the Education of Young Children
  2. How Can We Broach Hard Conversations With Kids, From Race To COVID-19? – National Public Radio
  3. Bias Isn’t Just A Police Problem, It’s A Preschool Problem – National Public Radio
  4. “What If All the Kids are White?” Multicultural/Anti-Bias Education with White Children – Teaching for Change
  5. Resources to start/build your antiracist education

Taking Action & Showing Solidarity

  1. 2020 BLM Resource Guide
  2. President Obama’s How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change and the report and toolkit developed by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and based on the work of the Task Force on 21st Century Policing
  1. Black Lives Matter
  2. Black Youth Project 100
  3. Color of Change
  4. Race Forward
  5. Communities United for Police Reform
  6. FAKEQUITY
  7. RaceBaitr
  8. Teaching Tolerance
  9. The Audre Lorde Project
  10. Colorlines
  11. Equal Justice Initiative (EJI)
  1. Reclaim the Block
  2. George Floyd Memorial Fund
  3. Minnesota Freedom Fund
  4. I Run with Maud – Justice for Ahmaud Arbery Fundraiser
  5. National Bailout Funds – Free Black Mamas
  6. Dream Defenders
  7. Black Visions
  8. MPD150 (People’s Project Evaluating Policing)
  9. Twin Cities Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee
  10. Northstar Health (Mutual Aid MN)
  11. Brooklyn Community Bailout
  12. Louisville Community Bail Fund

Credits: Our appreciations for The University of Chicago SSA Alumni Association and Princeton University’s Alumni ’14 for sharing the resources below.