Racial Justice Resources

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Take a Knee in Solidarity

Join our virtual action in support of racial justice. We take a knee to pray, to propose marriage, to pause in reflection, to embrace a small child, to pay respect, to grieve, to humble ourselves. We can follow the example of those all over the country, from peaceful protesters to celebrities to figures in law enforcement, who are taking a knee.
View the solidarity gallery

Activities

  1. White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack – Peggy McIntosh
  2. Racial Bias Test – this will help you understand what your biases are for yourself
  3. University of Southern California’s Diversity Toolkit: A Guide to Discussing Identity, Power, and Privilege
  4. 89 Racial Equity Resources for Healthcare, Education, and Communities:
  5. The day after Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, a teacher named Jane Elliott designed what became known as the Blue Eyes – Brown Eyes exercise. Elliott demonstrated how quickly people fall into patterns of privilege and preference.

Articles

  1. Walking While Black – Garnette Cadogan
  2. The Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism – Audre Lorde
  3. When Feminism Is White Supremacy in Heels – Rachel Elizabeth Cargle
  4. Racial Justice & Equity chart– Midwest Academy

Books

  1. Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? – by Beverly Daniel Tatum
  2. I’m Still Here – Austin Channing Brown
  3. Whistling Vivaldi – Claude M Steele
  4. Me and White Supremacy – Layla F Saad
  5. So You Want to Talk About Race – Ijeoma Oluo
  6. Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race – Reni Eddo-Lodge
  7. The Fire This Time – Jesmyn Ward
  8. Between the World and Me – Ta-Nehisi Coates
  9. White Fragility – Robin Diangelo, PhD

Podcasts

  1. ‘Whistling Vivaldi’ And Beating Stereotypes – National Public Radio
  2. Well-Meaning White People – Smartest Person in the Room with Laura Tremaine
  3. A Decade Of Watching Black People Die – Code Switch from National Public Radio
  4. How to Be an Antiracist – Brené Brown with Ibram X. Kendi
  5. Black Voices in Health Care – The Nocturnists

Videos

  1. 13th (Ava DuVernay documentary)
  2. Interview about I’m Still Here
  3. Interview about White Awake
  4. White Fragility  – short video summarizing the book by Robin DiAngelo
  5. Bloomberg and The Legacy of Stop-and-Frisk – Between the Scenes | The Daily Show
  6. How We Can Win (David Jones)
  7. Reimagining Policing in the Wake of Continued Police Violence (My Brother’s Keeper virtual townhall)
  8. Mental Health and Wellness in a Racism Pandemic
  9. White Privilege – Kyla Lacey
  10. How Racism Makes Us Sick – David R. William, Ted Talk’s TedMed