Words and their multiple uses reflect the tremendous diversity that characterizes our society. Indeed, universally agreed upon language on issues relating to racism is nonexistent. We discovered that even the most frequently used words in any discussion on race can easily cause confusion, which leads to controversy and hostility. It is essential to achieve some degree of shared understanding, particularly when using the most common terms. In this way, the quality of dialogue and discourse on race can be enhanced.
| Making a Strategic Plan After Experiencing Racism in the Workplace | This workbook by Yejin Lee is for anyone who needs to create a strategic plan against racism in the workplace. |
| Take Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument | Take this assessment tool and discover which of the five conflict modes you might be using too much or too little… or just right |
| Resources for Accountability and Actions for Black Lives | Living compilation of resources for direct action in relation to BLM |
| Where you should (and shouldn't) donate | Updated list of agencies by need |
| Places that need (and don't need) donations | Updated list of places in need of donations, full on donations, and a brief caution page about ineffective organizations |
| Petitions To Sign | List of petitions to sign and instructions/guides for international activists |
| "Rochester Black Agenda Group Declaration (Sign-on): ""Racism is a Public Health Crisis"" May 19, 2020" | Sign on letter for Black Agenda of Greater Rochester declaration |
| Racial Equity Tools | Racial Equity Tools is designed to support individuals and groups working to achieve racial equity. This site offers tools, research, tips, curricula and ideas for people who want to increase their own understanding and to help those working toward justice at every level – in systems, organizations, communities and the culture at large. |
| The Dunning-Kruger Effect | The Dunning-Kruger effect is a type of cognitive bias in which people believe that they are smarter and more capable than they really are. Essentially, low ability people do not possess the skills needed to recognize their own incompetence. The combination of poor self-awareness and low cognitive ability leads them to overestimate their own capabilities. The term lends a scientific name and explanation to a problem that many people immediately recognize—that fools are blind to their own foolishness. As Charles Darwin wrote in his book The Descent of Man, "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." |
| What it Takes to be Racially Literate | Priya Vulchi and Winona Guo pair the personal stories they've collected with research and statistics to reveal two fundamental gaps in our racial literacy -- and how we can overcome them. |
| How to Recognize Your White Privilege - and Use it to Fight Inequality | Scholar and activist Peggy McIntosh explains what led her to recognize her privilege — and how it can be used by those with power to ensure a fairer life for others. |
| A Short Reader on Police, Protests, Racism, and Riots | CUNY Struggle, a collective of students and teachers document reviewing history and circumstances of BLM |
| Keeping up anti-racist momentum after the news cycle | Ways to ensure anti-racism persists as part of your active daily practice |
| Essential reading for anti-racism work | Anti-racism book list |
| Here are ways non-black people can socially transition into a longterm movement | Insta guide on maintaining momentum |
| Participatory Defense | A community organizing model for people facing charges, their families, and communities. Links to networks across the US, including El Grito in Brooklyn |
| Practicing Anti-Racism in Social Work | What is anti-racism? Social Work License Map breaks it down. |
| El Grito | El Grito > "Respond to the Call." Grassroots, community organizing and more. Has a know your rights initiaitve Police reform – cop watch, policy work, rebuilding for resilience, cultural heritage. Located in Brooklyn, Latinx/materials, website etc in Spanish |
Dismantling White Supremacy in Social Work Education: We Build the Road by Walking, Charla Yearwood, Rosemary A. Barbera, Amy K. Fisher, Carol Hostetter
Kneading, Needing, and Eating Black Bodies: The History of Social Work and Its Concern for Black Citizenship in the United States, Fabienne Snowden, Willie Tolliver, Amanda McPherson
Political Advocacy Without a Choice: Highlighting African American Political Social Workers, Donisha Shepherd, Suzanne Pritzker
Honoring Our Ancestors: Using Reconciliatory Pedagogy to Dismantle White Supremacy, Jennifer McCleary, Estelle Simard
The Whitewashing of Social Work History: How Dismantling Racism in Social Work Education Begins With an Equitable History of the Profession, Kelechi C. Wright, Kortney Angela Carr, Becci A. Akkin
Gray Clouds Over Ivory Towers: Struggles Facing Black, First Generation Social Work Research Doctoral Students, Dashawna J. Fussell-Ware
Interrupting White Supremacy in Field Education: Experiences of Microaggressions in Placement Settings, Anita Gooding, Gita R. Mehrotra
The Cost of Being Black in Social Work Practicum, Nia Johnson, Paul Archibald, Anthony Estreet, Amanda Morgan
Experiences With Imposter Syndrome and Authenticity at Research-Intensive Schools of Social Work: A Case Study on Black Female Faculty, LaShawnda N. Fields, Renee M. Cunningham-Williams
Dismantling Privilege and White Supremacy in Social Work Education, Taniko King-Jordan, Karina Gil
How Racism Against BIPOC Women Faculty Operates in Social Work Academia, Sameena Azhar, Kendra P. DeLoach McCutcheon
The Politics of Resistance From Within: Dismantling White Supremacy in Social Work Classrooms, Patrina Duhaney, Yahya El-Lahib
Next Wave of Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome Survivors: Black Women Resisters in Academia, Selena T. Rodgers
Disrupting the Pedagogy of Hypocrisy: How Do We Move Beyond Teaching Students How to Survive White Supremacy?, Erin Hipple, Lauren E. Reid, Shanna Williams, Judelysse Gomez, Clare Peyton, Jack Wolcott
The Stories We Tell: Examining the Persistence and Impacts of Normative-Whiteness and White Supremacy Within Social Work Education, Danté Bryant, Karen M. Kolivoski
Faculty as a Barrier to Dismantling Racism in Social Work Education, Ebony N. Perez
Social Work Educators as White Allies? An Integrative Literature Review, Michael Massey, Kynai Johnson
Wrestling the Elephant: Teaching as a Racialized Body in the Social Work Classroom, Carolyn Mak, Mandeep Kaur Mucina, Renée Nichole Ferguson
Wringing Out the “Whitewash”: Confronting the Hegemonic Epistemologies of Social Work Canons (Disrupting the Reproduction of White Normative), Anna Ortega-Williams, Denise McLane-Davison
Abolishing Whiteness: Preparing MSW Social Work Students for Anti-Racist Practice, Michele D. Hanna, Heather Arnold-Renicker, Barbara Garza
Toward a Historically Accountable Critical Whiteness Curriculum for Social Work, Joshua R. Gregory
Confronting Historical White Supremacy in Social Work Education and Practice: A Way Forward, Zoila Del-Villar
De-Centering Whiteness Through Revisualizing Theory in Social Work Education, Practice, and Scholarship, Chandra Crudup, Chris Fike, Claire McLoone
“Theory’s Cool, But Theory With No Practice Ain’t Shit…”Critical Theories and Frameworks to Dismantle Racism in Social Work Education and Practice, Dale Dagar Maglalang, Smitha Rao
The Intrepid Elective: Transforming Potential for Consciousness to Action in and With Social Work Education, Alexis Jemal, Jenna Frasier
Interracial Team Teaching in Social Work Education: A Pedagogical Approach to Dismantling White Supremacy, Luis O. Curiel
Using a Transdiagnostic Perspective to Disrupt White Supremacist Applications of the DSM, Michael R. Riquino, Van L. Nguyen, Sarah E. Reese, Jen Molloy
Assessing Antiracism as a Learning Outcome in Social Work Education: A Systematic Review, Phillipe Copeland, Abigail Ross
“Not the Time For Kumbaya”: An Exploratory Study of Race-Based Caucusing in the Social Work Classroom, Anjali Fulambarker Buehler, Christine Rogerson, Melinda Gushwa
Decentering Whiteness in Social Work Curriculum: An Autoethnographic Reflection on a Racial Justice Practice Course, Stephanie Odera, M. Alex Wagaman, Ashley Staton, Aaron Kemmerer
Deepening the Learning: Intersectional Experiential Activities to Address White Supremacy, Elizabeth King Keenan, Shuei Kozu, Hunter Mayhew, Evelyn Saiter-Meyers, Caliyah Meggett, Paige Reynolds
We Are What We Read: Assessing Bias in the Implicit Curriculum of a Social Work Program, Emily Tillotson, Susan Smith, Cheris Brewer Current
Anti-Racism Working Group: Exploring the Results of an Interdisciplinary Partnership at a Large Public University, Anaïs Bailly, Benjamin P. Brumley, Megan A. Mraz, Benjamin S. Morgan, Gwenelle Styles O'Neal, Brie Radis, Susan R. Wysor Nguema, Colleen Keeler, Mia Ocean, Erin N. Spencer
Moving From Multiculturalism to Critical Race Theory Within a School of Social Work: Dismantling White Supremacy as an Organizing Strategy, Saanà A. Polk, Nicole Vazquez, Mimi E. Kim, Yolanda R. Green
Finding Shelter in the Storm: Undoing Racism in a Predominantly White School of Social Work, Ann T. Riley, Kirby Bewley, Renea L. Butler-King , Lisa G. Byers , Christina R. Miller, Jennifer E. Dell, Charlotte J. Kendrick
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Lessons Learned Dismantling White Supremacy in a School of Social Work, Rocío Calvo, Samuel Bradley
Social Work Education in the Shadow of Confederate Statues and the Specter of White Supremacy, Travis Albritton, Charity S. Watkins, Allison De Marco, JP Przewoznik, Andrew Heil
Uprooting (Our) Whiteness, William R. Frey, Noelia Mann, Alex Boling, Parker Jordan, Karma N. Lowe, Susan S. Witte
Is There A Place For Us? Social Workers of Color As Outside Agitators Within the Profession, Michael Rangel
Social Work in the Shadow of Death: Divesting From Anti-Blackness and Social Control, Rae Rosario Stevenson, Joan M. Blakey
The Obligation of White Women: Dismantling White Supremacy Culture in Social Work Education, Sara Plummer, Jandel Crutchfield, Desiree Stepteau-Watson
‘The Mirage of Action’: Exploring the Social Work Professions’ Perpetuation of White Supremacy Through ‘Well-Intentioned’ Actions, Jemel P. Aguilar, Elisabeth Counselman-Carpenter
The Woke Disrupter: A Call to Action, Jessica Donohue-Dioh, Jacqueline Wilson, Stephani-Nicole Leota
| Understanding Respectability Politics | Respectability narratives are representations of marginalized individuals meant to depict them as sharing similar traits, values, and morals that align with the dominant group’s definition of “respectability.” |
| The Bias of 'Professionalism' Standards | Professionalism has become coded language for white favoritism in workplace practices that more often than not privilege the values of white and Western employees and leave behind people of color. |
| The Most Racist People Are Also the Most Likely to Underestimate Their Racism | New research finds that the famous Dunning-Kruger Effect extends to the way we think about our own racism and sexism. |
| If Corporations Really Want to Address Racial Inequality, Here Are 9 Things That Actually Make a Difference | Here are 9 things every corporate leader can do to improve Black lives. |
| Understanding My Privilege | University Chancellor, Susan E. Borrego, reflects on her life as an emancipated minor and dissects the emotionally charged conversation surrounding race relations in the United States |
| I Am Not Your Asian Stereotype | Canwen Xu shares her Asian-American story of breaking stereotypes, reaffirming stereotypes, and driving competently on her way to buy rice |
| The Urgency of Intersectionality | Kimberlé Crenshaw uses the term "intersectionality" to describe the reality of race and gender bias -- and understand how the two can combine to create even more harm. |
| The power of privilege: Tiffany Jana at TEDxRVAWomen | Tiffany Jana, founder of TMI Consulting, the world's first Diversity and Inclusion Certified Benefit Corporation |
| White Privilege | Video focusing on the academic article written by Peggy McIntosh in 1988 |
| Your favorite music exists because of black people | Lists of books broken down my music genre, addressing the origins of the genre |
| Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources | Living document of resources for personal anti-racism growth broken down by Helms stages |
| What to say when people deny the reality of what's happening right now | Possible responses to several common dismissive phrases |
| How to respond to racial gaslighting | Possible responses for defensive comments when their passive racism is confronted |
| Building a habit of activism | A week long incentive for direct-action (day by day guide) |
| Anti-Racist Alliance | The ANTIRACISTALLIANCE is a movement for racial equity. We are an organizing collective of human service practitioners and educators whose vision is to bring a clear and deliberate anti-racist structural power analysis to social service education and practice. |
| The 1619 Project | The 1619 Project is an ongoing initiative from The New York Times Magazine that began in August 2019, the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of our national narrative. |
| Who Gets to Be Afraid in America? | An article about Black folks experiences moving through white communities and the changed needed to disrupt the current prejudice and violence. |
| "The Social Construction of Whiteness: Racism by Intent, Racism by Consequence" | Discusses the role of whiteness and sustaining socialized privilege |
| Decolonize Social Work Podcast | A podcast about social work, oppression, and liberation. Episode 7 in particular is about police violence against Black people. |
| The New Social Worker: Achieving Racial Equity Through Social Work | Series of articles representing an alliance of thousands of antiracist social workers, connected to a national effort to undo structural racism. |
| Academics for Black Survival and Wellness: Anti-Racist Resources : Anti-Racist Resources | Living list of anti-racism resources organized by media type |
| Glossary by RaceEquityTools.org | Glossary of racism terminology |
| The Psychology of American Racism | "American racism is alive and well. In this essay, we amass a large body of classic and contemporary research across multiple areas of psychology (e.g., cognitive, developmental, social), as well as the broader social sciences (e.g., sociology, communication studies, public policy), and humanities (e.g., critical race studies, history, philosophy), to outline seven factors that contribute to American racism: (a) Categories, which organize people into distinct groups by promoting essentialist and normative reasoning; (b) Factions, which trigger ingroup loyalty and intergroup competition and threat; (c) Segregation, which hardens racist perceptions, preferences, and beliefs through the denial of intergroup contact; (d) Hierarchy, which emboldens people to think, feel, and behave in racist ways; (e) Power, which legislates racism on both micro and macro levels; (f) Media, which legitimize overrepresented and idealized representations of White Americans while marginalizing and minimizing people of color; and (g) Passivism, such that overlooking or denying the existence of racism obscures this reality, encouraging others to do the same and allowing racism to fester and persist. We argue that these and other factors support American racism, and we conclude with suggestions for future research, particularly in the domain of identifying ways to promote antiracism." |
| Federal policy has failed to protect Indigenous women | Lawmakers in the nation’s capital have an opportunity to fix a longstanding problem with the landmark legislation to prevent domestic violence: its failure to protect Indigenous women. |
| Why People of Color Need Spaces Without White People | Valuing and protecting spaces for people of color (PoC) is not just a kind thing that white people can do to help us feel better; supporting these spaces is crucial to the resistance of oppression. This article by Kelsey Blackwell was written in service of helping to clarify confusion about the value of PoC spaces. |
| Talking to Young Children About Race and Racism | Here are tips and resources to help you have a meaningful conversation with young children about race, racism, and being anti-racist. |
| Talking to Children About Racial Bias | Strategies for parents on how to talk to their children about racial bias and more. |
| Your Age-by-Age Guide to Talking About Race | Find out what children understand about racial differences and how to talk to them about it in our age-by-age guide. |
| These Books Can Help You Explain Racism and Protest to Your Kids | New York Times' complete list of books about race for children. |
| 10 tips for teaching and talking to kids about race | Designed to help parents of all backgrounds talk to and guide their children about race early and often by lifting up age-appropriate activities that can be incorporated easily into your daily life. |
| Superintendent Fennoy Addresses Killing of George Floyd and Reality of Racism in Society | Superintendent Fennoy of Palm Beach, FL addresses the killing of George Floyd and the reality of racism in society during the June 3, 2020 board meeting |
| Start with Equity: 14 Priorities to Dismantle Systemic Racism in Early Care and Education | The Children’s Equity Project published a new report outlining 14 critical priorities and actionable policies that federal and state policymakers can immediately and concretely utilize to advance equity in the early care and education system. |
| NYU Faculty Initiative - Evolving Justice | Established by Dr. James, Evolving Justice (EJ) is an educational initiative for social workers, advocates, and concerned people that aims to build community; co-create brave space; and facilitate various dialogue(s) towards the emancipatory exploration of JUSTICE in theory and action. EJ further believes that central to the aim of JUSTICE is a reimagination of humanity in which no one is their worst action, disposable, or denied an opportunity to fully actualize! |
| White Academia: Do Better. | White supremacy in academia and higher education |
| "How to Survive the End of the World: A Podcast from the Brown Sisters" | Podcast focusing on the lived experiences of two black sisters and their skill learning |
| Free Yale Course: African American History--From Emancipation to the Present | Free full course from Yale University, examining the African American experience in the United States from 1863 to the present. |
| Rethinking Social Work's Interpretation of ‘Environmental Justice’: From Local to Global | This article challenges social workers to expand their understanding of the ‘person-in- environment’ perspective and become more active in addressing current environmental crises. |
| NY Renews | NY Renews is a coalition of over 200 environmental, justice, faith, labor, and community groups, and the force behind the nation’s most progressive climate law. We fight for good jobs and climate justice, and we’re not finished yet. |
| Toxic Wastes and Race In The United States | A national report on the racial and socio-economic characteristics of communities with hazardous waste sites |
| Greening the ghetto | Majora Carter | In an emotionally charged talk, MacArthur-winning activist Majora Carter details her fight for environmental justice in the South Bronx -- and shows how minority neighborhood suffer most from flawed urban policy. |
| Environmental Racism and Air Pollution | Throughout the US, and the entire world, exists a multifaceted issue that poses a threat for not just individuals, families, or communities, but every form of life, and systems in which they are apart of. |
| From Banks and Tanks To Cooperation and Caring | Just Transition is a framework for a fair shift to an economy that is ecologically sustainable, equitable and just for all its members. A |
| CURRICULAR GUIDE for ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE | The purpose of this guide is to provide social work educators content, information, and strategies for educating students about environmental justice issues. |
| Albany South End Air Quality Study Results and Next Steps | The study was the result of a dialogue with the community since 2017 to address the air quality in the South End and the impacts of train and truck traffic on the environmental justice area. |
| Character based lending for micro business development empirical insights into conceptualizing character | Character-based lending (CBL) is a model that considers the appli- cant’s character over one’s financial conditions to increase the borrowing opportunities for populations with low asset and low credit. |
| Autistic People of Color Fund | The Fund for Community Reparations for Autistic People of Color’s Interdependence, Survival, and Empowerment practices redistributive justice and mutual aid by returning and sharing money directly to and with autistic people of color. We provide microgrants to Black, Brown, Native, Asian, and mixed-race people in the autistic community for survival, organizing, leisure, and pleasure. We are committed to the principles of Disability Justice, including leadership by those most impacted, intersectionality, anti-capitalist politic, cross-movement solidarity, interdependence, collective access, and collective liberation. Our work is grounded in commitment to ending extractive economies and building and sustaining generative economies. |
| Black Doctor Dies of Covid-19 After Complaining of Racist Treatment | After Dr. Moore, 52, complained about her treatment, she received care that she said “adequately treated” her pain. She was eventually sent home, and on Sunday, just more than two weeks after posting the video, Dr. Moore died of complications from Covid-19, said her son, Henry Muhammed. |
| https://www.iamdoctord.com/ | Dr. D is on a mission to help close the gap on healthcare disparities and advocate for increased diversity in providers. |
| Resources to Improve Diversity in Healthcare | A listing of resources such as scholarships and fellowships designed to improve diversity in healthcare. |
| How Being Black in America Is Bad for Your Health | Poor African-Americans have worse health outcomes than whites, but disparities also exist for blacks who earn six figures, research suggests. |
| Pandemic, Protests Cause Racism to Resonate as a Public Health Issue | Communities are recognizing a connection between racism and health, but experts say that’s just the first step. |
| Border Babies — Medical Ethics and Human Rights in Immigrant Detention Centers | More needs to be done to promote transparency and accountability in detention and medical care for asylum seekers and immigrants at the U.S.–Mexican border, and medical professional organizations should be leaders in halting unethical practices that harm detainees. |
| Covid’s Color Line — Infectious Disease, Inequity, and Racial Justice | COVID-19 sheds lights on inequities in health, health care access, and quality of care. |
| Do No Harm Podcast | Do No Harm is a podcast series which provides context and encourages learning about anti-Black racism in health care. |
| Racism Is a Public Health Crisis, Say Cities and Counties | An article that explores racism as a public health issue. |
| How I’m Prioritizing Black Joy in Our Fight for Justice | These are some of the people and things that bring writer Devyn Beswick joy, from a month-long walking meditation to vegan chef Tabitha Brown. |
| Study: Albany one of worst cities in U.S. for racial, economic inclusion | Albany high in disparities in education, homeownership and income compared with other cities. |
| 15 Classroom Resources for Discussing Racism, Policing, and Protest | The toolkit links to other organizations' resources on supporting black students' mental and emotional health, discussing the Black Lives Matter movement, and talking about anti-black racism with non-black students. And it encourages teachers to educate themselves on racism in the U.S. before broaching these topics with students. |
| Who Is Looking Out for the Mental Health of Black America? | Discusses the impact of media presentations on black individuals |
| Racism and mental Health | People of color and all those whose lives have been marginalized by those in power experience life differently from those whose lives have not been devalued. They experience overt racism and bigotry far too often, which leads to a mental health burden that is deeper than what others may face. Racism is a mental health issue because racism causes trauma. And trauma paints a direct line to mental illnesses, which need to be taken seriously. Past trauma is prominently mentioned as the reason that people experience serious mental health conditions today. But obvious forms of racism and bigotry are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to racial trauma. |
| Facing Discrimination for Age, Sex, or Race Can Put Your Mental Health at Risk | A new study looked into the health effects of discrimination and found that young adults who are repeatedly exposed to discrimination face a higher risk of mental health and behavioral issues. Approximately 93 percent of study participants disclosed that they experienced interpersonal discrimination at some point, most commonly due to age, physical appearance, sex, and race. Most mental health conditions appear by age 24, which makes the transition period before adulthood a valuable window that can significantly impact people’s short- and long-term health outcomes. |
| Helping White Clients Explore Racial Identity and Internalized Biases in Therapy | Article for therapists to help their clients self-questionin and realize internalized biases. |
| BIPOC Therapists: Empowering the Community through Education and Awareness | This analysis of Psychology Today's extensive therapist directory determined in what parts of the country there is a scarcity of BIPOC therapists relative to the size of the BIPOC community. The following ethnicities are evaluated: Black and African American, Hispanic and Latino, Asian, and Native American. |
| "Color-Blind Racial Attitudes Among Social Work Students: Exploration of Individual and Social Network Correlates" | Explores racial attitudes among social work students and identify personal and social network correlates of such attitudes. |
| Resources for MSWs to Unlearn Implicit Bias | A resource page for MSWs to engage in unlearning implicit biases |
| "COPS AND NO COUNSELORS How the Lack of School Mental Health Staff Is Harming Students" | Report demonstrating how millions of students are in schools with law enforcement but no support staff |
| SWCares: Social Work Coalition for Anti-Racist Educators | Organization whose mission is to dismantle white supremacy in social work education. |
| What Is Liberty? Addressing Undeserved Suffering in Health Care | For America to be truly free, there must be liberation for our most vulnerable and recog- nition of their humanity — even in medicine. |
| COVID-19 - Racial Equity & Social Justice Resources | COVID-19 Racial Equity & Social Justice list includes information that we hope will help communities and activists as they work to understand and respond to the moment and for the long haul. Our COVID-19. Resources are arranged in categories to help you sift through the material. |
| Ten Equity Implications of the COVID-19 Outbreak in the United States | Implications and advocacy recommendations based on the overlap of COVID-19 and racial inequities in the United States. |
| BirthNet | Works to continue the discussion, build connections, and begin address the huge disparities in birth outcomes in Albany and the Capital Region of NY. |
| Why America’s Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis | A closer look at the disparities in death rates of black mothers during pregnancy in America |
| Mayor Keller announces new Albuquerque Community Safety Department | A new proposal from the City of Albuquerque could make for a major shift in who responds to mental illness and other public health calls. |
| "Abolish the police? But how would we stay safe?" | Explaining police abolition as a process |
| If not police, then who? | Portland Street Response: Responses from community members on who should be first responders instead of police |
| Why do cops over police black neighborhoods? | Breakdown of how decades-old housing discrimination policies like redlining have contributed to cops over-policing Black and brown neighborhoods. |
| The City That Disbanded Its Police | Camden, N.J.'s former police chief Scott Thomson explains how they scrapped their old police department and rebuilt |
| Police: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) | John Oliver discusses how the histories of policing and white supremacy are intertwined, the roadblocks to fixing things, and some potential paths forward |
| Defund the police? Other countries have narrowed their role and boosted other services. | Discussion of what defunding the police could like and comparisons to European countries |
| Police social work and community policing | A case study design methodology, specifically involving in-depth interviews of 40 Minnesota police chiefs explore strategies for hiring social workers within the agency, and to enhance effective collaboration |
| Code Switch | What's CODE SWITCH? It's the fearless conversations about race that you've been waiting for! Hosted by journalists of color, our podcast tackles the subject of race head-on. We explore how it impacts every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, sports and everything in between. This podcast makes ALL OF US part of the conversation — because we're all part of the story. |
| Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America by Ari Berman | Through meticulous research, in-depth interviews, and incisive on-the-ground reporting, Give Us the Ballot offers the first comprehensive history of its kind, and provides new insight into one of the most vital political and civil rights issues of our time. |
| The New York primary is June 23 | How to register for and use absentee balloting in NYS |
| American Progress Report | While the nation has undoubtedly made progress, entrenched structural racism continues to corrupt American democracy and preserve racial inequality. |
| NYS Voting Deadlines for 2020 General election | Mark your calendar with these important upcoming election deadlines |
| Voter suppression statistics | Article that describes voter restrictions that disproportionately disenfranchise racial minorities and distort our democracy. |
| Decentering Whiteness | There exists in the United States a mainstream culture that is less white than it used to be. The mainstream forms the "center" of American society. This does not mean all people adhere to that center, or that the center is truly multiracial. It is not. We contend that it is still very white, and more similar to its historical position of being nearly all-white than to some future time when the mainstream might be truly multiracial. |
| Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor | Based on the original workbook, Me and White Supremacy leads readers through a journey of understanding their white privilege and participation in white supremacy, so that they can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on Black, Indigenous and People of Color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too. The book goes beyond the original workbook by adding more historical and cultural contexts, sharing moving stories and anecdotes, and includes expanded definitions, examples, and further resources. |
| Toni Morrison Broke Down the Truth About White Supremacy in a Powerful 1993 PBS Interview | The novelist, who died at 88 years old, leaves behind a legacy we should all carry forward. this interview is only one small example of her powerful contributions to culture and literature. Over the course of an hour, Morrison explains how racism is a moral issue because it's a quality—a neuroses, in her words—that defines so many people. Most poignantly, she says: "If I take your race away, and there you are, all strung out. And all you got is your little self, and what is that? What are you without racism? Are you any good? Are you still strong? Are you still smart? Do you still like yourself? I mean, these are the questions. Part of it is, "yes, the victim. How terrible it's been for black people." I'm not a victim. I refuse to be one... if you can only be tall because somebody is on their knees, then you have a serious problem. And my feeling is that white people have a very, very serious problem and they should start thinking about what they can do about it. Take me out of it." |
| Whiteness At Work | The Whiteness at Work webinar is a primer on how the norms of whiteness and anti-blackness show up in our workplaces. |