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Cost of Racism (9-23-20) The real reasons many organizations are still unable to diversify their board, staff, fundraising committees, etc (5.10.21). Baptist Seminary of Kentucky’s Institute for Black Church Studies "COVID-19: Using a Racial Justice Lens Now to Transform Our Future"-- Lori Villarosa, NPQ Eyes White Shut: Now Are You Ready to Work? – Medium What Is Owed – Nikole Hannah-Jones (possible paywall) 21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge – Eddie Moore, Jr 9 Phrases Allies Can Say When Called Out Instead of Getting Defensive. "The Lens of Systemic Oppression" – National Equity Project Report Updates Landmark 1968 Racism Study – NPR 1619 Project – The New York Times Why Does the U.S. Military Celebrate White Supremacy? – The New York Times Who Gets to be Afraid in America? – The Atlantic 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
Nonprofits and DEI How to Begin Equity Work in Your Organization with Little or No Money – North Carolina Center for Nonprofits Race to Lead: Confronting the Nonprofit Racial LeadershIp Gap – Building Movement Project (2017) 4 Steps for Bringing Up Equity and Inclusion At Your Nonprofit – Bloomerang Why Do Nonprofits Struggle with Diversity? – by Kishshana Palmer, CFRE 4 Steps for Bringing Up Equity and Inclusion At Your Nonprofit – by Mazarine Treyz 3 Ways To Decolonize Your Nonprofit – by Neesha Powell-Twagirumukiza Have Nonprofit and Philanthropy Become the “White Moderate” that Dr. King Warned Us About? – by Vu Le Why Are We Still Struggling with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Nonprofit Governance? – by Elizabeth A. Castillo Why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Matter for Nonprofits – National Council of Nonprofits Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Nonprofit Bylaws – from NEO Law Group
Race and Racism What is Systemic Racism? – an easy-to-understand video series Talking About Race – National Museum of African American History Whiteness – National Museum of African American History History of Racist US Laws and Their Effects throughout American History The Road Not Taken – Housing and Criminal Justice 50 Years after the Kerner Commission Report Social Exclusion: The Decisions and Dynamics that Drive Racism 13 lists of ways to learn and show up as antiracist in this world
Sample Policy and Templates Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Policy Template – Bloomerang Websites
Black Lives Matter 1619 by The New York Times National Museum of African American History and Culture: Talking about race web portal www.RaceForward.org 21-Day Equity Challenge Guide to Allyship The Seattle Civil Rights & Labor History Project Coalition of Anti-Racist Whites About Black Perspectives www.WhiteAccomplices.org Racial Equity Tools Seattle Racial and Social Justice Initiative Racial Equity Glossary
Other Curated Lists Collection of scaffolded anti-racist resources Anti-Racism Resources List (Harvard University) Educational Resources via Black Lives Matter Anti-Racism Resources for White People Resources to help Black People and Communities Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity from BoardSource Anti-Racism Resource Guide Created by Victoria Alexander, M.Ed. Contemporary White Anti Racism Cross Cultural Solidarity
Books Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Library (Harvard University) Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon How To Be an Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold Redefining Realness by Janet Mock Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century
by Grace Lee Boggs The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
Films 13th (Ava DuVernay) – Netflix American Son (Kenny Leon) – Netflix The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) – Hulu with Cinemax When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) – Netflix Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada) – YouTube Movies available to rent Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) – Available to rent Dear White People (Justin Simien) – Available to rent Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) – Available to rent I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) – YouTube If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) – Available to rent Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) – Available to rent King in the Wilderness – HBO See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) – Netflix Selma (Ava DuVernay) – Available to rent
Video Slavery to Mass Incarceration (context really matters here, this video captures racialized ideas of property, capital, labor, and rights to wealth): Unequal Opportunity Race Black Wall Street The difference between being not racist and antiracist. Ibram X. Kendi (TED Talk) “White Privilege” Kyla Lacey (Poetry) Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement documentary (2016) The problem with saying “All Lives Matter”
Podcasts The Reckoning: Facing the legacy of slavery in America 1619 Scene on Radio (Season 2): Seeing White Come Through with Rebecca Carroll: 15 Essential Conversations About Race in a Pivotal Year for America CodeSwitch The Nod White Lies
Other Agencies Equal Justice Initiative Southern Poverty Law Center Teaching Tolerance Whiteness Project
Implicit Bias Tests Take the Harvard Implicit Bias Test Test yourself for Hidden Bias
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