ANTIRACISM
A presentation by
Anonymous BASW Students
Fall 2022
an·ti·rac·ism (noun):� the policy or practice of opposing racism and promoting racial tolerance.
Ibram X. Kendi’s
How to be an Antiracist
More Books�about Antiracism
White Fragility by Robin Diangelo
Diangelo discusses the phenomenon of white fragility, the counterproductivity of defensive responses from white people during conversations surrounding race and racism, and how white people are able to engage in these conversations more constructively.
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
“A book for white people who want to change but don’t know where to start”, Me and White Supremacy encourages people to examine their own privilege and racist behaviors through a 28-day journey (complete with journal prompts). Saad readily provides a variety of resources to help you work towards dismantling your own biases and enacting social change.
Even More Books�about Antiracism
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Alexander dives into a discussion about the reality of mass incarceration, the deeply-rooted racial caste system in the United States, and the importance of criminal justice reform. This book has been cited as an inspiration for many criminal justice reform advocates.
One Person, No Vote by Carol Anderson
Anderson writes about modern-day racial discrimination that is taking the form of voter suppression laws – from photo identification requirements, to gerrymandering and poll closures. She also discusses how to be an activist to ensure all Americans retain the basic right to vote.
Movies�about antiracism
Raoul Peck adapts the book James Baldwin never finished into a film. The result is about an examination of race in America, using Baldwin's original words to shed light towards this injustice, connecting issues during the Civil Rights movement to present day matters such as the BLM movement.
In 1989, five young Black and Latinx men—aged 14 to 16—were found guilty of raping a white woman who had been jogging in Central Park. The wrongfully accused Central Park five (now the Exonerated Five) were incarcerated and eventually released after years in prison. This four-part series shows the bias within the American judicial system.
Podcasts�about antiracism
Resources and websites
Provides a list of antiracism resources, such as news articles, books, and movies, as well as tools for talking to children about antiracism.
In this challenge, America & Moore supplies you with numerous suggestions and resources for improving your understanding of power, privilege, oppression, and racial equity.
PBS details the importance of talking to children about race and provides parents with numerous resources to start the conversation.
This glossary includes definitions of relevant words to help people effectively engage in conversations about racial equity.
Steel Smiling’s Mental Health Workforce Development Program, known as Beams to Bridges, helps to equip Black youth and families with the knowledge and resources necessary to become Community Mental Health workers.
Corinne Shutack’s list, which is a continuous work-in-progress, details over one hundred ways that white people can help fight for racial justice.
A resource for parents who want to raise race conscious children, this website shares workshops, stories, and strategies to help prepare them.
How social workers can utilize these resources on�The Micro Level
Social workers can utilize books like How to be an Antiracist, White Fragility, and Me and White Supremacy to examine and address their own privileges, internal biases, and responses to conversations about race. This can help them be more effective and productive in working with clients who identify with a race or culture that differs from their own.
They can also listen to podcasts about race and racial equity, such as Code Switch or 1619 to stay up-to-date on current race-based issues in the United States and learn how to best confront these problems.
How social workers can utilize these resources on�The Mezzo Level
Social workers can conduct community antiracism seminars, or support groups for people who want to be antiracist but just aren’t quite sure where to start. Several of these resources could be utilized to further the education of local community members.
Social workers can also organize programs, much like Steel Smiling’s Beams to Bridges, in which Black individuals and families are empowered and provided with the skills and resources to help them become mental health advocates within their own communities.
How social workers can utilize these resources on�The Macro Level
Social workers can use books like The New Jim Crow and One Person, No Vote to learn more about mass incarceration and voter suppression laws. They can then become more actively involved in legislation to help overthrow laws that allow these practices to continue, and work towards putting laws in place for criminal justice reform and making sure that all Americans are ensured the right to vote.
The article 106 Things White People can do for Racial Justice suggests some excellent actions social workers can take to work towards abolishing police brutality and racism within our criminal justice system.
References
Alexander, M. (2010). The new Jim Crow: Mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness. The New Press.
America & Moore. (2014). 21-day racial equity habit building challenge. https://www.eddiemoorejr.com/21daychallenge.
Anderson, C. (2018). One person, no vote: How voter suppression is destroying our democracy. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Anti-Racism Project. (2021). Resources. https://www.antiracismproject.org/resources.
DiAngelo, R. (2018). White fragility. Beacon Press.
DuVernay, A. (Director). (2019, May 31). When they see us [TV series]. Netflix. https://www.netflix.com/title/80200549.
Gonzalez, V. N. (Host). (2021, July 26). Vision for justice – Pre-trial justice (S05 E01) [Audio Podcast Episode] In Pod for the Cause. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. https://civilrights.org/podcast/visionforjustice-e3/.
Hannah-Jones, N. (Host). (2019, August 23). The fight for true democracy (No. 1) [Audio Podcast Episode] In 1619. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/podcasts/1619-podcast.html.
References
Kendi, I. X. (2019). How to be an antiracist. Random House Publishing Group.
McKesson, D., Balenger, D., Johnson, M., Henderson, K. (Host). Find a book (with Kevin Hazzard) (No. 286) [Audio Podcast Episode] In Pod Save the People. https://crooked.com/podcast/find-a-book-with-kevin-hazzard/.
Meraji, M.S., Demby, G. (Host). (2022, September 20). The Martha’s vineyard migrant flight has echoes of a dark past: Reverse freedom rides [Audio Podcast Episode] In Code Switch. National Public Radio. https://www.npr.org/2019/12/10/786790638/the-reverse-freedom-rides.
Peck, R. (Director). (2017, February 3). I’m not your negro [Film]. Velvet Film.
Public Broadcasting Service. (2022). Talking to young children about race and racism. https://www.pbs.org/parents/talking-about-racism.
Racial Equity Tools. (2020). Racial equity tools glossary. https://www.racialequitytools.org/glossary.
Raising Race Conscious Children. (2022). Raising race conscious children. https://raceconscious.org/.
Saad, L. F., & DiAngelo, R. J. (2020). Me and white supremacy. Sourcebooks.
References
Shutack, C. (2022, February 5). 106 things white people can do for racial justice. https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234.
Steel Smiling. (2016). Beams to bridges: Supporting our black mental health community. https://www.steelsmilingpgh.org/support-services.
Waterstones. (2019, August 19). How to be an antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OXMgA0Fwsk.
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