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Learn and Unlearn
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We are sharing this draft list of accessible resources, but we are not endorsing any specific group. Information updated as of August 2020. This list is not exhaustive. Please reach out to Michael Geraldo at mgeraldo@childrensnational.org for more information regarding this resource.
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1619 ProjectPodcast/TranscriptThe New York TimesSlaveryAn audio series that 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.
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"Letter from Birmingham Jail" (1963) - Martin Luther King, Jr. PublicationUPenn; August 1963; The Negro Is Your BrotherExperienceDr. King's letter while he was imprisoned as a participant in nonviolent demonstrations against segregation. His response to a public statement of concern and caution issued by eight white religious leaders of the South.
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"Taking Stock of the District's Housing Stock: Capacity, Affordability and Pressures on Family Housing" (2018) - Yesim Sayin Taylor ArticleD.C. Policy CenterHousingA comprehensive picture of the District's housing stock to explore a longer-term view of housing affordability, especially for low and middle-income families in D.C.
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A Conversation with Black Women on RaceVideoThe New York Times - YoutubeExperienceIn this short documentary, black women talk about the challenges they face in society.
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A Conversation with White People on RaceVideoThe New York Times - YoutubeTalking about RaceThis short documentary features interviews with white people on the challenges of talking about race.
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A Mother's Day Reflection ArticleDr. Monique Jindal - MediumMotherhood and ViolenceMourning for the Mothers whose children have been taken by racist violence.
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Addressing Health Disparities: It Didn't Begin with HIV and Won't End with COVID-19WebinarAmerican Academy of HIV MedicineHealth DisparitiesDiscussing existing health disparities in HIV, emerging health disparities in COVID-19, and identify how systemic racism contributes to HIV and COVID-19 epidemics in communities of color and how we change the trajectory.
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Addressing Implicit Bias in the Early Childhood System - Linda K. Smith and Shantel MeekPublicationOffice of the Administration for Children & FamiliesImplicit BiasDiscusses Dr. Walter Gilliam's research findings on implicit bias. The findings revealed that teachers spent significantly more time looking at the black boy in the video, than any other child. In response to this and the magnitude of expulsions and suspensions, a et of recommendations to prevent and eventually eliminate them and to build workforce capacity to support children's socialemotional development and address implicit bias were made.
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Bridging: Towards A Society Built on BelongingVideoHaas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society - Youtube ConnectionThis brief video describes forces shaping politics and power around the world, and how we respond to these changes either as a threat or as an opportunity. The first response is breaking, the latter is bridging. Bridging means acknowledging our shared humanity. When we bridge, we not only open up to others, we also open up to change within ourselves – where we can participate in creating a society built on belonging.
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Building a Tool Kit for Medical and Dental Students: Addressing Microaggressions and Discrimination on the WardsPublicationAssociation of American Medical CollegesRacism in Health CareMicroaggressions, subtle slights related to characteristics such as race, gender, or sexual orientation, in a clinical setting can sabotage the therapeutic alliance. Curricula tailored specifically towards medical students that raise awareness of microaggressions and aim to change behavior are absent.
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Building Strong Foundations: Racial Inequity in Policies that Impact Infants, Toddlers, and Families (2018) PublicationZERO TO THREE and the Center for Law and Social PolicyChild DevelopmentThis report explains how public policy undermines young children of color’s healthy development. It highlights key examples in recent history and their continued effects today.
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Caste: The Origins of Our DiscontentsBookIsabel WilkersonRacism in America Isabel Wilkerson examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.
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Children in Peristent Poverty - Urban Institute VideoUrban Institute - YoutubePolicy and PovertyThe video explores the ways persistent poverty affects children, adults, and society at large. It looks at the number of persistently poor children, the demographic groups most affected, and what happens to persistently poor children over time. It suggests ways of shaping policies to help break the vicious circle and put more children and families on a path to economic prosperity and healthier lives.
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Diversity Doesn't Stick Without Inclusion (2017) - Laura Sherbin and Ripa RashidArticleHarvard Business ReviewDiversity and InclusionDiscusses how "diversity" and "inclusion" are so often lumped together that they're assumed to be the same thing. Numerous studies are cited to look at the differences in measuring one with/without the other.
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Diversity-Informed Infant Mental Health Tenets: Together in the Struggle for Social Justice (2013) PublicationZERO TO THREEInfant Mental HealthThe field of infant mental health has evolved exponentially. The field's work has been elevated partly because of what the science reveals about brain development and early experiences, and other critically important research that demonstrates how a young child's experience can shape long term outcomes.
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Expanding the Table for Racial Equity and Putting Racism on the TableVideoWashington Regional Association of Grantmakers (WRAG)Racial JusticeLearning series in partnership with Leadership Greater Washington to understand racism and commitment to working for racial justice.
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Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-First CenturyBookDororthy RobertsBiologyAn incisive, groundbreaking book that examines how a biological concept of race is a myth that promotes inequality in a supposedly “post-racial” era.
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Filling our Cups: 4 Ways People of Color can Foster Mental Health and Practice Restorative HealingArticleThreads of Solidarity: WOC Against Racism - MediumMental HealthHow people of color can foster mental health and practice restorative healing.
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High-Performing Teams Need Psychological Safety. Here's How to Create It (2017) - Laura Delizonna ArticleHarvard Business ReviewMental HealthOutlines steps on how to increase psychological safety, which is the belief that you won't be punished when you make a mistake. Studies have shown that psychological safety allows for moderate risk-taking, speaking your mind, creativity, and sticking your neck out without fear. Studies on team performance revealed teams with the highest performance all have psychological safety.
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How America's justice system is rigged against the poorVideoVox - YoutubeCriminal JusticeExplains how there are invisible cages that extend far beyond prison walls, specifically, how many of America's formerly incarcerated people face numerous obstacles when integrating back into public life once free.
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Discussing Race - Jay SmoothVideoTEDx Talk - YoutubeRaceSmooth discusses the sometimes thorny territory of how we discuss issues of race and racism, offering insightful and humorous suggestions for expanding our perception of the subject.
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How Racism May Cause Black Mothers To Suffer The Death of Their Infants (2017) - Rhitu Chatterjee and Rebecca DavisArticle/PodcastNPRInfant MortalityAs heard on Morning Edition, a story about Samantha Pierce's pregnancy and the death of her twins. This details the rate of black infant deaths and how its burden is much greater compared to whites.
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How Slavery Inspired Modern Business Management (2018) - Caitlin C. Rosenthal ArticleBoston ReviewSlaveryAdapted from Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management, which details how plantation owners used advanced accounting and management techniques to increase the productivity and profitability of the people they enslaved.
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How To Be An AntiracistBookIbram X. KendiAntiracismIn his memoir, Kendi weaves together an electrifying combination of ethics, history, law, and science--including the story of his own awakening to antiracism--bringing it all together in a cogent, accessible form.
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How to Become More Self-Aware (2018)Podcast/TranscriptHarvard Business ReviewSelf-AwarenessTasha Eurich, an organizational psychologist and executive coach, talks about why we all should be working on self-awareness. Few people are truly self-aware, she says, and those who are don't get there through introspection. She explains how to develop self-awareness through the feedback of loving critics and how to mentor someone who isn't self-aware.
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How wealth inequality is dangerous for AmericaVideoVox - YoutubeWealth InequalityExplains how the top 1% of the population controls 40% of the nation's wealth.
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Inclusion NudgesWebsiteCommunity PlatformInclusionNon-profit solution platform & global community. People in this Inclusion Nudges community empower and enable each other to increase inclusion by sharing their nudges for inclusion. This initiative is free for all and provides equal access.
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Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black AmericaBookJames Forman Jr.BlacknessJust as Metzl explains how seemingly pro-white policies are killing whites, Forman explains how blacks themselves abetted the mass incarceration of other blacks, beginning in the 1970s.
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Look Twice (2008) - Susan T. FiskeArticleGreater Good MagazinePrejudiceFiske suggests how prejudice might be hardwired in our brains but the good news is that we can still learn to override our prejudices and embrace difference.
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Making Mindfulness Practices Relevant for People of Color (2018) - Chris LyfoArticlePsychotherapy NetworkerMindfulness“In a racially unjust world, what good is mindfulness?” This blog post explores how mindfulness practice is being rethought on an institutional level, with people of color and their experiences in mind.
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Race: The Power of an IllusionWebsiteRace: The Power of an IllusionRaceAn online companion to the award-winning documentary series by California Newsreel discussing the origins, beliefs, and consequences of what we call race.
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Race: The U.S. Creation Myth and Its Premise Keepers - Elizabeth (Betita) Martinez PublicationLink to PDFRacismOffers a basic, introductory understanding of racism to a mostly white audience and to help open minds that the society has kept closed for centuries.
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Racial Equity in D.C.PublicationDC Policy CenterRacial EquityA series of publications examining racial inequities in D.C., ranging from housing to workforce practices. The projects seek to examine the roots of present-day inequities to help lay the groundwork for community-driven solutions.
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Racial Equity ToolsWebsiteRacial Equity ToolsRacial EquityDesigned to support individuals and groups working to achieve racial equity. 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.
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Racism is the Toxin That Triggers Far Too Many Preterm Births in America: New Powerful Data Presented for California Births (2018) ArticleInstitute for InterGroup UnderstandingPremature BirthIn a recent report of results from California’s Maternal and Infant Health Assessment survey, researchers reported that education and economic levels of over 2000 African American mothers did not predict premature birth differences between mothers very well, nor did violence from the mother’s significant partner or even homelessness for the mother at some point in the pregnancy. What did predict prematurity levels at a very high level for the women who gave birth was racism — as measured by the question aboutwhether the mother perceived racism to be a problem in her life and for her family.
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Recognizing Privilege and Bias: An Interactive Exercise to Expand Health Care Providers' Personal Awareness (2017) - Holm, Gorosh, Brady, and White-PerkinsPublicationAcademic MedicineUnconscious BiasHealth care providers' unconscious bias resulting from unrecognized social privilege is one contributor to disparities among sociocultural groups. Therefore, the Henry Ford Health System initiated the Healthcare Equity Campaign to raise employees' awareness of inequalities related to the social determinants of health and to increase their motivation to reduce them.
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Patrolling Your Blind Spots: Introspection and Public Catharsis in a Medical School Faculty Development Course to Reduce Unconscious Bias in Medicine (2013) - Seth Donal Hannah and Elizabeth CarpenterSong PublicationCult Med PsychiatryHealth CareExamines a faculty development course offered to medical school faculty that seeks to reduce bias in a way that avoids the problem of how cultural competence education has been criticized and met with resistance.
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PBS - RACE documentary - Episode 3 "The House We live In"'Video/WebsitePBS Online Companion to DocumentaryRacial Inequity 3-part documentary that addresses the underlying social, economic, and political conditions that disproportionately channel advantages and opportunities for white people. The final episode, "The House We Live In" focuses on ways our institutions and policies advantage some groups at the expense of others. It discusses the benefits, which often are invisibly accrue to white people, not necessarily experience because of merit or hard work, but because of the racialized nature of our laws, courts, customs, and perhaps most pertinently, housing.
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Privileged by Kyle KorverArticleThe Players TribuneWhite PrivilegeKyle Korver, of the Utah Jazz, examines his privilege as a white NBA player, the racism his teammates face, and systemic ways white allies can become part of the solution.
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Reduction of Peripartum Racial/Ethnic Disparities WebsiteCouncil on Patient Safety in Women's HealthcarePeripartum Racial/Ethnic DisparitiesIncludes many resources on readiness, recognition & prevention, response, reporting/systems learning. Additionally, patient safety bundles and tools for maternal, non-obstetric, maternal early warning criteria, severe maternal morbidity forms and toolkits.
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Rethinking SchoolsWebsiteRethinking SchoolsEducationRethinking Schools balances classroom practice and educational theory. It is an activist publication, with articles written by and for teachers, parents, and students. Yet it also addresses key policy issues, such as vouchers and marketplace-oriented reforms, funding equity, and school-to-work.
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School Choice May Be Accelerating Gentrification (2018) - Matt Barnum
ArticleThe AtlanticSchool ChoiceOutlines the effects of gentrification, school choice, and segregation.
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Stolen BreathsPublicationThe New England Journal of MedicineRacism in Health CareFive practices health care systems can engage in to dismantle structural racism and improve the health and well-being of the black community.
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Talking Productively About Race in the Colorblind Era (2015) - Philip J. Mazzocco PublicationKirwan InstituteRaceWhen considering specific events, the succession of electing a Black president since the prohibition of slavery would appear to represent a march of progress toward a more fully egalitarian society where individual freedoms and opportunities are not unequally partitioned by race or ethnicity. However, another story is possible to reflect the lived experiences of Blacks in present-day U.S.
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The Black Revolution: Letters to a White LiberalPublicationJSTORRaceWhen Merton wrote “Letters to a White Liberal” in the early summer of 1963, in response to the signs of the times and Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” of April 16, 1963, he articulated the enduring spirituality of a contemplative in action. “Letters to a White Liberal” forms the basis for Seeds of Destruction, Merton’s book published in 1964.
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The Case for Reparations (2014) - Ta-Nehisi Coates ArticleThe AtlanticReparationsDiscusses how America will never be whole until recognizing the compounding moral debts of 250 years of slavery, 90 years of Jim Crow, 60 years of separate but equal, and 35 years of racist housing policy.
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated AmericaBookRichard RothsteinRacism in AmericaThis “powerful and disturbing history” exposes how American governments deliberately imposed racial segregation on metropolitan areas nationwide.
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The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban AmericaBookKhalil Gibran MuhammadBodyChronicling the emergence of deeply embedded notions of black people as a dangerous race of criminals by explicit contrast to working-class whites and European immigrants, this fascinating book reveals the influence such ideas have had on urban development and social policies.
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The Curb-Cut Effect (2017) - Angela Glover Blackwell ArticleStanford Social Innovation ReviewCivic EngagementDiscusses how laws and programs that are designed to benefit vulnerable groups, such as the disabled or people of color, often end up benefiting all of society.
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The Danger of a Single Story - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2009)VideoTEDCultureNovelist tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.
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The myth of race, debunked in 3 minutes - Vox VideoVox - YoutubeRaceJenée Desmond Harris explains how race is a social construct and how you may know what race you are, but how to prove it if somebody disagreed with you.
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The Negro Artist and The Racial MountainEssayLangston HughesBehaviorA landmark essay of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes's “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” has since evolved from epoch-defining critique to philosophical defense of African American art.
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration In The Age of ColorblindnessBookMichelle AlexanderCriminal JusticeThis book delivers a quiet yet forceful outline of propaganda, discrimination, and racist policies masquerading as justice in America.
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The Racial Wealth Gap in America - Urban Institute VideoUrban Institute - YoutubeWealth InequalityIllustrates how although the U.S. is one of the wealthiest countries, many Americans remain out of reach of this prosperity. Blacks and Hispanics are not given the same asset building opportunities.
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The US medical system is still haunted by slavery - Vox VideoVox - YoutubeHealth CareExplores Black women's history in the progression of medicine. Specifically, it looks at how the US is the most dangerous industrialized country in which to give birth, and racial disparities in maternal mortality make it even worse for women of color.
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration BookIsabel WilkersonRacism in AmericaIsabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life.
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Their Eyes Were Watching GodBookZora Neale HurstonCultureA classic of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, the novel explores the evolution of Janie Crawford.
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Thought papers and videos Website/PublicationsCook RossVariousFree papers on unconscious bias, 10 steps to greater diversity, etc.
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Trust for America's Health Health Equity Series (2018) WebinarsTFAHHealth EquityDesigned to inform a broad, national audience about compelling and replicable health equity initiatives and how to address the grass roots issues that will impact their success.
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Uncovering unconscious bias (2015) - Gwen Houston ArticleMicrosoftUnconscious BiasIntroduces the Unconscious Bias Training, publicly available via Microsoft's Global Diversity & Inclusion training website. The training is fully interactive and includes thought-provoking scenarios, video and knowledge checks, available in seven different languages.
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We all have implicit biases. So what can we do about it? - Dushaw Hockett VideoTEDx Talk - YoutubeImplicit BiasThe founder and Executive Director of SPACEs delivers talk on how we all have implicit biases and what we can do about it.
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Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering OurselvesBookGlory EdimGenderAn inspiring collection of essays by black women writers, curated by the founder of the popular book club Well-Read Black Girl, on the importance of recognizing ourselves in literature.
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West Indian Immigrants: A Black Success Story?BookSuzanne ModelEthnicityThis book examines why West Indian immigrants enjoy more economic success than native-borne African Americans and finds that the key factor in this outcome is their self-selected immigrant status.
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What's the Difference Between a Frat and a Gang? (2018) - Ibram X. Kendi ArticleThe AtlanticCultureHow systems address the racial differences around problems such as crime and violence among gangs and college campuses.
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Where Bias Begins: The Truth About Stereotypes (1998) - Annie Murphy Paul PublicationPsychology TodayStereotypingDiscusses how stereotyping is not limited to those who are biased.
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White Ally ToolkitToolkitWhite Ally ToolkitWhite Allyship Engaging white folks who are skeptical of racism so they can examine and potentially revisit their views should be the primary task of white allies and not a key task for people of color. Toolkit includes quizzes, workshop/discussion group content, bootcamps, and workbooks.
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White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism
BookRobin DiAngeloRacism and Non-POCThis book explicates the dynamics of White Fragility and how we might build our capacity in the on-going work towards racial justice.
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Why America's Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis (2018) - Linda Villarosa ArticleThe New York Times MagazineMaternal/Infant MortalityLooking at the disparity in maternal/infant mortality rates and how it has everything to do with the lived experience of being a black woman in America.
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Why I Don't Bring My 'Whole Self' To Work (2017) - Jonathan Jackson BlogJonathan Jackson - BlavityDiversity in the Work Place
Jackson's experience about black identity and how people address diversity in the workplace.
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EmbraceRace Action GuidePublicationEmbraceRaceTalking to kids about race16 ways to help children become thoughtful, informed, and BRAVE about race
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"At risk means a minority kid:" Deconstructing deficit discourses in the study of risk in education and human services (2012) - Cinzia Pica-Smith & Carmen Valeoria PublicationResearch GateEducationThe paper examines social construction of the term "at risk", following students in four education and human services undergraduate and graduate courses and the work of two counselor and teacher educators as they engaged students in the process of deconstructing and interrogating this term.
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Coming Together: Standing Up to RacismVideoCNNUndoing racismA town hall for kids and families on combating racism and how to make a change.
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In Your HandsBookCarole Boston WeatherfordMothering A black mother expresses the many hopes and dreams she has for her child in this powerful picture book masterpiece
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Rethinking SchoolsWebsiteRethinking SchoolsEducationRethinking Schools balances classroom practice and educational theory. It is an activist publication, with articles written by and for teachers, parents, and students. Yet it also addresses key policy issues, such as vouchers and marketplace-oriented reforms, funding equity, and school-to-work.
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Something Happened in Our TownVideoYoutubeRacial InjusticeA child's stroy about racial injustice
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Talking to Children about Racism: The Time is NowArticleHealthy Children from the American Academy of PediatricsRacismSix tips for talking to your children about racism.
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The Impact of Racism on Child and Adolescent HealthPublicationJournal of the American Academy of PediatricsRacism and developmentThe objective of this policy statement is to provide an evidence-based document focused on the role of racism in child and adolescent development and health outcomes.
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The Traumatic Impact of Racism and Discrimination on Young People and How to Talk About ItPublicationReaching TeensRacism and developmentUnderstanding the impact of racism on youth and their health, well-being, and development and their families and communities.
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Ways to Reduce Racial Bias in Your ChildrenArticleUC Berkeley's GGSC: Greater Good MagazineParentingResearch reveals how parents influence the formation of racial bias in children through both explicit and implicit messages. Article states 5 ways parents can help combat prejudice in their children like having cross-group friendships in adults.
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AAMC Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Planning Toolkit ToolkitAssociation of American Medical CollegesStrategic PlanningToolkit to help identify what the organization is, who it serves, what it does, and why. Helps articulate diversity and inclusion at the organization, assembling the team, establishing scope, and determining the timeline. It provides directions, context, and resources for navigating the strategic planning process through nine essential tasks.
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Awake to Woke to Work: Building a Race Equity Culture (2018) PublicationEquity in the CenterRacial EquityThis publication is the culmination of the Equity in the Center’s research, which illustrates in detail how organizations can move through the Race Equity Cycle by activating specific organizational levers. Awake to Woke to Work: Building a Race Equity Culture provides insights, tactics, and practices social sector organizations can and have used to measurably shift organizational culture, operationalize equity, and move from a dominant organizational culture to a Race Equity Culture.
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Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment (CREA)WebsiteCREACultural ResponsivenessAn international community of scholars/practitioners that promote culturally responsive stance in all forms of systematic inquiry. Provides a resource for organizations and individuals seeking to better understand and apply cultural responsiveness: body of informed practitioners, published scholarship, professional development opportunities, technical assistance resources and advocacy advancing cultural responsiveness.
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Completing this 30-minute exercise makes teams less anxious and more productive (2017) - Leah FesslerArticleQuartz IdeasCommunicationIntroducing the user manual so teams can bypass workplace miscommunications and angst, helping to amp up every employee's potential and morale from day one.
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Demos’ Racial Equity Transformation: Key Components, Process & Lessons PublicationDemosRacial EquityDemos is a non-profit public policy organization working for an America where we all have an equal say in our democracy and an equal chance in our economy. Demos shares lessons and sample materials from its Racial Equity Transformation to help other organizations create their own unique racial equity transformation plans.
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Mission: Diversity (2018) - Timothy SandovalArticleThe Chronicle of PhilanthropyDiversity in the Work PlaceHow the national nonprofit, Lift, has expanded in recent years and added significant diversity to its ranks.
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Massachusetts General Hospital: Improving Quality and Achieving Equity, Guide for Hospital Leaders GuideMassachusetts General HospitalHealth CareRacial and ethnic disparities in health care have an impact on quality, safety, cost, and risk management. The guide's goals are:
- Present evidence for racial/ethnic disparities in health and provide rationale for addressing them - with a focus on quality, cost, risk
management and accreditation
- Highlight model practices - hospitals and leaders who are actively engaged in addressing disparities and achieving equity
- Recommend a set of activities and resources that can help hospital leaders initiate an agenda for action in this area
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Opportunity InsightsWebsiteOpportunity InsightsInformed DecisionsBased at Harvard University, a team of researchers and policy analysts work together to analyze new data and create a platform for local stakeholders to make more informed decisions. Website includes published research, raw data, policy partnerships, and courses.
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Proven Strategies for Addressing Unconscious Bias in the Workplace (2008) PublicationCook RossUnconscious BiasHoward Ross explores unconscious bias, how to test your own, the purpose of bias, and steps to address it.
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We Just Can't Handle Diversity (2016) - Lisa BurrellArticleHarvard Business ReviewDiversity in the Work PlaceDiscusses the conflicts between the benefits of diversity and the merits of who deserves what during the process of hiring, development, and compensation.