Racial Justice Resources

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack – Peggy McIntosh

Racial Bias Test – this will help you understand what your biases are for yourself

University of Southern California’s Diversity Toolkit: A Guide to Discussing Identity, Power, and Privilege

89 Racial Equity Resources for Healthcare, Education, and Communities:

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.

Walking While Black – Garnette Cadogan

The Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism – Audre Lorde

When Feminism Is White Supremacy in Heels – Rachel Elizabeth Cargle

Racial Justice & Equity chart– Midwest Academy

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

Here is a list of independent black-owned bookstores.

‘Whistling Vivaldi’ And Beating Stereotypes – National Public Radio

Well-Meaning White People – Smartest Person in the Room with Laura Tremaine

A Decade Of Watching Black People Die – Code Switch from National Public Radio

How to Be an Antiracist – Brené Brown with Ibram X. Kendi

Black Voices in Health Care – The Nocturnists

13th (Ava DuVernay documentary)

Interview about I’m Still Here

Interview about White Awake

White Fragility  – short video summarizing the book by Robin DiAngelo

Bloomberg and The Legacy of Stop-and-Frisk – Between the Scenes | The Daily Show

How We Can Win (David Jones)

Reimagining Policing in the Wake of Continued Police Violence (My Brother’s Keeper virtual townhall)

Redlining: Getting to the Roots | EduEquity Webinar Series (Jacque Starks of DEI Transformation Doctor and Roy Whitmore, PhD Author of Misled: Hidden Colors of America, and program chair for the College of Business & Information Technology at University of Phoenix)

Mental Health and Wellness in a Racism Pandemic

White Privilege – Kyla Lacey

How Racism Makes Us Sick – David R. William, Ted Talk’s TedMed

Valor In The Face of Racism – The History Makers

UNAC/UHCP 2023 scholarship applications are open through May 5.

Education is critical to the advancement of our professions. In our mission to clear pathways for students who underrepresented in the health care field, we have compiled these lists of organizations and opportunities that support black students.

Links to ongoing scholarship opportunities:

1. https://www.bestcolleges.com/resources/black-student-scholarships/
2. https://www.scholarships.com/financial-aid/college-scholarships/scholarships-by-type/minority-scholarships/african-american-scholarships/
3. https://scholarships360.org/scholarships/scholarships-for-black-students/
4. https://www.blackscholarships.org/
5. https://www.salliemae.com/college-planning/college-scholarships/types-of-scholarships/minority-scholarships/african-american-scholarships/
6. https://bold.org/scholarships/by-demographics/minorities/black-students-scholarships/
7. https://www.unigo.com/scholarships/scholarships-for-black-students/african-american-scholarships

Organizations dedicated to opportunities for black health care professionals:

Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc.
122 East 42nd Street New York, NY 10168
(800) 753-9222
(888) 281-3574 Fax
http://www.abcardio.org

Association of Minority Health Professions School,Inc.
1190 West Druid Hills Dr. Suite 7-50
Atlanta, GA 30329
678-904-4217
678-904-4518 Fax
http://www.minorityhealth.org

National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education
209 3rd ^St, S.E.
Washington, DC 20003
202-552-3300
202-552-3330 Fax
http://www.nafeonation.org

National Dental Association
6411 Ivy Lane, Suite 703
Greenbelt, MD 20770
(240) 241-4448
(240) 297-9181 Fax
http://www.ndaonline.org

National Medical Association (NMA)
8403 Colesville Raoaduite 820
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
202-347-1895
http://www.nmanet.org

National Optometric Association
1801 North Tryon Street, Suite 315
Charlotte, NC 28216
(877) 394-2020
(704) 918-1809
(877) 662-2006 Fax
http://www.nationaloptometricassociation.com

National Pharmaceutical Association
107 Kilmayne Drive, Suite C
Cary, NC 27511
877-215-2091
919-469-5870 Fax

Student National Medical Association
5113 Georgia Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20011
202-882-2881
202-882-2886 Fax
http://www.snma.org