In Solidarity
Understanding Bias and Privilege
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.
News and Feature Articles
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
Books
- 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.
Listen
‘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
Watch
13th (Ava DuVernay documentary)
Interview about I’m Still Here
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)
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
Education Opportunities
UNAC/UHCP 2023 scholarship applications are open through May 5.
Delta Sigma Theta Inc. (Pomona Valley Alumnae Chapter) is accepting scholarship applications for 2023 through March 10.