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Anti-Racism Resources: Welcome

This guide contains a collection of resources on anti-racism.

This guide is intended to provide some general information about social justice and anti-racism, as well as information and resources for allyship. This guide is a living resource: the contents are not exhaustive nor are they complete. We will add to the guide on a regular basis.

11 Terms You Should Know to Better Understand Structural Racism
1619 Project
Anti-Racism for Beginners
The Case for Reparations
A Herstory of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement
History Class and the Fictions About Race in America
JStor: Institutionalized Racism: A Syllabus
Racism Defined
A Timeline of Events That Led to the 2020, 'Fed Up' - rising
What is Systemic Racism? "What Is Systemic Racism?" is an 8-part video series that shows how racism shows up in our lives across institutions and society.
White Supremacy Culture

10 Black San Diegans Write About Their Lives, Racial Justice and Police Brutality
San Diego Tribune - June 2020
An American Uprising: Who, really, is the agitator here?
David Remick, The New Yorker
How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change
Barack Obama, Medium - June 2020
How to Talk to Your Children about Protests and Racism
Sandee LaMottee, CNN – June 2020
Not a Racist? Then Let’s Be Better Anti-Racists
Deborah Plummer, Medium - June 2020
An Open Letter to my Non-Black Friends: My Life Matters More Than Your Comfort
Nicole Ruthmarie Watkins
Setting a Higher Bar for Multicultural Inclusion in Higher Education
Maria Madison, Higher Education Today, American Council on Education - May 2020

#CiteEdDevBIPoC Compiled by Jamellia Jones, #CiteEdDevBIPoC is an effort to highlight the accomplishments of Educational Developers (those who work in Centers for Teaching and Learning, or those who help and transform colleagues’ and universities’ teaching and learning practices) who identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color.
America Sabotaged the Solution to Its New Higher Education Crisis
Sara Goldrick-Rab, The Atlantic - May 2020
Anti-Racism Resources and Articles for STEM Educators
Compiled by Dr. Kathy Chen, STEM Education Center at WPI
Antiracist Pedagogy Reading List A working document with the goal of better understanding antiracist pedagogy in higher education from the University of Oregon.
The Cost of Balancing Academia and Racism
Adrienne Green, The Atlantic - January 2016
Equity in 2020 Requires More Than a Diversity Statement
Aisha S. Ahmad, Chronicle of Higher Education - June 2020
How to Hold a Better Class Discussion Advice Guide
Jay Howard, Chronicle of Higher Education - May 2019
Race Matters
David J. Asai, Cell - May 2020
Revealing the Unwritten Obstacles Faced by Academics of Color
Lakshmi Ramgopal, LitHub - May 2017
STEM Education Equity & Anti-Racism Resources
Want to Reach All of Your Students? Here’s How to Make Your Teaching More Inclusive Advice Guide
Viji Sathy & Kelly A. Hogan, Chronicle of Higher Education - July 2019

The Harmful Psychological Effects of the Washington Football Mascot
Michael A. Friedman
How Black Girls Aren’t Presumed to Be Innocent
Adrienne Green, The Atlantic - June 2017
The Invisible Weight of Whiteness: The Racial Grammar of Everyday Life in Contemporary America
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Ethnic and Racial Studies - 2012
Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color
Kimberle Crenshaw, Stanford Law Review - July 1991
Walking While Black: Garnette Cadogan on the Realities of Being Black in America
Garnette Cadogan, LitHub - July 2016
White Fragility
Robin D'Angelo, The International Journal of Critical Pedagogy - 2011
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
Peggy McIntosh, Peace and Freedom - 1989
Why We Need To Stop Questioning Women of Color
Colin Rhinesmith - 2018
“Talk does not cook rice”: Beyond Anti-racism Rhetoric to Strategies for Social Action
Anne Pedersen, Iain Walker, and Mike Wise, Australian Psychologist - 2005

Common Words and Phrases That Have Seriously Racist Roots
Everyday Words and Phrases That Have Racist Connotations
Harvard Implicit Association Test (IAT) Measures attitudes and beliefs that people may be unwilling or unable to report. The IAT may be especially interesting if it shows that you have an implicit attitude that you did not know about.
Health Care Equity 89 racial equity resources for healthcare, education, and communities
No, You’re Not Imagining It: 3 Ways Racial Microaggressions Sneak into Our Lives
Resources and Tools Regarding Anti-Racism and Whiteness An exhaustive resource list available on Google docs with links to resources.
Talking About Race
Philippe Lazaro Antiracism Flowcharts