Listen deeply to what the voices in your community share, especially when their experiences are different from yours. Listen without judgment, and without becoming defensive.
Learn.
Find a few antiracism educators to learn from. When you find one or two that resonate with you, follow their programs the way they intend you to and learn from them. Learn about the history of systemic racism and its impact on society today.
Take Action.
Then, take action. To change the inequality that is deeply embedded within our systems, we must consciously choose to take action to change how these systems operate. Recognize that this is work in progress and you will likely make mistakes. Don’t let the fear of making a mistake be an excuse for inaction.
RacismReview: RacismReview is intended to provide a credible and reliable source of information for journalists, students and members of the general public who are seeking solid evidence-based research and analysis of “race,” racism, ethnicity, and immigration issues.
The Marshall Project: A nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom covering America’s criminal justice system.
Atlanta Black Star: daily Black news and information for and about African-Americans, the Diaspora, and the world.
The Root: Black News, Opinions, Politics and Culture.
Colorlines: A daily news site featuring investigative reporting and news analysis from the perspective of communities of color.
Judaism and Race: A site that asks, “How do we expand our image of Jews to include people of color, and how should Jews deal with systemic racism in America?”
Overcoming Bias by Dr. Tiffany Jana. This book does a fantastic job pointing out the complexity of bias and shares helpful exercises and activities to help people counteract the bias in which we all have to intentionally work to overcome.
Season 2 of the SceneOnRadio podcast is an eye-opening exploration of Whiteness in America. This Peabody-nominated podcast from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University features sound bites from one of the Racial Equity Institute’s trainings.
New York Times Magazine 1619 Project created to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the center of our national narrative
Code Switch (NPR) – A team of journalists fascinated by the overlapping themes of race, ethnicity and culture, how they play out in our lives and communities, and how all of this is shifting.
Scene on Radio – Scene on Radio is a documentary show that asks, How’s it going in our society and culture? Seeing White, explores the history and meaning of Whiteness in American life.
Ferguson Response Network – Support for creating lasting racial equality through sustained civil disobedience
About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge – Featuring key voices from the last few decades of anti-racist activism, About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge looks at the recent history that lead to the politics of today.
Course offered by Sandra Kim: Healing from Internalized Whiteness Online training, which is for white allies wanting to do the inner work necessary to show up for racial justice.
The National Museum of African American History and Culture at the Smithsonian Newly launched portal on Talking About Race includes a toolkit for taking action to end racial inequities in our daily lives. It outlines how we all have a role to play, how being antiracist is different for white people than for people of color, that all racial groups struggle under white supremacy, and for everyone it is an ongoing practice and process.
Is Everyone Really Equal?, Ozlem Sensory & Robin DiAngelo This is the new edition of the award-winning guide to social justice education. Accessible to students from high school through graduate school, this comprehensive resource includes many new features such as discussion of contemporary activism. The text includes many user-friendly features, examples, and vignettes to not just define but illustrate key concepts.
Harvard Implicit Bias Test The 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.
Racial Equity Tools: 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 – in systems, organizations, communities and the culture at large.
To strengthen the capacity to use human rights to combat entrenched poverty, discrimination, and injustice, The Advocates for Human Rights developed a training and accompanying manual entitled Discover Human Rights: A Human Rights Approach to Social Justice. This manual, intended for social justice advocates, provides concrete steps for integrating international human rights principles into their work.
