Diversity Equity Inclusion & Belonging
Please take advantage of these resources:
Books
Rising Above a Toxic Workplace: Taking care of yourself in an Unhealthy Environment by Gary Chapman, Harol Hyra & Paul E. White.
There, There by Tommy Orange
How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
The Loudest Duck: Moving Beyond Diversity while Embracing Difference s To Achieve Success at Work by Laura Liswood
Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
The House of Gratitude by Linda Beatrice Brown
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hanna-Jones
The Night Watchman a novel by Louise Erdrich (Pulitzer prize winner) about Native Americans
The State Must Provide by Adam Harris (the inequality of American colleges; racism and inequality in America)
Caste by Isabel Wilkerson (extraordinary)
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson (also… extraordinary and Pulitzer Prize winner)
My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor (Born in South Bronx, Puerto Rican background that illuminates her autobiography)
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas A. Blackmon
The Color of Law (published by Liveright in May 2017), author, Richard Rothstein
The New Jim Crow a novel by Michelle Alexander
The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas More Information: https://greensboro.org/onefilm/
Deep Denial: The Persistence of White Supremacy in United States History and Life by David Billings
My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
Articles
“Whiteness”
The National Museum of African American History and Culture
an excellent website with teaching tools and resources for talking about race.
Who gets to be afraid in America?
by Ibram X Kendi
Atlantic Magazine
“Dear White Boss…”
by Keith A. Caver and Ancella B. Livers
Harvard Business Review
Bryan Stevenson On What Well-Meaning White People Need To Know About Race
by James McWilliams
Pacific Standard
“APA makes a full-throated apology for contributing to systemic racism”
Download PDF article here.
Harvard Diversity Leader creates “Pipeline to ‘Black Privilege’”: Inspirational story of personal and professional growth…against the odds
by Brandon P. Fleming
Harvard Debate Council
21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge
by Eddie Moore Jr.
A Discussion About White Privilege
by Joey Szolowicz
The Good Men Project
Podcasts & Online
NCCJ 21 Day Reset: a self-paced, email-based social justice journey. You can register any time for this ongoing initiative with the link found on the website. https://www.nccjtriad.org/
Diversity News Weekly from Val Boston and Associates:
https://us17.campaign-archive.com/?e=4c950d04d7&u=5484e302824b13afb7bf0c414&id=9d31fe2792.
Work Word of the Day (suggested by Val Boston) info@wintersgroup.com
https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/workwordoftheday/?hl=en
wmfdp.com https://wmfdp.com/global-presence/ (suggested by Linda Reese)
In many countries outside the United States, the dominant workplace insider groups aren’t made up of white men. That doesn’t mean issues of diversity and inclusion (D&I) magically disappear. Instead, they take on different forms.
In an increasingly global marketplace, where workers and teams operate internationally, understanding how to work across cultural differences is a vital professional skill. As more businesses engage transnationally, our approach must grow larger as we begin to accept greater cultural depth.
Seeing White.
Scene on Radio - provocative discussions of how “Whiteness” was constructed. Examines these questions: Where did the notion of “whiteness” come from? What does it mean? What is whiteness for?
https://www.sceneonradio.org/seeing-white/
Video/Radio
“How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them”
Verna Myers, TedTalk
Deconstructing White Privilege
A talk by Robin DiAngelo
We Need To Talk About An Injustice
Bryan Stevenson,Ted Talk
Black Americans Bear the Brunt of the Covid-19 Pandemic’s Economic Impact
NPR interview discussing health and economic disparities and Covid-19 impact on Black Americans.
The Power of Privilege
Tiffany Jana at TEDxRVAWomen
Privilege/Class/Social Inequalities Explained in a $100 Race
How to Deconstruct Racism, One Headline at a Time
Baratunde Thurston, TedTalk
Apple Perspective
Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krfcq5pF8u8 Filmmaker Ava DuVernay explores the history of racial inequality in the United States, focusing on the fact that the nation's prisons are disproportionately filled with African-Americans.
