Anti-Black Racism
Education as Disruption Resource Guide
To effectively combat hate, we must start by unpacking its causes.
Education as disruption is an invitation to choose to be curious about what underpins hate and bias.
Why Do We Hate?
"The reasons are complex, but following are some of the factors that may play a role in helping us understand hate and, hopefully, work toward change."
- Allison Abrams, The Psychology of Hate
- Fear of "The Other"
- Fear of Ourselves
- Lack of Self-compassion
- It fills a void
- Social and Cultural Factors
Hatred has to be learned, which means it can be unlearned. University Equity and Inclusion curated these resources to help you learn about anti-Black racism.
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Black Americans Differ from Other U.S. Adults Over Whether Individual or Structural Racism is a Bigger Problem by Katherine Schaeffer and Khadijah Edwards in the Pew Research Center
Stop Asking People of Color to Explain Racism by Rachel Garlinghouse
Our democracy’s founding ideals were false when they were written, Black Americans have fought to make them true by Nikole Hannah-Jones in New York Times Magazine
George Floyd Could Have Been My Brother by Rita Omokha in Elle
"Next time someone tells you "all lives matter," show them this cartoon" by German Lopez in Vox
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Caste: The Origin of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
Weathering: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society by Arline T Geronimus
Pregnant While Black: Advancing Justice for Maternal Health in America by Monique Rainford
The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America by Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Scarlet and Black: Slavery and Dispossession in Rutgers History (Vol. 1) Edited by Maris J. Fuentes and Deborah Gray White
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Anti-Black Racism is making us sick by Lydia-Joy Marshall from TedX Talks
Black Murder is Normal by Michael Smith from TedX Talks
Be a co-conspirator for racial justice by Bettina Love from C-SPAN
The 13th (documentary) by Eva Duvernay
Race: The Power of Illusion (documentary) by PBS
Black: How You See Me from Participant
The 1619 Project by New York Times Magazine
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Talking About Race by the National Museum for African American History and Culture
10 Keys to Everyday Anti-Racism by Kirsten Ivey-Colson and Lynn Turner
Tools for Anti-Racist Teaching by PBS Virtual Professional Learning Series
Ten Ways to Fight Hate: A Community Response Guide by Southern Poverty Law Center
Becoming Anti-Racist Reading List by Tyler Clementi Center for Diversity Education and Bias Prevention
Remaining silent as hate rises has consequences. We must speak up!
Hateful acts aim to intimidate and hinder our goals of an inclusive community.
We reject hatred and call on all members of our community to offer respect in words and actions toward each other, especially when we disagree — that is the difference between being in proximity and being in a community.
