LibGuides: Diversity Equity & Inclusion: Race &amp; Ethnicity

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Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden?
Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates’s attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son.
Biased by Jennifer Eberhardt
Every day, unconscious biases affect our visual perception, attention, memory and behaviour in ways that are subtle and very difficult to recognise without in-depth scientific studies.
Brit(ish) by Afua Hirsch
Afua Hirsch is British. Her parents are British. She was raised, educated and socialised in Britain. Her partner, daughter, sister and the vast majority of her friends are British. So why is her identity and sense of belonging a subject of debate? The reason is simply because of the colour of her skin.
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Ibram X. Kendi, founding director of the Antiracism Research and Policy Center, shows that when it comes to racism, neutrality is not an option: until we become part of the solution, we can only be part of the problem.
Just Mercy by Bryan A. Stevenson
Bryan Stevenson recounts many and varied stories of his work as a lawyer in the U.S. criminal justice system on behalf of those in society who have experienced some type of discrimination and/or have been wrongly accused of a crime and who deserve a powerful advocate and due justice under the law.
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Once in a great while a book comes along that radically changes our understanding of a crucial political issue and helps to fuel a social movement. The New Jim Crow is one of the most important books about race in the 21st century.
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Ijeoma Oluo explores the complex reality of today's racial landscape--from white privilege and police brutality to systemic discrimination and the Black Lives Matter movement--offering straightforward clarity that readers need to contribute to the dismantling of the racial divide.
Stamped by Dr Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds
This is NOT a history book.
This is a book about the here and now.
A book to help us better understand why we are where we are.
A book about race.
Where Do We Go From Here by Dr Martin Luther King
In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., isolated himself from the demands of the civil rights movement, rented a house in Jamaica with no telephone, and labored over his final manuscript.
White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
It is not enough to simply hold abstract progressive views and condemn the obvious racists on social media - change starts with us all at a practical, granular level, and it is time for all white people to take responsibility for relinquishing their own racial supremacy.
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
Exploring everything from eradicated black history to the inextricable link between class and race, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race is the essential handbook for anyone who wants to understand race relations in Britain today.

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The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
Call Number: 364.15 SLA
Sasha, a white teen, lived in the middle-class foothills and attended a small private school. Richard, a black teen, lived in the crime-plagued flatlands and attended a large public one. Each day, their paths overlapped for a mere eight minutes.
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Call Number: 305.8 COA
“Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race,” a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men—bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion" (Goodreads).
Biased by Jennifer Eberhardt
We might think that we treat all people equally, but we don’t. Every day, unconscious biases affect our visual perception, attention, memory and behaviour in ways that are subtle and very difficult to recognise without in-depth scientific studies.
Brit(ish) On Race, Identity and Belonging by Afua Hirsch
Brit(ish) is about a search for identity. It is about the everyday racism that plagues British society. It is about our awkward, troubled relationship with our history. It is about why liberal attempts to be ‘colour-blind’ have caused more problems than they have solved. It is about why we continue to avoid talking about race.
Learning from the Germans Confronting Race and the Memory of Evil by Susan Neiman
In clear and gripping prose, she uses this unique perspective to combine philosophical reflection, personal history and conversations with both Americans and Germans who are grappling with the evils of their own national histories.
Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
Stamped from the Beginning offers compelling new answers to some of the most troubling questions of our time. In forcing us to reconsider our most basic assumptions about racism and also about ourselves, it leads us to a true understanding on which to build a real foundation for change.
White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
"[Explores] the counterproductive reactions white people have when discussing racism that serve to protect their positions and maintain racial inequality"--OCLC.
White Rage by Carol Anderson
From the Civil War to our combustible present, acclaimed historian Carol Anderson reframes our continuing conversation about race, chronicling the powerful forces opposed to black progress in America.
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
Call Number: PLP 305.8 EDD
Reni Eddo-Lodge has written a searing, illuminating, absolutely necessary examination of what it is to be a person of color in Britain today.
Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King
ISBN: 9780451527530
'Lightning makes no sound until it strikes'
This is the momentous story of the Civil Rights movement, told by one of its most powerful and eloquent voices. Here Martin Luther King, Jr. recounts the pivotal events in the city of Birmingham, Alabama in 1963 that propelled his non-violent campaign for racial justice from a movement of lunch counter sit-ins and prayer meetings to a phenomenon that 'rocked the richest, most powerful nation to its foundations'.
The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray
Douglas Murray examines the twenty-first century's most divisive issues: sexuality, gender, technology and race. He reveals the astonishing new culture wars playing out in our workplaces, universities, schools and homes in the names of social justice, identity politics and intersectionality.
Cynical Theories by James A. Lindsay; Helen Pluckrose
While acknowledging the need to challenge the complacency of those who think a just society has been fully achieved, Pluckrose and Lindsay break down how this often-radical activist scholarship does far more harm than good, not least to those marginalized communities it claims to champion. They also detail its alarmingly inconsistent and illiberal ethics.
The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
Publication Date: 2012-03-
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions and points the way forward to mutual understanding.

Books

How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon
Microaggressions in Everyday Life by Derald Wing Sue; Lisa Spanierman

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P.S. I Can't Breathe: Black Lives Matter

Bridging the Divide: Tom Bradley and the Politics of Race

The System: Policing and Mass Incarceration

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Antiracism

Understanding Diversity and Inclusion

Videos

5 Tips For Being An Ally

chescaleigh. “5 Tips for Being an Ally.” YouTube, 22 Nov. 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dg86g-QlM0&fbclid=IwAR0Xqm_BB1XFNx74-ij-ZGUfFELeUW0nE7DjIECY8F3ykmu_1hJ9q2DeR64. Accessed 15 Feb. 2021.

BBC Bitesize

Tassin, Kristen, and BBC Bitesize. “John Amaechi Discusses White Privileged on Bitesize- BBC.” YouTube, 7 Sept. 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbPJfxRYmCg. Accessed 14 Feb. 2021.

The Uprising

pravinimusic. “The Uprising (Full Film, English Subtitles).” YouTube, 24 May 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GjRMQrJ2ig&feature=youtu.be. Accessed 15 Feb. 2021.

How to Talk to Kids About Race

The Atlantic. “How to Talk to Kids about Race.” YouTube, 16 Oct. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNEKbVq_ou4&feature=youtu.be. Accessed 15 Feb. 2021.

How to Pursue Racial Equity Within Your Workplace

PBS NewsHour. “WATCH: How to Pursue Racial Equity within Your Workplace.” YouTube, 5 June 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGJ566PFmZQ&feature=youtu.be%29. Accessed 15 Feb. 2021.

Not Racist, But … Racism in the Workplace

WheelerCentre. “Not Racist, but … Racism in the Workplace.” YouTube, 25 Mar. 2019, www.youtube.com/watch?v=oprT9tmVJt4. Accessed 15 Feb. 2021.