This challenge was created by Dr. Eddie Moore, America & Moore, LLC. Image credit to Westminster Presbyterian Church.
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- For 21 days, do one action to further your understanding of power, privilege, supremacy, oppression, and equity
- Plan includes suggestions for readings, podcasts, videos, observations, and ways to form and deepen community connections.
Staff can use a downloadable Google sheet for logging activities: Habit Building Tracking Tool
Below are resource options for participation by categories. The category name links to America & Moore resources and DUL staff curated links.
Books
Begin with LibGuide for Anti-Racism and Black Liberation - Heather Martin created this guide with contributions from Arianne Hartsell-Gundy, Dee McCullough, and Danette Pachtner.
Antiracist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Critical Pedagogy for Library Instruction
Waiting ‘Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America by Peniel E. Joseph
West Indian Immigrants: A Black Success Story? by Suzanne Model
White Men Challenging Racism: 35 Personal Stories by James W. Loewen
On Being Included: racism and diversity in institutional life by Sara Ahmed
The Three-Cornered War by Megan Kate Nelson
Emergent strategy: shaping change, changing worlds by Adrienne Maree Brown
Where are all the librarians of color? : the experiences of people of color in academia coedited by Rebecca Hankins, CA, MLS; and Miguel Juárez, MLS, MA.
The Color of Law : A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
When and Where I Enter : The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America by Paula J. Giddings
Eloquent Rage : A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper
The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon
Superior : The Return of Race Science by Angela Saini
How to Be Less Stupid About Race : On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide by Crystal Marie Fleming
Well-Read Black Girl : Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves by Glory Edim
Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome by Joy DeGruy
Race for Profit - How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Decolonizing methodologies : research and indigenous peoples by Linda Tuhiwai Smith
BREAKING SCHOOLS' RULES: A Statewide Study of How School Discipline Relates to Students’ Success and Juvenile Justice Involvement - This report was prepared by the Council of State Governments Justice Center in partnership with the Public Policy Research Institute at Texas A&M University. The research and report were made possible with the generous support of the Atlantic Philanthropies and Open Society Foundations.
Articles
The 1619 Project - NYT project reexamining slavery timed for 400th anniversary of Africans arriving in Virginia
75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice by Corinne Shutack. Note 1: This article is continually updated to ensure each item is accurate and needed today. Note 2: Achieving racial justice is a marathon, not a sprint. Our work to fix what we broke and left broken isn’t done until Black folks tell us it’s done.
Antiracism and America - A collaboration between The Guardian and American University’s Antiracist Research and Policy Center, this is an ongoing series that sheds light on the structures at the root of racial inequities.
For Our White Friends Desiring to be Allies by Courtney Ariel. Author's Note: I'm writing this in hopes that it can be used to lighten the load of marginalized folks, keeping in mind that not all marginalized people want to engage in the ally conversation, and that is perfect as well. For those who do, my prayer is that when someone asks you the question, “how can I be a stronger ally?” you might choose to save your breath/energy and send this in its place.
Here’s how to teach Black Lives Matter by Nadia E. Brown, Ray Block, Jr. and Christopher Stout. Protests demanding racial justice in the wake of the recent deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Tony McDade, among others, have left Americans trying to make sense of racial violence by the police, and energized to end brutality against black bodies. We believe this is an opportunity to share research on the Black Lives Matter movement with anyone interested in learning more.
How NOT to be an Ally – Part 1 “Centering the Privileged” by Kim A. Case, Ph.D.
How NOT to be an Ally – Part 2 “He-peat, Re-white, and Amplification” by Kim A. Case, Ph.D.
How NOT to be an Ally – Part 3 “Spoken-Language Microaggressions” by Kim A. Case, Ph.D.
How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change by Barack Obama. As millions of people across the country take to the streets and raise their voices in response to the killing of George Floyd and the ongoing problem of unequal justice, many people have reached out asking how we can sustain momentum to bring about real change. Ultimately, it’s going to be up to a new generation of activists to shape strategies that best fit the times. But I believe there are some basic lessons to draw from past efforts that are worth remembering.
Understanding Our New Racial Reality Starts with the Unconscious. Egalitarian goals can be undermined by deeply rooted implicit biases, says John a. powell. To address racial discrimination, we need to look inward.
White Anti-Racism: Living the Legacy from Teaching Tolerance. What does "white anti-racist" mean? How can guilt get in the way? And what's all this talk about being "colorblind"? Teaching Tolerance asked community activists to share their thoughts on these questions, and others. Their answers shine light on the concepts of comfort, power, privilege and identity.
White Librarianship in Blackface: Diversity Initiatives in LIS by April Hathcock. Whiteness—an ideological practice that can extend beyond notions of racial supremacy to other areas of dominance—has permeated every aspect of librarianship, extending even to the initiatives we claim are committed to increasing diversity. This state of affairs, however, need not remain. This article examines the ways in which whiteness controls diversity initiatives in LIS, particularly in light of the application requirements set upon candidates.
Damage Limitation by Sara Ahmed, discusses how diversity often takes institutional form as damage limitation.
How White People Got Made, by Quinn Norton, exploring where the term “white people” comes from and which ethnic groups have and have not been able to become “white” through US history.
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack and other essays, Groundbreaking 1989 essay by Peggy McIntosh who lists the ways she’s beginning to recognize the way white privilege operates in her life.
Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person, Gina Crosley-Corcoran, raised “the kind of poor that people don’t want to believe still exists in this country,” explores where race and class do and don’t intersect and how she’s come to understand her own white privilege.
The Injustice of This Moment Is not an ‘Aberration,’ Michelle Alexander contextualizes the US’s 2020 state of racism/white supremacy as an inevitable outcome of a collective narrative steeped in denial.
White Fragility, Groundbreaking 2011 article by Robin DiAngelo, which led to a 2018 book of the same title, exploring why it can be so hard for white people to talk about race, and how the resulting silence and defensiveness functions to hold racial dynamics and racial oppression in place.
Understanding the Racial Wealth Gap, 2017 study by Amy Traub, Laura Sullivan, Tatjana Mescheded, & Tom Shapiro analyzing the racial wealth gap that exists between white, black, and Latino households.
White mom to racists: ‘Don’t use my child to further your hate-filled ignorance,’ Rev. Edith Love models allyship in an article written in response to online racial abuse arising from her white teen son’s recent attack by a group of young teens who are black.
White Fragility in Students, A call to action by Teaching While White founders Jenna Chandler-Ward and Elizabeth Denevi who share their experience in school after school where white students and adults lack the knowledge or skill to navigate racism and conversations about it and how that white deficit impacts students of color.
21 Racial Microaggressions You Hear on a Daily Basis, Using a series of photographs by photographer Kiyum Kim, Heben Nigatu, elaborates on the term “microagression.” Note that Ibram X. Kendi, in his recent book How To Be An Anti Racist, calls us to consider using the term “racist abuse” as a more descriptive alternative.
Guide to Allyship, Created by Amélie Lamont this site strives to be an ever-evolving and growing open source guide meant to provide you with the resources for becoming a more effective ally.
From Alt-Right to Groyper, White Nationalists Rebrand For 2020 And Beyond, Report authored by the Institute For Research And Education On Human Rights (IREHR) on white nationalist marketing strategy known as “groyper.”
People of colour have to ‘code-switch’ to fit in with white norms, from a longer series taking an in-depth look at racism in the UK in 2020 this article focuses on the double bind of code-switching. What is it? What toll does it take? What is the cost of not code-switching?
Even Preschoolers Face Racial Bias, Study Finds. Both white and black preschool teachers are biased against black boys.
George Floyd Could Have Been My Brother by Rita Omokha for Elle. “It’s exhausting. How many hashtags will it take for all of America to see Black people as more than their skin color?”
Liberal, progressive, - and racist? The Sierra Club faces its white-supremacist history - Washington Post article by Darryl Fears and Steven Mufson
How Do We Change America? The quest to transform this country cannot be limited to challenging its brutal police. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Everyone’s an Antiracist. Now What? Recognizing that Black people deserve dignity isn’t progress. Erin Aubry Kaplan
This challenge was created by Dr. Eddie Moore, America & Moore, LLC. Image credit to Westminster Presbyterian Church.
About the 21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge
- For 21 days, do one action to further your understanding of power, privilege, supremacy, oppression, and equity
- Plan includes suggestions for readings, podcasts, videos, observations, and ways to form and deepen community connections.
Staff can use a downloadable Google sheet for logging activities: Habit Building Tracking Tool
Below are resource options for participation by categories. The category name links to America & Moore resources and DUL staff curated links.
Books
Begin with LibGuide for Anti-Racism and Black Liberation - Heather Martin created this guide with contributions from Arianne Hartsell-Gundy, Dee McCullough, and Danette Pachtner.
Antiracist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Cane by Jean Toomer - link is to a review of Toomer's book and its ability to articulate the necessity of code-switching in a way that feels modern and intensely relevant right now.
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Critical Pedagogy for Library Instruction
Waiting ‘Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America by Peniel E. Joseph
West Indian Immigrants: A Black Success Story? by Suzanne Model
White Men Challenging Racism: 35 Personal Stories by James W. Loewen
On Being Included: racism and diversity in institutional life by Sara Ahmed
The Three-Cornered War by Megan Kate Nelson
Emergent strategy: shaping change, changing worlds by Adrienne Maree Brown
Where are all the librarians of color? : the experiences of people of color in academia coedited by Rebecca Hankins, CA, MLS; and Miguel Juárez, MLS, MA.
The Color of Law : A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
When and Where I Enter : The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America by Paula J. Giddings
Eloquent Rage : A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper
The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon
Superior : The Return of Race Science by Angela Saini
Voyages : the trans-Atlantic slave trade database - DUL subscription to comprehensive source of data currently available on the trans-Atlantic slave trade
How to Be Less Stupid About Race : On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide by Crystal Marie Fleming
Well-Read Black Girl : Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves by Glory Edim
Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome by Joy DeGruy
Race for Profit - How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Decolonizing methodologies : research and indigenous peoples by Linda Tuhiwai Smith
BREAKING SCHOOLS' RULES: A Statewide Study of How School Discipline Relates to Students’ Success and Juvenile Justice Involvement - This report was prepared by the Council of State Governments Justice Center in partnership with the Public Policy Research Institute at Texas A&M University. The research and report were made possible with the generous support of the Atlantic Philanthropies and Open Society Foundations.
Articles
The 1619 Project - NYT project reexamining slavery timed for 400th anniversary of Africans arriving in Virginia.
75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice by Corinne Shutack. Note 1: This article is continually updated to ensure each item is accurate and needed today. Note 2: Achieving racial justice is a marathon, not a sprint. Our work to fix what we broke and left broken isn’t done until Black folks tell us it’s done.
Antiracism and America - A collaboration between The Guardian and American University’s Antiracist Research and Policy Center, this is an ongoing series that sheds light on the structures at the root of racial inequities.
The Real Reasons the U.S. Became Less Racist Towards Asian American - As historian Ellen Wu explains in her book, “The Color of Success,” the model minority stereotype has a fascinating origin story, one that’s tangled up in geopolitics, the Cold War and the civil rights movement.
For Our White Friends Desiring to be Allies by Courtney Ariel. Author's Note: I'm writing this in hopes that it can be used to lighten the load of marginalized folks, keeping in mind that not all marginalized people want to engage in the ally conversation, and that is perfect as well. For those who do, my prayer is that when someone asks you the question, “how can I be a stronger ally?” you might choose to save your breath/energy and send this in its place.
Here’s how to teach Black Lives Matter by Nadia E. Brown, Ray Block, Jr. and Christopher Stout. Protests demanding racial justice in the wake of the recent deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Tony McDade, among others, have left Americans trying to make sense of racial violence by the police, and energized to end brutality against black bodies. We believe this is an opportunity to share research on the Black Lives Matter movement with anyone interested in learning more.
How NOT to be an Ally – Part 1 “Centering the Privileged” by Kim A. Case, Ph.D.
How NOT to be an Ally – Part 2 “He-peat, Re-white, and Amplification” by Kim A. Case, Ph.D.
How NOT to be an Ally – Part 3 “Spoken-Language Microaggressions” by Kim A. Case, Ph.D.
How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change by Barack Obama. As millions of people across the country take to the streets and raise their voices in response to the killing of George Floyd and the ongoing problem of unequal justice, many people have reached out asking how we can sustain momentum to bring about real change. Ultimately, it’s going to be up to a new generation of activists to shape strategies that best fit the times. But I believe there are some basic lessons to draw from past efforts that are worth remembering.
Understanding Our New Racial Reality Starts with the Unconscious. Egalitarian goals can be undermined by deeply rooted implicit biases, says John a. powell. To address racial discrimination, we need to look inward.
White Anti-Racism: Living the Legacy from Teaching Tolerance. What does "white anti-racist" mean? How can guilt get in the way? And what's all this talk about being "colorblind"? Teaching Tolerance asked community activists to share their thoughts on these questions, and others. Their answers shine light on the concepts of comfort, power, privilege and identity.
White Librarianship in Blackface: Diversity Initiatives in LIS by April Hathcock. Whiteness—an ideological practice that can extend beyond notions of racial supremacy to other areas of dominance—has permeated every aspect of librarianship, extending even to the initiatives we claim are committed to increasing diversity. This state of affairs, however, need not remain. This article examines the ways in which whiteness controls diversity initiatives in LIS, particularly in light of the application requirements set upon candidates.
Are Asians Black?: The Asian-American Civil Rights Agenda and the Contemporary Significance of the Black/White Paradigm, Janine Young Kim, The Yale Law Journal
Damage Limitation by Sara Ahmed, discusses how diversity often takes institutional form as damage limitation.
How White People Got Made, by Quinn Norton, exploring where the term “white people” comes from and which ethnic groups have and have not been able to become “white” through US history.
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack and other essays, Groundbreaking 1989 essay by Peggy McIntosh who lists the ways she’s beginning to recognize the way white privilege operates in her life.
Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person, Gina Crosley-Corcoran, raised “the kind of poor that people don’t want to believe still exists in this country,” explores where race and class do and don’t intersect and how she’s come to understand her own white privilege.
The Injustice of This Moment Is not an ‘Aberration,’ Michelle Alexander contextualizes the US’s 2020 state of racism/white supremacy as an inevitable outcome of a collective narrative steeped in denial.
White Fragility, Groundbreaking 2011 article by Robin DiAngelo, which led to a 2018 book of the same title, exploring why it can be so hard for white people to talk about race, and how the resulting silence and defensiveness functions to hold racial dynamics and racial oppression in place.
Understanding the Racial Wealth Gap, 2017 study by Amy Traub, Laura Sullivan, Tatjana Mescheded, & Tom Shapiro analyzing the racial wealth gap that exists between white, black, and Latino households.
White mom to racists: ‘Don’t use my child to further your hate-filled ignorance,’ Rev. Edith Love models allyship in an article written in response to online racial abuse arising from her white teen son’s recent attack by a group of young teens who are black.
White Fragility in Students, A call to action by Teaching While White founders Jenna Chandler-Ward and Elizabeth Denevi who share their experience in school after school where white students and adults lack the knowledge or skill to navigate racism and conversations about it and how that white deficit impacts students of color.
21 Racial Microaggressions You Hear on a Daily Basis, Using a series of photographs by photographer Kiyum Kim, Heben Nigatu, elaborates on the term “microagression.” Note that Ibram X. Kendi, in his recent book How To Be An Anti Racist, calls us to consider using the term “racist abuse” as a more descriptive alternative.
Guide to Allyship, Created by Amélie Lamont this site strives to be an ever-evolving and growing open source guide meant to provide you with the resources for becoming a more effective ally.
From Alt-Right to Groyper, White Nationalists Rebrand For 2020 And Beyond, Report authored by the Institute For Research And Education On Human Rights (IREHR) on white nationalist marketing strategy known as “groyper.”
People of colour have to ‘code-switch’ to fit in with white norms, from a longer series taking an in-depth look at racism in the UK in 2020 this article focuses on the double bind of code-switching. What is it? What toll does it take? What is the cost of not code-switching?
Even Preschoolers Face Racial Bias, Study Finds. Both white and black preschool teachers are biased against black boys.
George Floyd Could Have Been My Brother by Rita Omokha for Elle. “It’s exhausting. How many hashtags will it take for all of America to see Black people as more than their skin color?”
Liberal, progressive, - and racist? The Sierra Club faces its white-supremacist history - Washington Post article by Darryl Fears and Steven Mufson
How Do We Change America? The quest to transform this country cannot be limited to challenging its brutal police. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Everyone’s an Antiracist. Now What? Recognizing that Black people deserve dignity isn’t progress. Erin Aubry Kaplan
The Black Power Movement and The Asian American Movement by By Evelyn Chen
Black Women With Natural Hairstyles Less Likely To Get Job Interviews, Study Reveals - Huffpost article by Nadine White
Naomi Osaka's hair reveals the burdens carried by Black bodies in white spaces by Robyn Autry
Being labelled a 'palatable' Black girl hasn't saved me from discrimination by Kedean Smith
Teaching Hard History - Podcast series brought to you by Teaching Tolerance and hosted by Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries. What we don’t know about American history hurts us all. Teaching Hard History begins with the long legacy of slavery and reaches through the civil rights movement to the present day.
What Do Asian-Americans Owe The Civil Rights Movement? - As the US prepares to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington, guest host Celeste Headlee speaks to Scot Nakagawa. He recently wrote an article called "Three Things Asian-Americans Owe to the Civil Rights Movement."
Teaching While White, hosted by longtime educators Jenna Chandler-Ward and Elizabeth Denevi, TWW’s podcast focuses on how whiteness shows up in the education sector and what anti-racist educators are doing to challenge that. Episodes feature different ntaionally renowned anti-racist educator guests. (any episode – times vary)
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BBC Radio 5 live – The Sista Collective – Created and hosted by BBC producer Jessie Aru-Phillips, each season showcases the depth of Black British talent. (any episode – one-ish hour each)
Nice White Parents Apple Podcast from The New York Times
When Antiracist Reading Lists Aren't Enough - ALA/LLAMA Webinar by Nicole Cooke, the Augusta Baker Endowed Chair and an Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina.
Say It Loud YouTube channel (15 videos all under 20 minutes)
Living While Black Symposium - June 16, 2020 Duke community event (NetID required)
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Algorithmic Bias and Fairness: Crash Course AI - discusses five common types of algorithmic bias
Stone Ghosts: A Journey Through The Confederate South, From Charlottesville To Selma - NBC News clip on Confederate Civil War monuments
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Back to Natural - 75-minute documentary film that takes a look at the intersection of hair, politics, and identity in Black communities.
Exploring the Emotions of White Racism and Antiracism
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The Ferguson Effect on Local Activism and Community Memory - digital activism
TED Talks to Help You Understand Racism in America
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Slavery After Freedom - Vice clip with genealogist Antoinette Harrell
White Like Me: Race, Racism & White Privilege in America
The Great Migration and the power of a single decision | Isabel Wilkerson TedTalk
Everyday Inclusion Begins with Me: Diversity and Intergroup Communication in the Workplace - ACRL workshop
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Why are Black & White Funerals STILL Separate? - Ask a Mortician with Caitlin Doughty
These Divers Search For Slave Shipwrecks and Discover Their Ancestors | National Geographic
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How Racism Harms White Americans - John H. Bracey
The CROWN Act - a PSA on Hair Discrimination
Cultural Criticism & Transformation
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- #BlackJoyProject - How the Black Joy Project is helping activists deal
- Beyonce's Lemonade
- Alvin Ailey Dance - Wade in the Water from Revelations
- Insecure by Issa Rae - Creator Issa Rae (The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl) stars as Issa Dee, who struggles to navigate the tricky professional and personal terrain of Los Angeles along with her best friend Molly (Yvonne Orji).
- Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes
- Black Lightning - "Black Lightning focuses on the Black family dynamic, and many of the issues the pilot tackles are taken directly from current national headlines. Themes of racial profiling, school violence and gang conflict are all touched upon in the hour-long debut, though none of it seems forced or preachy. The topics all feel natural and crucial to the series' direction instead of deterring from the overall story. The episode illustrates how there can be two fundamentally different approaches to dealing with such complex issues, with neither one presented as inherently better or worsen than the other. For example, Jefferson and local gang member Lala each want the best for today's youth, yet they go about it in different ways. One uses a gentle hand, while the other chooses a firmer, more aggressive fist." - Tim Adams (review on CBR.com)
- Enjoy some work by local artists: Black on Black Project, Bobbie James, Durham Black Artists' Collective, Gemynii, Jade Wilson, Kennedi Carter, Wutang McDougal