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Anti-Racism Resources

Things You Can Do Now

Dear White People, This is What We Want You to Do
by Kandise LeBlanc on Inside the Kandi Dish
75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
by Corinne Shutack in the Medium
What we must do to dismantle white supremacy
by Rell Brown & Natalia Cardona in 350.org

White Fragility, White Privilege, and White Supremacist Culture

White Fragility
by Robin D'Angelo in The International Journal of Critical Pedagogy
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
by Peggy McIntosh
When White Women Cry: How White Women's Tears Oppress Women of Color
by Mamta Motwani Accapadi in The College Student Affairs Journal
White Supremacy Culture
by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun from Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change Groups

Higher Education

White Academia: Do Better
by Jasmine Roberts in The Medium
Impossible Burdens: White Institutions, Emotional Labor, and Micro-Resistance
by Louwanda Evans and Wendy Leo Moore in Social Problems (requires NU credentials)
Anti-racist pedagogy: from faculty’s self-reflection to organizing within and beyond the classroom
by Kyoko Kishimoto in Race, Ethnicity, and Education (requires NU credentials)
Accomplices in the Academy in the Age of Black Lives Matter
by Jessica Powell & Amber Kelly in Journal of Critical Thought and Praxis

Libraries and Archives

In Pursuit of Antiracist Social Justice: Denaturalizing Whiteness in the Academic Library
by Freeda Brook, Dave Ellenwood, and Althea Eannace Lazzaro in Library Trends (requires NU credentials)
Trippin’ Over the Color Line: The Invisibility of Race in Library and Information Studies
by Todd Honma in Interactions
White Librarianship in Blackface: Diversity Initiatives in LIS
by April Hathcock in In the Library with the Lead Pipe
It's Not Enough to Say Black Lives Matter - Libraries Must Divest From the Police
by Library Freedom Project in The Medium
Black Lives Matter!: Shedding library neutrality rhetoric for social justice
by Nicole Pagowsky and Niamh Wallace in College and Research Libraries News
Introducing critical race theory to archival discourse: getting the conversation started
by Anthony Dunbar in Archival Science (requires NU credentials)

Parenting through a Racial Justice Lens

White Supremacists Still Exist. Here's What White Parents Can Do About It.
by Caroline Bologna in the Huffington Post
PBS' Teaching Your Child About Black History Month
by Nefertiti Austin
Anti-Racism For Kids 101: Starting To Talk About Race
by Books for Littles
100 Race-Conscious Things You Can Say To Your Child to Advance Racial Justice
by Raising Race Conscious Children