Anti-Racism Resources at CIA's Gund Library: Online & Open Access Resources

Articles: Racial Justice, Policing, and Protest. Annual Reviews journals are highly respected sources of reviews on discriminatory policing of minorities, on bias in the criminal justice system, on inequalities in healthcare, and on other relevant issues. To draw wider attention to these resources, we have curated a collection of articles that focus on understanding discrimination and its impact, and what must be done to end it. These articles are freely available to download.

Video: We all hold racial biases. Racial bias can be formed both implicitly and explicitly, and can be passed on generationally. The good non-racist/bad racist binary frames how we perceive ourselves and how bias can impact our daily interactions with others. Tracey Benson leverages his experience as an educator to challenge us to become more aware of our own biases and challenge ourselves to make society safer for each other. Dr. Benson is an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at the UNC Charlotte where he teaches courses in educational leadership, law, and policy.

Video: Dr. Robin DiAngelo is the author of "White Fragility" and "What Does it Mean to Be White? Developing White Racial Literacy" and has been an anti-racist educator, and has heard justifications of racism by white men and women in her workshops for over two decades. This justification, which she calls “white fragility,” is a state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress becomes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive moves. These moves include outward display of emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and behaviors such as argumentation, silence, and leaving the stress-inducing situation.

Video. Professor Dorothy E. Roberts delivered the Henry L. Gates Jr., Lecture, “Killing the Black Body: A Twenty-Year Retrospective,” on April 27, 2017, at the Whitney Humanities Center Auditorium, Yale University.

Articles: A freely available Black Lives Matter learning resource, featuring a rich collection of handpicked articles from the digital archives of over 50 different publications.

Website: Tools, research, tips, curricula, and ideas for people who want to increase their own understanding and to help those working for racial justice at every level – in systems, organizations, communities, and the culture at large.

Video: Several part series examining various aspects of systemic racism.

This resource is an action-oriented guide that does not claim to be exhaustive. It is meant to engage all educators in the college campus in becoming anti-racist.
It will direct you to resources produced by communities of educators across the US.