Anti-Racism Resources

We are educating ourselves and invite you to join us. Below are links to a variety of racial justice resources as well as a list of diverse organizations to support. We understand that learning about racial justice is a continuous process. These resources are a starting point.

Read the Women’s Foundation for the State of Arizona’s position on racial equity here.

Getting Started

Racial Equity Tools Glossary (15 min)

Systemic Racism Explained (4:30 min)

How to disagree productively and find common ground (14 min)

Embracing Discomfort in Equity Work | by Dr Debbie Donsky | Reflective Stance (10 min read)

What is Critical Race Theory (CRT)?

Intersectionality

Kimberlé Crenshaw on Intersectionality (5 min)

What it takes to be racially literate (12:23)

The danger of a single story | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (19:16)

White Privilege

Peggy McIntosh’s White Privilege: Invisible Knapsack (5 min)

Solidarity is not acknowledging your white privilege, but relinquishing it | Opinion (5 mins)

‘This Song Is Uncomfortable’: Macklemore And Jamila Woods On ‘White Privilege’ (12 mins)

What so many get wrong about racism in the workplace

Deconstructing Stereotypes and “Colorblindness”

How microaggressions are like mosquito bites • Same Difference (2 min)

WATCH: Why ‘colorblindness’ is not the right approach to race (3 min)

Dylann Roof and the Stubborn Myth of the Colorblind Millennial (5 min)

I Am Not Your Asian Stereotype | Canwen Xu | TEDxBoise (9:38)

Racial Disparities in Addiction/Substance Abuse Treatment

Structural Power, Privilege, and Racism

To change the world, change your illusions (15 mins)

Let’s get to the root of racial injustice | Megan Ming Francis | TEDxRainier (19:37)

To talk about structural racism, we have to talk about white privilege (5 mins)

Taking Action & Healing

We All Have Feelings About Race and Racism (5 mins)

How we can start to heal the pain of racial division | Ruby Sales (20:28)

Meditation for Healing Racial Trauma (17:39)

Mental Health Issues Facing the Black Community

Confronting Prejudice: How to Protect Yourself and Help Others

How to Use Your Social Work Degree to Decriminalize Mental Illness

Healthline’s TRANSFORM | Community Volunteer Search

Podcasts

WATCH LIVE: PBS NewsHour Presents ‘Race Matters: America in Crisis’

The Problem We All Live With – Part One – This American Life

9 Podcasts on Racism: Understanding The Black Lives Matter Movement

Poetry, Song, Visual & Studio Arts

Black Lives Matter (Poem) | Dea Chappell | TEDxYouth@AnnArbor (3:31)

Spoken word for justice: stand down | Tavis Brunson & Shanita Jackson | TEDxGreenville (7:30)

13 Black Women Artists To Know | Black Excellence (12 mins)

The Most Influential Living African American Artists (15 mins)

Jean-Michel Basquiat and 9 Black Visual Artists Who Broke Barriers (10 mins)

Courses and Other Resources

White Allyship 101: Resources to Get to Work by Dismantle Collective

Being Antiracist

NATIONAL RESOURCE AND EDUCATION TOOL; Know their names. See their faces. Learn their stories.

Racial Justice Leadership from the SOAR Fellows Community

“Race, Class, and the American Dream,” Free Semester Long Class (from a University of Arizona professor and member of WFSA’s Tucson Public Voices program!)

Learning Resources: Social Justice and Anti-Racism in Policing

Movements and Organizations

Black Lives Matter: Home

SHOWING UP FOR RACIAL JUSTICE – Showing Up for Racial Justice

Black Student Union | African American Student Affairs

FIGHT FOR BREONNA.

PB Resources

Black Lives Matter PB Resources Cheat Sheet