Definitions
Where to Start
Where to Start
- The Harvard Implicit Association Test (IAT)The IAT measures attitudes and beliefs that people may be unwilling or unable to report. The IAT may show that you have an implicit attitude that you did not know about.
Several tests are available. Select the population you want to test your implicit bias about for your test.
Once you complete the IAT test online, consider writing no more than a 1-page reflection paper on what you learned or observed and then discuss with a colleague or friend.
Read Blindspot (Banaji M., Greenwald, A.), 35 Dumb Things Well- Intended People Say (Cullen, M.) or What is Race? (Whit Taylor).
35 Dumb Things Well-Intended People Say by Call Number: EBOOKISBN: 9781600378126Publication Date: 2008
Blindspot : hidden biases of good people by Call Number: EBOOKISBN: 9780345528438Publication Date: 2016I know my own mind. I am able to assess others in a fair and accurate way. These self-perceptions are challenged by leading psychologists Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald as they explore the hidden biases we all carry from a lifetime of exposure to cultural attitudes about age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, social class, sexuality, disability status, and nationality. In Blindspot, the authors reveal hidden biases based on their experience with the Implicit Association Test, a method that has revolutionized the way scientists learn about the human mind and that gives us a glimpse into what lies within the metaphoric blindspot.
The “8-4-6” Personal Challenge: A 21 Day Call to Action
- The “8-4-6” Personal Challenge: A 21 Day Call to ActionThis is an invitation and challenge for our DMU community to:
- Identify 8 things you will do for the next 21 days to increase your awareness or learn more about becoming anti-racist or serving as an ally.
- Identify 4 actionable items; disrupt/interrupt when hearing racist jokes/comments or joining a social justice organization in the local community, engaging with community partners, or actively listen to communities of color/other marginalized groups.
- Agree to meet with 6 new individuals/colleagues and discuss what you each have learned, will continue to do, or identify other areas of growth, self-reflection etc... this can be over coffee, staff meetings, or lunch- zoom meetings/phone calls ...
What does "8-4-6" represent?
For 8 minutes and 46 seconds, Mr. George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was pinned to the ground by a Minneapolis’ police officer’s knee on his neck, resulting in his death. The “8-4-6 challenge” is a way for us all to reflect on the demand for social justice and our individual and collective contributions toward that goal.
Why 21 days?
Based on several studies, most habits or routines require at least a minimum of 21 days to develop. As discussed in the Diversity Health Series, this is an ongoing process for all of us. The 21 Day Challenge is a place to start.
Anti-Racism and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resources
There are additional resources available under the various Population tabs. This list is not a complete list of anti-racism and DEI resources.
- Anti-Racism and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) ResourcesGuide created by the Office of Multicultural Affairs
- Student Counseling Center ResourcesGuide created by the Student Counseling Center
- Researchers around the world prepare to #ShutDownSTEM and ‘Strike For Black Lives’Science Magazine article by Sophia Chen
- Under Our Skin: A Project of The Seattle TimesUnder Our Skin grew out of conversations about how The Seattle Times covers race at a time when national and local events — the furor over police shootings, the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, protests on college campuses and charged campaign rhetoric — dominate headlines.
- Scaffolded Anti-Racist ResourcesThis is a working document for scaffolding anti-racism resources. The goal is to facilitate growth for white folks to become allies, and eventually accomplices for anti-racist work. These resources have been ordered in an attempt to make them more accessible.
Available in the Library Catalog: Additional Social Justice Readings
A Different Mirror for Young People by Call Number: EBOOKISBN: 9781609804169Publication Date: 2012A longtime professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, Ronald Takaki was recognized as one of the foremost scholars of American ethnic history and diversity. When the first edition of A Different Mirror was published in 1993, Publishers Weekly called it "a brilliant revisionist history of America that is likely to become a classic of multicultural studies" and named it one of the ten best books of the year. Now Rebecca Stefoff, who adapted Howard Zinn's best-selling A People's History of the United States for younger readers, turns the updated 2008 edition of Takaki's multicultural masterwork into A Different Mirror for Young People. Drawing on Takaki's vast array of primary sources, and staying true to his own words whenever possible, A Different Mirror for Young People brings ethnic history alive through the words of people, including teenagers, who recorded their experiences in letters, diaries, and poems. Like Zinn's A People's History, Takaki's A Different Mirror offers a rich and rewarding "people's view" perspective on the American story.
Evicted : Poverty and Profit in the American City by Call Number: EBOOKISBN: 9780553447439Publication Date: 2016WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE * Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Evicted transforms our understanding of poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving one of twenty-first-century America's most devastating problems.
Just Mercy: a Story of Justice and Redemption by Call Number: EBOOKISBN: 9780812994520Publication Date: 2014Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of our criminal justice system. One of his first cases was that of Walter McMillian, a young man who was sentenced to die for a notorious murder he insisted he didn't commit. The case drew Bryan into a tangle of conspiracy, political machination, and legal brinksmanship--and transformed his understanding of mercy and justice forever. Just Mercy is at once an unforgettable account of an idealistic, gifted young lawyer's coming of age, a moving window into the lives of those he has defended, and an inspiring argument for compassion in the pursuit of true justice.
Lies My Teacher Told Me by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781620974858Publication Date: 2019This updated and revised edition of the American Book Award-winner and national bestseller revitalizes the truth of America's history, explores how myths continue to be perpetrated, and includes a new chapter on 9/11 and the Iraq War.
Mapping Race by ISBN: 9780813561387Publication Date: 2013-08-12Researchers commonly ask subjects to self-identify their race from a menu of preestablished options. Yet if race is a multidimensional, multilevel social construction, this has profound methodological implications for the sciences and social sciences. Race must inform how we design large-scale data collection and how scientists utilize race in the context of specific research questions. This landmark collection argues for the recognition of those implications for research and suggests ways in which they may be integrated into future scientific endeavors. It concludes on a prescriptive note, providing an arsenal of multidisciplinary, conceptual, and methodological tools for studying race specifically within the context of health inequalities.
Nobody: casualties of America's war on the vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and beyond by Call Number: EBOOKISBN: 9781501124976Publication Date: 2016Named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews A New York Times Editor's Choice Nautilus Award Winner "A worthy and necessary addition to the contemporary canon of civil rights literature." --The New York Times From one of the leading voices on civil rights in America, a thoughtful and urgent analysis of recent headline-making police brutality cases and the systems and policies that enabled them. In this "thought-provoking and important" (Library Journal) analysis of state-sanctioned violence, Marc Lamont Hill carefully considers a string of high-profile deaths in America--Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, and others--and incidents of gross negligence by government, such as the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. He digs underneath these events to uncover patterns and policies of authority that allow some citizens become disempowered, disenfranchised, poor, uneducated, exploited, vulnerable, and disposable. To help us understand the plight of vulnerable communities, he examines the effects of unfettered capitalism, mass incarceration, and political power while urging us to consider a new world in which everyone has a chance to become somebody. Heralded as an essential text for our times, Marc Lamont Hill's galvanizing work embodies the best traditions of scholarship, journalism, and storytelling to lift unheard voices and to address the necessary question, "how did we get here?"
A People's History of the United States by Call Number: EBOOKISBN: 9781317325307Publication Date: 2015This is a new edition of the radical social history of America from Columbus to the present. This powerful and controversial study turns orthodox American history upside down to portray the social turmoil behind the "march of progress".
White Trash by Call Number: EBOOKISBN: 9780415916929Publication Date: 1996First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
