Reading and Listening for Change: Anti-Racism Resources
Featured resource: Living While Black event videos. On June 16, we held an online event with a distinguished group of speakers from our Black community at Duke. Faculty scholars discussed the background, dimensions and impact of racism and racist policies and structures. Students and staff shared their perspectives and insights. We also discussed actionable steps to move forward. This was a first step to fully engage all members of our community to consider new ways to advance Duke’s goals toward achieving racial justice and equity. Watch the videos: Session 1: How Did We Get Here?; Session 2: Being Black in America; Session 3: Being Black at Duke; and Session 4: How Do We Move Forward?
Dear Duke Faculty,
Our campus, community and country did not arrive at the current debate about systemic racism overnight. The solutions must involve each one of us. We must – everyone must – engage ourselves by committing to self-reflection and conversations about race, no matter how difficult it may feel. As citizens of the Duke community we have a moral obligation to ourselves and to one another to do our part in building and fostering an equitable community. Each member of our campus must have access to opportunities and resources and be treated in a way that validates and affirms their humanity. Hearts and minds require a shift to inspire the change needed for equality and justice for all. Reading about and listening to different perspectives and lived experiences can be one catalyst for this change. Wherever you stand on your personal journey, it is our hope that this list will prompt you to choose action.
Regards,
Abbas Benmamoun, Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement
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Resources for Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) to Engage in Self-Care
- Academic Leaders and Faculty
- Resources for the Entire Duke Community
- Resources for Parents to Rear Anti-Racist Children
Resources for Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) to Engage in Self-Care
- “Self-Care for People of Color After Psychological Trauma” by Jasmine Banks
- “Self-Care Tips for Black People Who Are Struggling with This Very Painful Week” by Rachel Miller
- “Surviving and Resisting Hate: A Toolkit for People of Color” by Hector Y. Adames and Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas
Academic Leaders and Faculty
- Best Practices on Inclusive Teaching and Mentoring by Duke Faculty Advancement
- Best Practices on Inclusive Searches by Duke Faculty Advancement
- “Five Things Leaders Must Consider to Effectively Address Racial Inequity” with Ashleigh Shelby Rosette
Resources for the Entire Duke Community
Books
- Anti-racism and Black Liberation: A beginning resource list for the Duke community, a guide by Heather Martin with contributions from Arianne Hartsell-Gundy, Dee McCullough and Danette Pachtner (Duke Libraries)
- American Slavery, American Freedom by Edmund Morgan
- Biased by Jennifer Eberhardt
- Black Man in White Coat by Damon Tweedy
- Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story by Timothy B. Tyson
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- Brutal Imagination by Cornelius Eady
- Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
- The Colors of Us by Karen Katz
- Desegregating Private Higher Education in the South: Duke, Emory, Rice, Tulane, and Vanderbilt by Melissa Kean
- Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams
- Hope Draped in Black: Race, Melancholy, and the Agony of Progress by Joseph Winters (Duke University)
- Ivory and Ebony Towers: Race Relations in Higher Education by Charles Vert Willie
- Let’s Talk About Race by Julius Lester
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
- My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
- Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life by Karen E. Fields
- Racism without Racists by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva (Duke University)
- Regulating the Poor: The Functions of Public Welfare by Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- A Spectacular Secret: Lynching in American Life and Literature by Jacqueline Goldsby
- Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
- Waking Up White by Debby Irving
- When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
- Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do by Claude M. Steele
Articles
- “97 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice” by Corinne Shutack
- “The 1619 Project” (article collection)
- “Answering White People’s Most Commonly Asked Questions about the Black Lives Matter Movement” by Courtney Martin
- “Black Male Writers for Our Time” by Ayana Mathis
- “The Case for Reparations” by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- “The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying” by Adam Serwer
- “The Death of George Floyd, in Context” by Jelani Cobb
- “Diversity and Inclusion Are Not Enough” by Benjamin Reese
- “Don’t Understand the Protests? What You’re Seeing Is People Pushed to the Edge” by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- “The Gap Between White and Black Americans, in Charts” by Patrick Sharkey, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Yaryna Serkez
- “How to Make This Moment the Turning Point for Real Change” by Barack Obama
- “The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston
- “Of Course There Are Protests. The State Is Failing Black People” by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
- “Talking about Race” Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Peggy McIntosh
- “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Ibram X. Kendi
- “You Shouldn’t Need a Harvard Degree to Survive Birdwatching While Black” by Samuel Getachew
Films, Documentaries and Series
- 26 Mini-Films for Exploring Race, Bias and Identity with Students (film collection)
- "Black Feminism and the Movement for Black Lives" with Charlene Carruthers, Reina Gossett and Barbara Smith
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
- Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975
- Blindspotting
- Clemency
- "How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion" with Peggy McIntosh
- I Am Not Your Negro
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- "James Baldwin Debates William F. Buckley (1965)"
- Just Mercy
- King in the Wilderness
- Netflix: Black Lives Matter (film collection)
- Selma
- Whose Streets?
Audio Interviews
- “Brené with Ibram X. Kendi on How to Be an Antiracist” featuring Ibram X. Kendi
- “NC Community Members Reflect on Their History with Policing and Protests” featuring Adriane Lentz-Smith (Duke University) and Nia Wilson
- “Mark Anthony Neal Answers Questions about Juneteenth” featuring Mark Anthony Neal (Duke University)
- “Racism Without Racists” featuring Eduardo Bonilla-Silva (Duke University)
- “What Racism Is” featuring Toni Morrison
Podcasts
- 1619
- About Race
- The Appeal
- Code Switch
- Intersectionality Matters!
- Jemele Hill Is Unbothered
- Justice in America
- Pod for the Cause
- Pod Save the People
- Seeing White
- Still Processing
Resources for Parents to Rear Anti-Racist Children
Books
- Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners (book collection)
- Looking for Excellent 'Diverse' Books for Children? Start Here! (book collection)
- Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey (listen to related podcast episode)
- Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum (watch related video)
Articles
- “4 Things We Should All Teach Kids About Racism Right Now” by Mia McKenzie
- “100 Race-Conscious Things You Can Say to Your Child to Advance Racial Justice” by Raising Race Conscious Children
- “Anti-Racism for Kids 101: Starting to Talk About Race” by Ashia Ray
- “Raising Race-Conscious Children” by Joanna Goddard
- “Teaching Your Child About Black History” by Nefertiti Austin