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How to Be An Antiracist: Additional Resources

Like Antiracism reading lists, there are many thought-provoking compilations of Antiracism resources.  Good starting places include Tasha K's Anti-Racism Resource Guide, Gabriela Kovats Sánchez's Recursos antirracistas en español, or the many websites cited by Ibram X. Kendi in How to Be an Antiracist

Anna Stamborski, Nikki Zimmermann, and Bailie Gregory have created resource page that scaffolds resources and actions based on individuals' stages of antiracism.

This webpage is a compilation of resources recommended by Chico State students, faculty, staff, and community members.  

  • Websites and Articles

    1619, The New York Times

    "Addressing Law Enforcement Violence as a Public Health Issue," American Public Health Association

    An open letter to Paradise Unified School District from by students who graduated from Paradise Unified School District

    "Anti-racist action and becoming part of the solution," Psychology Today

    Antiracism Glossary

    Black Lives Matter

    “The Case for Reparations,” The Atlantic 

    Confronting Prejudice: How to Protect Yourself and Help Others

    "Guidance for Reporting and Writing About Racism," Syracuse University

    "How to be anti-racist," Mashable

    Race Forward

    Racial Equity Tools

    "Rednecks for Black Lives"

    Social Justice: Antiracism Resources from Chico State's Office of Diversity and Inclusion

    Statement of Solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement from the Rural School Collaborative

    "Talking about race," National Museum of African American History and Culture

    "What it means to be anti-racist," VOX

     Young Farmers for Black Lives Matter

  • Videos

    "We need to talk about injustice," Bryan Stevenson 

    "The Urgency of Intersectionality," Kimberle Crenshaw

    "Robin DiAngelo discusses White Fragility"

    "Race Forward"

    "Color Blind or Color Brave," Melody Hobson

    "Peanut Butter and Jelly Racism," The New York Times

  • Podcasts

    Code Switch by NPR

    Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberle Crenshaw

    Momentum: A Race Forward

    Pass the Mic by the Witness Podcast Network

    White Lies by NPR

  • For Educators

    Recorded webinar: “From Linguistic Racism to Linguistic Justice and Liberation: Black Language, Literacy, and Learning," September 1, 2020.

    Baker-Bell, April. Linguistic Justice: Black Language, Literacy, Identity, and Pedagogy. Routledge/NCTE, 2020.

    Barton Gellman & Sam Alder-Bell, “Disparate Impact of Surveillance.” The Century Foundation. 2017.

    Benjamin, Ruha. Race After Technology. Polity, 2019. 

    Benjamin, Ruha. “Informed Refusal: Toward a Justicebased Bioethics.” Science, Technology, & Human Values, vol. 41, no. 6, 2016, pp. 967–990. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/24778299.

    Craig Watkins, S. (Ed.) The Digital Edge: How Black and Latino Youth Navigate Digital Inequality. New York University Press, 2018.

    Dencik, Lina and Arne Hintz, Joanna Redden & Emiliano Treré (2019) “Exploring Data Justice: Conceptions, Applications and Directions, Information,” Communication & Society, 22:7, 873-881, DOI:10.1080/1369118X.2019.1606268

    Kinloch, Valerie. Race, Justice, and Activism in Literacy Instruction. New York: Teachers College Press, 2019.

    Feminist Data Manifest-No

    Morris, Sean Michael and Jesse Stommel. “A Guide for Resisting EdTech: The Case Against TurnItIn.” Hybrid Pedagogy. 07-25-2017.https://hybridpedagogy.org/resisting-edtech/

    Noble, Sofiya Umoja.  Algorithms of Oppression. New York University Press, 2018.

    Swauger, Shea. “Our Bodies Encoded: Algorithmic Test Proctoring in Higher Education.” Hybrid Pedagogy. 04-20-2020. https://hybridpedagogy.org/our-bodies-encoded-algorithmic-test-proctoring-in-higher-education/

    Black Language Syllabus

    Linguistic justice resources for educators from the P.R.I.D.E. team

    PittEd Justice Collective website

    Racially Affirming Books for Black Children from The Pittsburgh Study

    Pittsburgh Study website

    Anti-Racism Resources for Teachers

    Black Lives Matter at School - Resources

  • Get Involved

    Recommended by Chico State's Office of Diversity and Inclusion 

    African American Cultural Center
    The African American Family & Cultural Center opened in 2011 as a MHSA funded collaboration between Youth for Change, Butte County Department of Behavioral Health. The idea of the cultural center was to create a place to restore cultural values and identity as well as offer programs and services pertaining to mental health to families in the surrounding community.
    Phone: 530-532-1205

    American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California (ALCU)
    The ACLU works to extend rights to segments of our population that have traditionally been denied their rights, including people of color; women; lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people; prisoners; and people with disabilities.
    Phone: (415) 621-2488

    Chico Peace & Justice Center
    The Chico Peace & Justice Center is a community-based organization committed to working for the achievement of peace and social and economic justice through the power of non-violence. The center is dedicated to issues of poverty, racism, sexism, economic exploitation, militarism, and environmental destruction. The center works for social change through education, community building, and direct action. For more information:
    Phone: 530-898-9078

    Concerned Citizens for Justice
    We are a fighting grassroots organization of community members, rooted in the Black Radical Tradition of Chattanooga and the South. We are multiracial and multi-generational, but we prioritize the leadership of working class Black people, especially women. We are organizing people who are most directly impacted by state violence and white supremacy in Chattanooga: incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people, survivors and loved ones of people impacted by police violence, and anyone experiencing discrimination, displacement, or has a desire to bring radical change to our communities’ material conditions.
    Phone: Phone: (423) 799-0787

    Human Relations Network of Butte County
    The Human Relations Network of Butte County's mission is to promote the civic tolerance necessary to achieve a hate-free community by encouraging by the most effective means possible: recognition and respect for the rights of all persons not to suffer discrimination, physical or verbal threats, or abuse.
    Phone: 530-898-6366

    Stonewall Alliance Center
    The Stonewall Alliance Center's primary objective and purpose shall be to provide information and services that promote the physical, psychological, and social health of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities of the northern Sacramento Valley and Sierra foothills.
    Phone: 530-893-3336

Resources to Share?
To add additional antiracism resources, email bic@csuchico.edu.

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