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Here you will find references to useful books, blogs and more, to support your learning and practice
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Racism can take many forms.
Some think racism is always visible and obvious, and mostly comes from individuals through physical and verbal abuse and an open contempt for those of a certain ethnic or cultural background. While this is definitely a form of racism, other elements of racism, such as systemic racism, are widespread but harder to spot......
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The Anti-Racist Educator is a great source of information on both fiction and non fiction
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The invention of whiteness: the long history of a dangerous idea
Before the 17th century, people did not think of themselves as belonging to something called the white race. But once the idea was invented, it quickly began to reshape the modern world
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Ibram X. Kendi on books to help transcend racist heritage.
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Lucretia is a former college professor, who founded Brownicity with the purpose of making scholarly-informed, antiracism education accessible in order to inspire a culture of true belonging and justice for all. Her TED Talk, ‘Children will light up the world if we don’t keep them in the dark’ (2017) is well received, as well as her books and courses:
- What LIES Between Us – Fostering First Steps Toward Racial Healing (2016)
- Hues of You – An Activity Book for Learning About the Skin You Are In (2022)
- Teaching for Justice and Belonging – A Journey for Educators and Parents (2022, coauthored with Tehia Starker-Glass, PhD)
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Here is an anti-racist reading list for children as well as for adults, that can help us all become more kind, caring, and empathetic.
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This publication aims to inspire a new direction on race equality within public, social and organisational policy by promoting key concepts which can help institutions to better respond to the challenges of tackling inequality. These are gathered into five sections setting out the change we need to see.
• Change what we mean by ‘racism’
• Create a better evidence base
• Understand the impact of ‘difference’
• Change organisational culture
• Learn from the past, work for the future
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