Resources for Conversations on Racism
Resources from the Cornell Community
University Contributions
- Cornell University Library Black Lives Matter Library Guide, Cornell University Libraries
- Cornell University Library Community Resources and Research on Anti-Asian Violence, Cornell University Libraries
- Inclusive Excellence Podcast, Department of Inclusion and Belonging
- Implicit Bias Educational Resources, Cornell Graduate School
- Practical Steps to Support Social Justice & Address Inequities, Cornell Graduate School
- “I” Statements (podcast), the Intergroup Dialogue Project at Cornell
- Racism in America: Policing and Incarceration, the College of Arts and Sciences
- Responding to Incidents that Affect the Teaching and Learning Environment, the Center for Teaching Innovation
- Resources for the AAPI Community, Cornell Asian American Studies Program
- Hate in the Time of COVID, a YouTube panel from the Cornell Asian American Studies Program
Faculty Contributions: Writing, Research and Art
- Cutting School: The Segrenomics of American Education, by Noliwe Rooks
- Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid, Federalism and Unequal Politics, by Jamila Michener
- Incarceration Nation: How the United States Became the Most Punitive Democracy in the World, by Peter Enns
- “Memorial to Enslaved Laborers” and “Turning Grief for a Hidden Past into a Healing Space,” designed by Meejin Yoon
- On White Privilege, Again and Still on White Privilege, by Olúfémi Táíwo
- Protesters aren’t Destroying History, They are Recasting It, by Durba Ghosh and Kelly King-O’Brien. (See Cornell Chronicle story).
- Race, Labor, and the Future of Work, by Ifeoma Ajunwa
- Racism and the Future of Memorials – YouTube webinar, hosted by Esra Akcan
- The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism, by Edward W. Baptist, History
- What I Learned About Being a Black Scientist, by Neil Lewis, Jr.
- “Whose Hero? New Perspectives on Monuments in Public Landscape” (online panel), discussion with Jolene Rickard. Listen to the recording.
Media Resources on Racism and Anti-Racism
Books
- Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne. An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States. Beacon Press, 2015.
- Coates, Ta-Nehisi. Between the World and Me. Spiegel & Grau, 2015.
- Villanueva, Edgar. Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Dives and Restore Balance. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2018.
- Bayoumi, Moustafa. How Does it Feel to Be a Problem: Being Young and Arab in America. Penguin Books, 2009.
- Kendi, Dr. Ibram X. How To Be an Antiracist. One World, 2019.
- Angelou, Maya. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Random House, 1969.
- Brown, Austin Channing. I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness. Convergent Books, 2018.
- Saad, Layla. Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor. Sourcebooks, 2020.
- Degruy, Joy a. Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing. Uptone Press, 2005.
- Oluo, Ijeoma. So You Want to Talk About Race. Seal Press, 2018.
- Alexander, Michelle. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. The New Press, 2010.
- Wilkerson, Isabel. The Warmth of Other Suns. Random House, 2010.
- DiAngelo, Robin. White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism. Beacon Press, 2018.
Articles and Readings
- Shutack, Corinne. “106 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice.” Medium, 2020.
- Kendi, Ibram X. “An Antiracist Reading List.” The New York Times, 2019.
- Morrison, Melanie S. Becoming Trustworthy White Allies. Skinner House Books, 2009.
- Wong, Diane. Black Power, Yellow Peril: Towards a Politics of Afro-Asian Solidarity. University of California Press, 2014.
- Olsson, Jona. Detour-Spotting for White Anti-Racists. Crandall, Dostie & Douglass Books, 2005.
- Golding, Shenequa. “Maintaining Professionalism in the Age of Black Death is…A Lot.” Medium, 2020.
- Opportunities for White People in the Fight for Racial Justice. Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), 2016.
- “Solidarity Not Allyship: A Call to the AAP Community (Op-Ed).” Model View Culture, 2014.
- The 1619 Project. The New York Times Magazine, 2019.
- “The Asian American Reply to Pandemic-Era Racism.” The Atlantic, 2021.
- Coates, Ta-Nehisi. “The Case for Reparations.” The Atlantic, 2014.
- Cadet, Danielle. “Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They’re Ok — Chances Are They Are Not.” Refinery29, 2020.
Articles for the STEM Community
STEM Readings:
- Edwards, Mélise. “Cognitive Reserve and Racial Privilege in STEM.” Journal Name, vol. (issue), year.
- Asai, David. “Excluded.” Journal of Microbiology Education, vol. 21, no. 1, 2020.
- Asai, David. “Race Matters” (PDF). Cell, vol. 181, May 14, 2020.
- Asai, David. “To Learn Inclusion Skills Make it Personal.” Nature, May 20, 2020.
- Killpack, Tess L., and Laverne C. Melón. “Toward Inclusive STEM Classrooms: What Personal Role Do Faculty Play?” (PDF). CBE: Life Science Education, vol. 15, no. 3, 2016, pp. 1-10.
Podcasts
- ‘1619,’ a Podcast from the New York Times. The New York Times, 2019.
- About Race. The Guardian, 2015.
- Code Switch. NPR, 2013-present.
- Intersectionality Matters!. African American Policy Forum, 2018-present.
- Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast. Race Forward, 2017-present.
- One Korean American’s Reckoning. Korean American Story, 2021.
- Pod for the Cause. The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights, 2019-present.
- Seeing White. Scene on Radio, 2017.
Essays and Stories
- Marchetta, Giusi. “Arturo.” Literary Hub, 2018, translated by Jamie Richards.
- Rankine, Claudia. “I Wanted to Know What White Men Thought About Their Privilege So I Asked.” The New York Times Magazine, 2019.
- Ford, Ashley C. “My Father Spent 30 Years in Prison. Now He’s Out.” Refinery29, 2017.
- Liu, Ken. “Paper Menagerie.” Gizmodo, Mar./Apr. 2011.
- Chu, John. “The Water that Falls from Nowhere.” Tor.com, 2013.
- Roanhorse, Rebecca. “Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience.” Apex Magazine, Aug. 2017.
Talks and Short Videos
- Davis, Angela, and Jane Elliott. “A Conversation of Race and Privilege.” YouTube, uploaded by University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work (UHGCSW), 6 Sept. 2018. URL.
- Smith, Barbara, Reina Gossett, and Charlene Caruthers. “Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives.” YouTube, uploaded by National LGBTQ Task Force, 23 Jan. 2016. URL.
- McIntosh, Peggy. “How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion.” YouTube, uploaded by TEDx Talks, 5 Nov. 2012. URL.
- Noah, Trevor. “Trevor Noah: George Floyd, Minneapolis Protests, Ahmaud Arbery & Amy Cooper.” YouTube, uploaded by The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, 29 May 2020. URL.
- Love, Bettina. “We Want to Do More Than Just Survive.” CSPAN, 19 March 2019. URL.
Recommended Documentaries, Films and Series
- DuVernay, Ava. 13th. Netflix, 2016.
- Leon, Kenny. American Son. Netflix, 2019.
- Olson, Göran, director. The Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975. 2011.
- Chukwu, Chinonye, director. Clemency. Neon, 2019.
- Simien, Justin, director. Dear White People. Roadside Attractions, 2014.
- Coogler, Ryan, director. Fruitvale Station. The Weinstein Company, 2013.
- Peck, Raoul, director. I Am Not Your Negro. Velvet Film, 2016.
- Jenkins, Barry, director. If Beale Street Could Talk. Hulu, 2018.
- Kunhardt, Peter, director. King in the Wilderness. HBO, 2018.
- Bristol, Stefon, director. See You Yesterday. Netflix, 2019.
- DuVernay, Ava, director. Selma. 2014.
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution. 2015.
- Tillman Jr., George, director. The Hate U Give. Hulu with Cinemax, 2018.
- DuVernay, Ava, creator. When They See Us (series). Netflix, 2019.
Resources for Educators
Readings and Tools
- Gonchar, Michael. “26 Mini-Films for Exploring Race, Bias and Identity With Students.” The New York Times, 15 March 2017. URL.
- Sathy, Viji, Hogan, Kelly A. and Calvin M. Sims. “A Dozen-Plus Ways You Can Foster Educational Equity.” Inside Higher Ed, 30 June 2020. URL.
- DuVernay, Ava. Array 101: An online education platform of a supplemental learning guide to Array’s films and TV series. URL.
- “Becoming Anti-Racist: Being a Better Adviser, Lab Mate and Friend to Black Colleagues” (PDF). URL.
- Council of Graduate Schools. “Social Justice and Anti-Racism Resources for Graduate Education.” URL.
- Stanford University. “Stanford’s SPARQtools (specifically RaceWorks) – a digital toolkit.” URL.
- McIntosh, Peggy. “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack.” Peace and Freedom Magazine, July/August 1989. URL.
Trainings and Activist Tools
For Families
- 31 Children’s Books to Support Conversations on Race, Racism and Resistance, from Embrace Race
- act.tv. “System Racism Explained.” YouTube, uploaded by act.tv, 16 April 2019. URL.
This list was adapted from the University of Michigan’s Anti-Racism Resources and Resources for Support, sourced from the OUD DEI Team, U-M’s Development Professionals of Color, and Anti-Racism Educators.
Thank you, Sheri Notaro (U of M), for sharing the University of Michigan resource list. Thanks also to Noliwe Rooks, Sara Xayarath Hernández, Adi Grabiner-Keinan, and Neema Kudva for contributing their ideas and resources.