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10 minute resources on race

We all have an assigned racial identity and we can all benefit from learning about race. Below is a curated list of articles (5-10 minute reads) to help you get started.

A list of actionable ways to be an ally in support of marginalized communities

A look back at decades of state-sanctioned discrimination against Asian Americans

An intersectional exploration of the challenges faced by black professionals in the workplace

This manual created by the Asian American Commission, provides historical context, guidelines and resources in response to increasing violence against the AAPI community

Resources and activities to expand your understanding of how the Coronavius pandemic has led to increased racism against the Asian American community

This report identifies disparities, exposed by COVID-19, that have affected Asian Americans and provides actionable opportunities for private and public leaders to achieve equity for Asian Americans

Bloomberg’s Black Professional Community discusses the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on Black communities in the US

This report examines the Emotional Tax levied on Asian, Black, Latinx, and multiracial professionals in the United States as they aspire to advance and contribute to their organizations

10 ways white people can be better allies to help make a difference in the workplace

This report looks at what happens to the minds, bodies, and spirits of Black employees as a result of the “emotional tax” faced from navigating challenges in the workplace

A resource to help managers have courageous conversations

How to use anti-racism, diversity, and inclusion to dismantle white supremacy in the workplace

This article focuses on strategies to foster effective racial dialogue in the workplace

This article focuses on actionable steps allies can take to support Asian Americans in the workplace

A toolkit to have meaningful conversations about gender, race, and ethnicity in the workplace

Tools and guidance to have inspired conversation around race

An ongoing initiative by the New York Times that re-examines the legacy of slavery in the United States

A perspective on shifting from an exclusive focus on the business case for racial diversity to embracing the moral one

30 minute resources on race

If you can commit more time to educating yourself, below is a list of videos and podcasts that will help build your understanding of race and racism in the U.S.

Videos

Podcasts

1619 | New York Times
An audio series on how slavery has transformed America, connecting past and present through the oldest form of storytelling

Code Switch | NPR
This explores how race impacts every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, sports and everything in between

Intersectionality Matters! | Kimberlé Crenshaw
A podcast that brings intersectionality to life

Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast | Race Forward
This podcast features movement voices, stories, and strategies for racial justice

Pod For The Cause | The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights
This series engages in deep conversation around difficult topics like race

Pod Save the People | Crooked Media
An audio series with a unique take on the news, with a special focus on overlooked stories and topics that often impact people of color

Seeing White | Scene on Radio
A series that seeks to answer tough questions – Where did the notion of “whiteness” come from? What does it mean? What is whiteness for? and more

A deep dive into race

Real understanding, reflection and action leads to change. The resources below will give you insight into the history of racism in the U.S. and the impact of systemic and institutional racism on the black community today. This understanding can help make our society more equitable and be a catalyst for change.

Jennifer L. Eberhardt
From one of the world’s leading experts on unconscious racial bias, a personal examination of one of the central controversies and culturally powerful issues of our time, and its influence on contemporary race relations and criminal justice

Patricia Hill Collins
Patricia Hill Collins explores the words and ideas of Black feminist intellectuals as well as those African-American women outside academe

Bloomberg
An examination of historical racial contours of institutional discrimination and vulnerability in the UK’s history and what it means today

Pamela Newkirk
An award-winning journalist shows how workplace diversity initiatives have turned into a profoundly misguided industry–and have done little to bring equality to America’s major industries and institutions

Dr. Brittney Cooper
A leading young black feminist illuminates how organized anger, friendship and faith can be powerful sources of positive feminist change

Ibram X. Kendi
Ibram X. Kendi’s concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America–but even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other

Layla F. Saad
This book leads readers through a journey of understanding their white privilege and participation in white supremacy

Ella L. J. Bell Smith, Ella L. J. Edmondson Bell, and Stella M. Nkomo
Authors Ella Bell and Stella Nkomo take an unflinching look at the surprising differences between black and white women’s trials and triumphs on their way up the corporate ladder

Jenna Arnold
Raising Our Hands is the reckoning cry for white women to step up and join the new frontlines of the fight against complacency—in our homes, in our behaviors, and in our own minds

Audre Lorde
In this charged collection of fifteen essays and speeches, Lorde takes on sexism, racism, ageism, homophobia, and class, and propounds social difference as a vehicle for action and change

Ijeoma Oluo
Ijeoma Oluo offers a hard-hitting but user-friendly examination of race in America

Shankar Vedantam
Shankar Vedantam journeys through the latest discoveries in neuroscience, psychology, and behavioral science to uncover the darkest corner of our minds and its decisive impact on the choices we make as individuals and as a society

Michelle Alexander
The New Jim Crow is a stunning account of the rebirth of a caste-like system in the United States, one that has resulted in millions of African Americans locked up

Cherríe Moraga
This groundbreaking collection reflects an uncompromised definition of feminism by women of color

Robin DiAngelo, PhD
DiAngelo explores the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged

Ira Katznelson
When Affirmative Action Was White demonstrates that all the key programs passed during the New Deal and Fair Deal era of the 1930s and 1940s were created in a deeply discriminatory manner