Where to start?! There’s so many excellent websites, books, and podcasts to cover that it’s hard to know where to begin. We understand, so we’ve broken it down by topic to help you get started. Keep in mind that this list is just a starting point. You don’t get any certificate for reading everything on this list. The process of diversity education is a life long journey.
Antiracism
Books to Read
- How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by Monique W. Morris
- How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin J. DiAngelo
- Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper
- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla Saad
To find more books by BIPOC, check out Glory Edim’s Well-Read Black Girl book club. The book club “addresses racial inequity in publishing and pays homage to the literary legacies of Black women writers like Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, and Maya Angelou”.
Articles to Read
- 1619 Project
- The Case for Reparations
- The History of the SAT Is Mired in Racism and Elitism
- Not Just the Syllabus, Throw the Whole Discipline In the Trash
- Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations, and false beliefs about biological differences between blacks and whites
- The coronavirus pandemic is hitting black and brown Americans especially hard on all fronts
- NFL Owners Have a Problem With Coaches of Color
- The Overwhelming Whiteness of the Publishing Industry
- #GrammysSoWhite Came to Life. Will the Awards Face Its Race Problem?
Videos to Watch
- The Urgency of Intersectionality by Kimberlé Crenshaw
- Race – The Power of Illusion Part 1 and Part II as an introduction to the social construction of race and racism in America.
- Eliminating Microaggressions: The Next Level of Inclusion by Tiffany Alvoid
- 11 Ways Race Isn’t Real – The myth of race debunked in 3 minutes by Jenée Desmond-Harris on Vox.
- Courageous Conversations about Race by Glenn Singleton
- It’s (past) time to appreciate cultural diversity by Hayley Yeates
- Tips for Being an Ally by Franchesca Ramsey
- Cultural Humility by Vivian Chavez
Podcasts to Listen
- 1619 Project hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones
- Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw, an American civil rights advocate and a leading scholar of critical race theory.
Movies to Watch
- I Am Not Your Negro
- 13th
- Do The Right Thing
- Get Out
- If Beale Street Could Talk
LGBTQIA+
Books to Read
- How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
- Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements by Charlene Carruthers
- Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
- Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Articles to Read
- The ABCs of L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+
- More Adult Americans Are Identifying as L.G.B.T., Gallup Poll Finds A survey found that 5.6 percent of adults described themselves as L.G.B.T. in 2020, up from 4.5 percent in 2017.
- So You Want to ‘Save Women’s Sports? More than 20 states are considering bills to ban transgender kids from girls’ sports. If only people really cared about female athletes.
- National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health 2020 by the Trevor Project
Videos to Watch
- This Tennis Icon Paved the Way for Women in Sports by Billie Jean King
- How Uncomfortable Conversations Can Save Lives by Lyra McKee
- Fahad Saeed: The importance of using inclusive language
- Coby Everton: The importance of queer allyship in the classroom
- I’ve lived as a man and a woman. Here’s what I learned by Paula Stone Williams
Podcasts to Listen
- Nancy hosted by Kathy Tu and Tobin Low for stories and conversations about the LGBTQ experience today.
- Outsports, the world’s leading LGBTQ-sports publication.
Movies to Watch
- Disclosure
- Hannah Gadsby: Nanette
- The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
(Dis)Ability
Books to Read
- Resistance and Hope Anthology edited by Alice Wong, Disability Visibility Project
Articles to Read
- Where’s the Vaccine for Ableism? The state-sanctioned callous treatment of some of us as disposable has put everyone at risk by Elliot Kukla
- Melissa Blake Is Disabled and Proud of It Four truths this writer and activist wishes you knew by Melissa Blake
- It’s Perfectly OK To Call A Disabled Person ‘Disabled,’ And Here’s Why We’ve been taught to refer to people with disabilities using person-first language, but that might be doing more harm than good by Brittany Wong
- Be A Disability Ally! 8 Tips on Being a Disability Ally by Meriah Nichols
Videos to Watch
- I’m Not Your Inspiration, Thank You Very Much by Stella Young
- When we design for disability, we all benefit by Elise Roy
- 3 ways to be a better ally in the workplace by Melinda Epler
- How Argentina’s blind soccer team became champions by Gonzalo Vilariño
Podcasts to Listen
- Disability Visibility by Alice Wong
- Crutches and Spice Podcast by Imani Barbarin
Movies to Watch
- Rising Phoenix
- Crip Camp