Gender equity cannot be realized without racial equity
We are educating ourselves and invite you to join us. Below are links to a variety of racial justice resources as well as a list of diverse organizations to support. We understand that learning about racial justice is a continuous process. These resources are a starting point.
Read the Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona’s position on racial equity here.
Getting Started
Racial Equity Tools Glossary (15 min)
Systemic Racism Explained (4:30 min)
How to disagree productively and find common ground (14 min)
Embracing Discomfort in Equity Work | by Dr Debbie Donsky | Reflective Stance (10 min read)
Intersectionality
Kimberlé Crenshaw on Intersectionality (5 min)
What it takes to be racially literate (12:23)
The danger of a single story | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (19:16)
White Privilege
Peggy McIntosh’s White Privilege: Invisible Knapsack (5 min)
Solidarity is not acknowledging your white privilege, but relinquishing it | Opinion (5 mins)
‘This Song Is Uncomfortable’: Macklemore And Jamila Woods On ‘White Privilege’ (12 mins)
Deconstructing Stereotypes and “Colorblindness”
How microaggressions are like mosquito bites • Same Difference (2 min)
WATCH: Why ‘colorblindness’ is not the right approach to race (3 min)
Dylann Roof and the Stubborn Myth of the Colorblind Millennial (5 min)
I Am Not Your Asian Stereotype | Canwen Xu | TEDxBoise (9:38)
Structural Power, Privilege, and Racism
To change the world, change your illusions (15 mins)
Let’s get to the root of racial injustice | Megan Ming Francis | TEDxRainier (19:37)
To talk about structural racism, we have to talk about white privilege (5 mins)
Taking Action & Healing
We All Have Feelings About Race and Racism (5 mins)
How we can start to heal the pain of racial division | Ruby Sales (20:28)
Podcasts:
WATCH LIVE: PBS NewsHour Presents ‘Race Matters: America in Crisis’
The Problem We All Live With – Part One – This American Life
9 Podcasts on Racism: Understanding The Black Lives Matter Movement
Poetry, Song, Visual & Studio Arts:
Black Lives Matter (Poem) | Dea Chappell | TEDxYouth@AnnArbor (3:31)
Spoken word for justice: stand down | Tavis Brunson & Shanita Jackson | TEDxGreenville (7:30)
13 Black Women Artists To Know | Black Excellence (12 mins)
The Most Influential Living African American Artists (15 mins)
Jean-Michel Basquiat and 9 Black Visual Artists Who Broke Barriers (10 mins)
Courses and Other Resources
White Allyship 101: Resources to Get to Work by Dismantle Collective
NATIONAL RESOURCE AND EDUCATION TOOL; Know their names. See their faces. Learn their stories.
Racial Inequities in Public Health < Yale School of Public Health
Racial Justice Leadership from the SOAR Fellows Community
“Race, Class, and the American Dream,” Free Semester Long Class (from a University of Arizona professor and member of WFSA’s Tucson Public Voices program!)
Movements and Organizations
SHOWING UP FOR RACIAL JUSTICE – Showing Up for Racial Justice
