These resources focused on racial equity include journal entries, books, magazines, videos and more. Using the filters below, you can view the resources based on areas of focus, related issues and/or types.
The Business Case for Racial EquityBy 2050, our country stands to realize an $8 trillion gain in GDP by closing the U.S. racial equity gap.
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Start With Us: Black Youth in South King County & South SeattleThis report examines the systemic issues that affect the educational experience for Black youth. Tagged with: Education |
Advancing Native Dialogues on Racial EquityThe Advancing Native Dialogues on Racial Equity (ANDORE) is a project funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, initiated by the Alaska Native Policy Center at First Alaskans Institute. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Holistic Strategies for Undocumented Student Equitable Success Across Higher EducationIn this essay, Ruben Elias Canedo Sanchez and Meng L. So share the history and development of the Undocumented Student Program at the University of California, Berkeley. Tagged with: Media and Communications, Research for Action, Racial Healing, Education, Immigration, Articles |
Undocumented Students, College Access, and 2016 ElectionThis webinar assists education professionals in addressing the uncertainty of the 2016 election while continuing to support undocumented and DACAmented students on the path to a college degree Tagged with: Media and Communications, Racial Healing, Education, Immigration, Videos |
We Too Belong: Inclusive Practices in Immigration and Incarceration Law & PolicyThe We Too Belong: Resource Guide of Inclusive Practices in Immigration and Incarceration Law & Policy highlights inclusive policies and practices, supplemented by case studies centered at the intersection of immigration and incarceration in the United States. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Advocacy & Organizing, Immigration, Health & Family, Articles, Select Papers / Booklets |
American PromiseA documentary 13 years in the making, American Promise provides a rare look into the lives of two middle class black families as they embark on parenting and educating their sons. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Education, Advocacy & Organizing, Health & Family, Videos |
Transportation Secretary: Interstate Highway System Targeted Black, Low-income NeighborhoodsTransportation Secretary Anthony Foxx wants to make the nation’s roadways more inclusive. Foxx, who was raised by his grandparents in Charlotte, N. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Top Infrastructure Official Explains How America Used Highways to Destroy Black NeighborhoodsThis article looks at remarks by Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx about the role that highway projects have played in ripping apart underprivileged communities around the country. Foxx explicitly acknowledged and condemned a history of destroying black communities and stealing wealth from their residents through intentional decisions. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
The Long Road Home: Decreasing Barriers to Public Housing for People with Criminal RecordsThis report assesses the health and equity impacts of public housing admissions screening policies that exclude people with a criminal history from public housing, using the Oakland Housing Authority (OHA) in Oakland, California as a case study. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Deculturalization and the Struggle for Equality: A Brief History of the Education of Dominated Cultures in the United StatesJoel Spring’s history of school polices imposed on dominated groups in the United States examines the concept of deculturalization—the use of schools to strip away family languages and cultures and replace them with those of the dominant group. The focus is on the education of dominated groups forced to become citizens in territories conquered by the U. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
The Radical Work of Healing: Fania and Angela Davis on a New Kind of Civil Rights ActivismRead this interview with Angela Davis and her sister Fania Davis who have been working for social justice before many of today’s activists were born. From their childhood in segregated Birmingham, Alabama, to their work countering the prison-industrial complex, their lives have centered on lifting up the rights of African Americans. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
To Help Low-income American Households, We Have to Close the Work GapWhen Franklin Roosevelt delivered his second inaugural address on January 20, 1936 he lamented the “one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished. ” He challenged Americans to measure their collective progress not by “whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; [but rather] whether we provide enough for those who have too little. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Meta-analysis of Recent Polling Data on the Impact of Racism on American Society TodayThis analysis of recent public opinion polling confirms that racism remains a fact of life in the United States. Yet a majority of Americans of all races want to keep working to eradicate racism and are optimistic that one day it will no longer preoccupy our national consciousness. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Comparison of Truth and Reconciliation CommissionsThis brochure is designed to be a source of insight as we work together to establish a Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) commission. It describes a number of the comprehensive efforts in this country over the past several decades, as well as two international efforts, to confront some of our history’s most egregious examples of oppression. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Breaking Down Beliefs of Racial HierarchyFifty years ago, the Civil Rights Movement led to a series of laws banning public discrimination. African Americans were no longer barred from certain restaurants, some schools were integrated and fair housing laws created more living options. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT)In our next step in pursuit of racial equity, an unprecedented Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) will help communities embrace racial healing and uproot the unconscious and conscious beliefs in racial hierarchy. This is a national and community-based process designed to engage communities in racial healing and change efforts that address current inequities linked to the belief in a racial hierarchy. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Building the We: Healing-informed Governing for Racial Equity in SalinasIn 2014 an innovative partnership between government, nonprofit, and philanthropy began in the city of Salinas, California: Healing-Informed Governing for Racial Equity. In a context of mounting racial tension, leaders from these three distinct arenas collaborated to bring about a new initiative aimed at addressing the root causes of inequity and division within the city, on which Race Forward served as training partner and consultant. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Who Guided the National Discussion on Ferguson?The fatal shooting of Michael Brown on Aug. 9, 2014, in Ferguson, Missouri, set off a national wave of dialogue and protests, from the streets to social media, as people nationwide grappled with myriad complex issues, including police use of force, race relations in America, and criminal justice reform. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
The Supreme Court is Afraid of Racial JusticeAsk people to identify a few landmark Supreme Court decisions on race, and they are likely to point to classics like Brown v. Board of Education, which ended segregation in schools, or Loving v. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
The New Inequality DebateMore mainstream economists now find that the income mal-distribution reflects the political sway of elites, not economic imperatives. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
People of Color will be a Majority of the American Working Class in 2032In 2032, people of color will become a majority of the American working class, defined as people without a college degree. Since nearly two-thirds of the U. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says Tech Industry is Underutilizing Diverse Talent PoolMany tech companies in Silicon Valley like to blame the lack of diversity on what they call the pipeline. Their argument is that there are simply not enough qualified female and/or underrepresented minorities qualified to fill these high-tech roles. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
“A Window of Opportunity” – A Report by The Opportunity AgendaThis three-part report by The Opportunity Agenda’s three part offers compelling public opinion and media research on poverty and poor people in America. Tagged with: Media and Communications, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Health & Family, Articles, Select Papers / Booklets |
MediaOnFerguson – a Media Report from Race ForwardAn recent addendum to the Moving the Race Conversation Forward report, #MediaOnFerguson includes content analysis on print, cable, and social media coverage of Ferguson after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown. Tagged with: Media and Communications, Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Advocacy & Organizing, Articles, Select Papers / Booklets |
The Exit Interview: Perceptions On Why Black Professionals Leave Grantmaking InstitutionsThis study by the ABFE represents a unique effort to learn more about why Black philanthropic professionals are leaving the field—as well as what their experiences suggest about how to both retain and support those who are currently working within the sector. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Professional Development, Articles |
Ending the Legacy of Racism in Sports & the Era of Harmful “Indian” Sports MascotsThis report by the National Congress of American Indians details a range of issues: the harm stereotypes have on Native Youth and the overwhelming support for ending harmful mascots by organizations, tribal governments, the NCAA, high schools, community groups, and individuals. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Select Papers / Booklets |
A New Way Forward Virtual TrainingsA New Way Forward Virtual Trainings are recordings of intimate phone calls with members of the A New Way Forward braintrust on important issues. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Advocacy & Organizing, Health & Family, Articles |
The Right to Dream, Promising Practices Improve Odds for Latino Men and Boys – A Report by Hispanics in Philanthropy"The Right to Dream" gives examples of promising practices that create pathways for youths to want to stay in school, complete their education or training, and pursue successful careers, regardless of immigration status. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Education, Immigration, Health & Family, Articles, Select Papers / Booklets |
Sustaining Public School Diversity – An Education Policy Brief by the Lawyers Committee on Civil Rights Under LawThis policy brief documents a student assignment system designed to create racially diverse public schools while satisfying constitutional requirements recently articulated by the Supreme Court. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Education, Select Papers / Booklets |
Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overpoliced, and UnderprotectedThe report Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overpoliced and Underprotected seeks to shine a spotlight on the various factors that direct girls of color down dead-end streets while obscuring their vulnerabilities. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Education, Health & Family, Articles, Select Papers / Booklets |
Eliminating Excessive and Unfair Exclusionary Discipline in Schools Policy Recommendations for Reducing DisparitiesCreated by the Discipline Disparities Research to Practice Collaborative and the Equity Project at Indiana University, this resource explores key policy recommendations to reduce disparities in school discipline. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Education, Articles, Select Papers / Booklets |
5 Things that a 'My Sister’s Keeper Initiative' Must Include5 Things that a 'My Sister’s Keeper Initiative' Must Include is an opinion article by Dr. Monique W. Morris offering five critical components and considerations for forming the foundation for a national, companion effort to support the healthy development of women and girls of color. Tagged with: Media and Communications, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Advocacy & Organizing, Health & Family, Magazines |
Early origins of inflammation: An examination of prenatal and childhood social adversity in a prospective cohort studyEarly origins of inflammation: An examination of prenatal and childhood social adversity in a prospective cohort study is a research study exploring whether prenatal and childhood social environments and adversity contribute to adult inflammation. Tagged with: Research for Action, Health & Family, Articles, Select Papers / Booklets |
New and Developing Research on Disparities in DisciplineThis brief describes findings from efforts by the Equity Project at Indiana University and new research from the Discipline Disparities Collaborative. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Education, Articles |
Being Black is Not a Risk Factor: A Strengths-Based Look at the State of the Black ChildBeing Black is Not a Risk Factor: A Strengths-Based Look at the State of the Black Child is a national report from the National Black Child Development Institute that provides resources, data and perspectives for challenging the prevailing harmful discourse about Black children. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Advocacy & Organizing, Health & Family, Articles, Select Papers / Booklets |
Implicit Bias and School Discipline DisparitiesThe “Implicit Racial Bias and School Discipline Disparities” report seeks to uplift implicit bias as a possible contributing factor to the racialized discipline disparities seen in K-12 education. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Education, Articles, Select Papers / Booklets |
Breaking the Rules: A Statewide Study of How School Discipline Relates to Students’ Success and Juvenile Justice Involvement“Breaking the Rules: A Statewide Study of How School Discipline Relates to Students’ Success and Juvenile Justice Involvement” is a research report designed to improve policymakers’ understanding of who is suspended and expelled from public secondary schools and the impact of those removals on students’ academic performance and juvenile justice system involvement. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Education, Articles, Select Papers / Booklets |
Lessons in Racial Justice & Movement Building: Dismantling the School to Prison Pipeline in CO and NationallyLessons in Racial Justice and Movement Building: Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline in Colorado and Nationally is a joint effort by Padres & Jóvenes Unidos (PJU) and Advancement Project to address excessively harsh and racially discriminatory school disciplinary procedures, which have proven to be endemic in public schools across the United States. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Education, Advocacy & Organizing, Articles, Select Papers / Booklets |
State of Black America, 39th EditionThe State of Black America is the National Urban League’s seminal annual publication which has become one of the most highly anticipated benchmarks and sources for thought leadership around racial equality in America across economics, education, health social justice and civic engagement. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Education, Advocacy & Organizing, Articles, Select Papers / Booklets |
State of the Black Family PollThe survey provides a comprehensive perspective of black families, documenting viewpoints on a wide range of social, family and economic issues, drawing from a national sample of 1,005 African-American respondents to identify the leading issues confronting Black families. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Education, Health & Family, Articles, Select Papers / Booklets |
State of the Latino Family SurveyThe survey provides a current snapshot of how Hispanic families feel about their lives and their future in the U.S. and reveals their perception of important issues that affect them directly. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Immigration, Health & Family, Articles, Select Papers / Booklets |
Selected Supreme Court Briefs in ICP v. TexasThis resource provides links to briefs of the parties as well as a range of amicus briefs filed by individuals and organizations in support of upholding principles of the Fair Housing Act. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Articles |
Discipline Disparities: Myths & FactsThis fact sheet provided by The Equity Project at Indiana University describes many of the most common claims about disciplinary disparities and what research actually says about them. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Education, Articles |
The School Discipline Consensus Report: Strategies from the Field to Keep Students Engaged in School and Out of the Juvenile Justice SystemThe School Discipline Consensus Report was designed to be a guide for officials in education, health, law enforcement and juvenile justice and their partners in schools and communities across the nation committed to using collaborative approaches to Tagged with: Media and Communications, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Health & Family, Select Papers / Booklets |
Can “De-Biasing” Strategies Help to Reduce Racial Disparities in School Discipline?“Can ‘De-Biasing’ Strategies Help to Reduce Racial Disparities in School Discipline?” summarizes the findings from various studies that suggest that implicit racial bias contributes to the differential treatment of children of color – particularly Black boys – in school settings. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Professional Development, Education, Articles |
State of Indian Nations 2015 SpeechThe State of Indian Nations is a speech outlines the goals of tribal leaders, the opportunities for success and advancement of Native peoples, and priorities to advance the nation-to-nation relationship with the United States. Tagged with: Media and Communications, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Videos |
Amicus Brief in King v. BurwellThis brief can serve as an important legal and advocacy resource for actors interested in expanding healthcare access to marginalized communities in the United States, particularly people of color. Tagged with: Organizational Alliances, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Advocacy & Organizing, Health & Family, Select Papers / Booklets |
Under Suspicion, Under Attack: Xenophobic Political Rhetoric and Hate Violence against South Asian, Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, Middle Eastern, and Arab Communities in the United StatesThis research report from SAALT highlights findings of increased xenophobic political rhetoric and hate violence, explains best practices in community responses to such incidents, and includes recommendations for government leaders. Tagged with: Research for Action, Advocacy & Organizing, Immigration, Articles |
Race for Results: Building a Path to Opportunity for All ChildrenThis policy report issued by the Annie E. Casey Foundation that examines the significant barriers to success facing children of color and provides recommendations for improving their opportunities. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Health & Family, Select Papers / Booklets |
Interventions to Improve Cortisol Regulation in Children: A Systematic ReviewThe article, published in the Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, is a review and analysis of current medical literature on the effectiveness of various methods for promoting healthy cortisol regulation in children. Tagged with: Research for Action, Health & Family, Articles, Magazines |
Life Cycles of Inequity: A Colorlines Series on Black MenLife Cycles of Inequity: A Colorlines Series on Black Men is a package of content focused on highlighting life stages or events that, for black men in the United States, are uniquely confined by broad, social inequities Tagged with: Media and Communications, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Advocacy & Organizing, Articles, Videos, Magazines |
The Racial Wealth Gap: Why Policy MattersIn The Racial Wealth Gap: Why Policy Matters, Demos and the Institute on Assets and Social Policy provide a systematic analysis of the types of public policies that offer the most potential for reducing the racial wealth gap. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Select Papers / Booklets |
Resilient Latino Youth: In Their Own WORDSIn Resilient Latino Youth: In Their Own WORDS, the National Council of La Raza uses the concept of resilience to examine how a group of second-generation Latino youth have been able to cope with adversity and excel while growing up in extremely challenging circumstances. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Immigration, Health & Family, Select Papers / Booklets |
Breaking Barriers: Improving Health Insurance Enrollment and Access to Health CareIn this report, the Alliance for a Just Society, a national network of 15 racial and economic justice organizations working to address economic, racial and social inequities, conducted research in 10 states explore how those who need health care the most— low-income people, immigrants and people of color— are experiencing ACA implementation. Tagged with: Research for Action, Organizational Alliances, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Health & Family, Articles, Select Papers / Booklets |
Interim Report of The President’s Taskforce on 21st Century PolicingThe Task Force on 21st Century Policing was created to examine how to foster strong, collaborative relationships between local law enforcement and their communities and to make recommendations to President Obama about how policing practices can promote effective crime reduction while building public trust. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Articles |
The Science of Equality Volume 1: Addressing Implicit Bias, Racial Anxiety, and Stereotype Threat in Education and Health CareThe Science of Equality Volume 1: Addressing Implicit Bias, Racial Anxiety, and Stereotype Threat in Education and Health Care, released in the fall of 2014, details social science research that can help make sense of the day-to-day dynamics of race and how race impacts our everyday lives. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Education, Health & Family, Articles, Select Papers / Booklets |
Mapping SegregationHousing built in DC during the early 1900s consisted of dense blocks of rowhouses, with racially restrictive covenants. The city’s long-established black professional class included prominent civil rights attorneys dedicated to dismantling segregation, and African American residents pushed back against racial covenants. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
How Hedge Funds Deepen Puerto Rico's Debt CrisisThis article explains that Puerto Rico is the latest battlefield for hedge funds called “vultures,” which descend on troubled governments. In Greece, Argentina, Detroit, and now Puerto Rico, vultures have bought distressed debt on the cheap, and then used coercion, threats, and legal action to secure a massive windfall, compounding the effects on millions of citizens. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Equity, Growth and Community: What the Nation Can Learn from America's Metro AreasIn the last several years, much has been written about growing economic challenges, increasing income inequality, and political polarization in the United States. Addressing these new realities in America’s metropolitan regions, this book argues that a few lessons are emerging: first, inequity is bad for economic growth; second, bringing together the concerns of equity and growth requires concerted local action; and third, the fundamental building block for doing this is the creation of diverse and dynamic epistemic (or knowledge) communities, which help to overcome political polarization and to address the challenges of economic restructuring and social divides. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Beyond Epistemicide: Knowledge Democracy and Higher EducationIntroduction: I would like to acknowledge that we are meeting on the traditional territory of the Treaty Four First Nations. Further I want you to know that I am a Settler Canadian of English heritage and that I live and work on the traditional territory of the Coast and Straits Salish First Nations, specifically on the unceded territory of the Lekwungen and Esquimalt Peoples. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Amicus Brief of Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, PRRAC, Opportunity Agenda, Leadership Conference and 27 other groups, Inclusive Communities Project v. TexasThis brief is submitted by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the Poverty & Race Research Action Council, The Opportunity Agenda, and The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and The Leadership Conference Education Fund as amici curiae. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
America's Unfair Rules of the RoadFrom segretated public transportation to federally funded highways that isolate minority neighborhoods, race and transportation have long been intertwined. This article details how our transportation system discriminates against the most vulnerable. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Touchstones of Hope: Still the Best Guide for Indigenous Child WelfareIn 2000, the authors of this editorial, along with a group of child welfare experts and allies, initiated a series of meetings and one conference as part of a project sponsored by the Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare, based at the University of Toronto in Canada. As a group, we represented the principal national child welfare organizations in the United States and Canada: NICWA (National Indian Child Welfare Association), CWLA (Child Welfare League of America), FNCFCS (First Nations Child and Family Caring Society), and CECW (Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare). Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities Among Women in CaliforniaThis Public Health Institute policy brief describes racial/ethnic health disparities among California women for four main health topics: 1) health status; 2) health conditions; 3) health risk factors; and 4) health coverage and access. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Health & Family, Articles |
Opening Doors/Forging New Paths – A Oral History project of The Winter InstituteOpening Doors/Forging New Paths is an oral history project about Mississippi's first African American Medical resident and first African American law school graduate. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Advocacy & Organizing, Articles, Videos |
Teaching the Movement 2014: The State of Civil Rights Education in the United StatesTeaching the Movement 2014 provides a national report card on the state of civil rights education in our country. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Education, Select Papers / Booklets |
The National Visionary Leadership Project Oral History ArchiveThe National Visionary Leadership Project provides publically accessible videos of interviews with legendary African American elders. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Videos |
A Commonsense Approach: Immigration Policy Solutions Promoting Family UnityThis resource outlines ways to protect children of undocumented parents, while placing family reunification as a main priority. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Immigration, Articles, Select Papers / Booklets |
The Reclamation ProjectThis article from One Nation Indivisible serves as a case study for how communities can successfully integrate immigrant populations into existing communities. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Immigration, Articles |
“Why Do We Have to Talk About Race So Much?”The article “Why Do We Have to Talk About Race So Much?,” provides a case study for how educators, parents, and students can come together to discuss topics that are generally avoided: bias, culture, race and stereotyping. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Education, Articles |
Utah’s Bilingual BoonThis article addresses the challenges of integrating Spanish-speaking students into English-speaking school districts and presents solutions to ensure high-quality education for all students. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Education, Immigration, Articles |
Strengthening Families through Racial ReconciliationThis brief by Shepherding the Next Generation uses a biblical basis to promote racial equity. It explores how principles and values addressed in the Bible, especially relating to equity and reconciliation have not always been observed in actuality. Tagged with: Organizational Alliances, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Articles, Select Papers / Booklets |
Strengthening National Security through Racial EquityThis brief released by Mission: Readiness explores how removing barriers that keep children of color from succeeding can help improve national security. According to the report, statistics released by the Department of Defense show that 75 percent of all young people ages 17 to 24 are currently unable to enlist in the United States military. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Advocacy & Organizing, Health & Family, Articles, Select Papers / Booklets |
Racial Equity Strengthens Communities and Makes Police More EffectiveThis report from Fight Crime: Invest in Kids shows that racial equity helps law enforcement be more effective in the communities they protect. Police forces that reflect the diversity of their communities can improve communications and foster cultural understandings that lead to both safer neighborhoods and stronger police-community relationships. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Advocacy & Organizing, Health & Family, Articles, Select Papers / Booklets |
Strengthening American Businesses and Our Economy Through Racial EquityThis report by America’s Edge seeks to explain why racial equity is important to business. It shows how businesses with greater racial diversity have higher sales revenue, more customers, greater market share, and greater relative profits compared with firms with more homogeneous makeup. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Professional Development, Articles, Select Papers / Booklets |
Black Male Achievement in Summer LearningThis issue brief describes how unequal access to summer opportunities affects black males, the racialized and gender-specific obstacles that compromise black children’s summer learning, and specific steps to address the issue. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Education, Health & Family, Articles |
The Urgency of Now: Foundations’ Role in Ending Racial InequityThis article explores various approaches that foundations can use to advance racial equity and prosperity. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Advocacy & Organizing, Articles |
Creating System Change to Reduce Disparities in DisciplineThe article Creating System Change to Reduce Disparities in Discipline offers best practices for implementing a system to reduces racial disparities in school discipline. The article also serves as a case study, detailing the fundamental aspects of achieving meaningful change in disciplining children in schools. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Education, Articles |
The Rise and Fall of Jim CrowThe Rise and Fall of Jim Crow offers the first comprehensive look at race relations in America between the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Advocacy & Organizing, Videos |
Long Night's Journey Into DayThe Oscar nominated documentary Long Night's Journey Into Day is an exploration of the aftermath of the apartheid system in South Africa. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Advocacy & Organizing, Videos |
Anne Braden: Southern PatriotThe documentary Anne Braden: Southern Patriot provides a moving, in-depth biography of an organizer and journalist who for a remarkable 60 years participated in the most significant movements for racial and economic justice in the South. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Advocacy & Organizing, Videos |
Alaska Native Dialogues on Racial EquityThis is a short YouTube video describing the steps the First Alaskans Institute and the Alaska Native Dialogues on Racial Equity project have taken in support of achieving greater racial equity in Alaska. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Education, Advocacy & Organizing, Videos |
Perceptions of Bias in the Media 2013 Survey“Perceptions of Bias in the Media 2013 Survey” is a survey conducted by the Arab American National Museum and the National Voices Project to measure the representation of bias in the media in 2013. Tagged with: Media and Communications, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Articles, Select Papers / Booklets |
Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible“Mirrors of Privilege” is a film and conversation guide designed to help bridge the gap between good intentions and meaningful change. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Videos |
Light in Shadows“Light in the Shadows” is a film featuring ten women from various ethnic backgrounds, having a sincere and open conversation about the racial inequities they face on a daily basis. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Health & Family, Videos |
Cracking the Codes“Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequity” is a film that asks America to talk about the causes and consequences of systemic inequity. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Advocacy & Organizing, Videos |
Opportunity for Black Men and Boys: Public Opinion, Media Depictions and Media Consumption -- A product of Opportunity AgendaThis report seeks to combat distorted media images of black men and boys and improve their opportunities by analyzing and publicizing data developed through extensive audits conducted by scholars and researchers over more than a decade. Tagged with: Media and Communications, Research for Action, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Health & Family, Select Papers / Booklets |
Tips for Talking Racial Profiling - A Product of The Opportunity AgendaA product of The Opportunity Agenda, "Tips for Talking Racial Profiling" provides ideas for handling the messaging challenges accompanying racial profiling in the United States. Tagged with: Media and Communications, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Advocacy & Organizing, Select Papers / Booklets |
Tips for Messages on Anti-Immigrant State Laws in the SouthThis memo provides ideas for handling the messaging challenges accompanying a number of anti-immigration laws passed in Southern states. Tagged with: Media and Communications, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Advocacy & Organizing, Immigration, Articles |
Transforming Historical Harms"Transforming Historical Harms" is the product of Eastern Mennonite University's Coming to the Table, an organization providing leadership, resources and a supportive environment for those who seek to acknowledge and heal the wounds of racism. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Advocacy & Organizing, Select Papers / Booklets |
Mobile in Black and White: Race Relations in the Twenty-First CenturyMobile in Black and White is a documentary film project which seeks to establish the commitment of community stakeholders to address issues of race through open dialogue, to enable community ownership of those issues and to empower new leadership. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Advocacy & Organizing, Videos |
Pathways to Racial Healing and Equity in the American South: A Community Philanthropy StrategyChampioning community philanthropy as an approach to social change, in 2010 the Clinton School Center on Community Philanthropy expanded its "Scholars in Residence" program with a new category of "Race and Equity" scholars designed to explore the connections between racism, systems inequity and community philanthropy. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Education, Advocacy & Organizing, Articles, Select Papers / Booklets |
Talking to America about American Muslims - A Message ManualThis manual is a content guide for advocates, media watch-dogs, religious organizations and others who seek to improve perceptions of American Muslims and counter anti-Muslim sentiment in the media and public discourse. Tagged with: Media and Communications, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Advocacy & Organizing, Select Papers / Booklets |
Moving the Race Conversation Forward"Moving the Race Conversation Forward" is a two-part report by Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation that aims to reshape and reform the way we talk about race and racism in our country. Tagged with: Media and Communications, Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Education, Advocacy & Organizing, Immigration, Select Papers / Booklets |
DELLUMS Report: Young Men of Color in Media: Images and Impacts -- A Product of the Joint Center for Political and Economic StudiesThis report assesses the media’s impacts, with a particular focus on the variety of ways they perpetuate negative impressions of young men of color, the reasons that this perpetuation of negative impressions occurs and potential paths to reform and improvement. Tagged with: Media and Communications, Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Health & Family, Select Papers / Booklets |
DELLUMS Report: Meeting the Health Needs of Youth Involved in the Juvenile Justice System -- A Product of the Joint Center for Political and Economic StudiesThis paper examines emerging strategies and models for effective treatment and support for young people in the juvenile justice system. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Health & Family, Select Papers / Booklets |
DELLUMS Report: The Impact of Waivers to Adult Court, Alternative Sentencing, and Alternatives to Incarceration on Young Men of Color -- A Product of the Joint Center for Political and Economic StudiesThis background paper focuses on the impact of decisions to transfer young men of color from the juvenile justice system to adult criminal courts, as well as the impact that alternative sentences and alternatives to incarceration have on these youth. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Health & Family, Select Papers / Booklets |
diversitydatakids.orgExplore hundreds of measures of child well-being and policy analysis from this website that reports on diversity, opportunity, and equity among U.S. children. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Education, Health & Family |
The Essence of Innocence: Consequences of Dehumanizing Black ChildrenThe authors of this paper present research examining whether Black boys are given the protections of childhood equally to their peers. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Health & Family, Articles, Select Papers / Booklets |
Telling our Own Story: The Role of Narrative in Racial HealingAn important resource for leaders and practitioners working to overcome our nation’s legacy of racism. The authors present the power of the narrative and its important role in racial healing. Tagged with: Media and Communications, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Advocacy & Organizing, Health & Family, Select Papers / Booklets |
Race and Retirement Insecurity in the United StatesNew National Institute on Retirement Security research examines racial disparities in retirement readiness among working-age Americans and households. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Health & Family, Select Papers / Booklets |
How Public Transportation in the U.S. Discriminates Against MinoritiesIn the documentary Free to Ride, researchers at Ohio State University’s Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity explore the connections between race, class, and transportation inequality in the United States. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Epistemologies of the South: Justice Against EpistemicideThree basic ideas underlie this book. First, the understanding of the world by far exceeds the Western understanding of the world. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
The Increasing Diversity of America’s Youth: Children Lead the Way to a New EraChildren are in the vanguard of America’s increasing racial and ethnic diversity. The majority of newborn babies today are among racial and ethnic minority populations, according to recent Census Bureau estimates. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
The Case for ReparationsTwo hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Crimes Against Humanity in the Land of the Free: Can a Truth and Reconciliation Process Heal Racial Conflict in America?This vital book considers the compelling and addictive hold that racism has had on centuries of Americans, explores historical and contemporary norms complicit in the problem, and appeals to the U. S. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
The Science of Equality: Addressing Implicit Bias, Racial Anxiety and Stereotype Threat in Education and Health CareSynthesizing hundreds of studies, The Science of Equality details how unconscious phenomena in our minds–implicit bias, racial anxiety, and stereotype threat–impact our education and health care systems, while offering empirical, research-driven solutions to overcome their effects. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Moving the Race Conversation Forward: Racial Discourse Change in Practice"Moving the Race Conversation Forward" is a report by Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation that aims to reshape and reform the way we talk about race and racism in our country. Part Two features case studies and profiles of recent interventions and initiatives advanced by the racial justice field to challenge mainstream discussions of race and racism, and the negative policy impacts that dominant frames and narratives have on people of color. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Moving the Race Conversation Forward: How the Media Covers Racism, and Other Barriers to Productive Racial Discourse"Moving the Race Conversation Forward" is a report by Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation that aims to reshape and reform the way we talk about race and racism in our country. Part One includes: Content analysis of mainstream media: Two-thirds of race-focused media coverage fails to consider how systemic racism factors into the story, instead typically focusing upon racial slurs and other types of personal prejudice and individual-level racism. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Moving the Conversation Forward: #MediaOnFerguson"Moving the Race Conversation Forward" is a report by Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation that aims to reshape and reform the way we talk about race and racism in our country. #MediaOnFerguson includes: Content analysis on print, cable, and social media coverage of Ferguson after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Black Celebrity, Racial Politics and the Press: Framing DissentShifting understandings and ongoing conversations about race, celebrity, and protest in the twenty-first century call for a closer examination of the evolution of dissent by black celebrities and their reception in the public sphere. This book focuses on the way the mainstream and black press have covered cases of controversial political dissent by African American celebrities from Paul Robeson to Kanye West. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
The Making of Ferguson: Public Policies at the Root of its TroublesIn August 2014, a Ferguson, Missouri, policeman shot and killed an unarmed black teenager. Michael Brown’s death and the resulting protests and racial tension brought considerable attention to that town. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
The Half has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American CapitalismAmericans tend to assume that modern historiography has produced a full and complete understanding of slavery in the United States, as a shameful pre-modern institution, existing in isolation from America’s later success. But while we have long since rejected the idealistic depiction of happy slaves and paternalistic masters, we have not yet begun to grapple with the full extent of slavery’s horrors—or its link to the expansion of the country, the political battles that caused the Civil War, or the growth of our modern capitalist economy. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Stuck in Place: Urban Neighborhoods and the End of Progress Toward Racial EqualityIn Stuck in Place, Patrick Sharkey describes how political decisions and social policies have led to severe disinvestment from black neighborhoods, persistent segregation, declining economic opportunities, and a growing link between African American communities and the criminal justice system. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Do Native Americans Face Discrimination in the Labor Market?Since the start of the Great Recession in 2007, Native American employment has been lowest in the regions where white employment has been highest. In my research in 2009 and 2010, I found that while whites were doing relatively well in terms of employment in Alaska, the Northern Plains, and the Southwest, Native Americans were doing rather poorly in these very same regions. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Place Matters: Ensuring Opportunities for Good Health for All: A Summary of Place Matters’ Community Health Equity ReportsThe report provides a summary of the analysis of the range of social, economic, and environmental conditions that exist in selected Place Matters communities and documents their relationship to the health status of the residents. The study finds that social, economic, and environmental conditions in low-income and non-white neighborhoods make it more difficult for people in these neighborhoods to live healthy lives. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Dollars and Detainees: The Growth of For-profit DetentionThe War on Drugs and harsh sentencing laws led to explosive growth in state and federal prison populations in the 1980s. The massive rise in prisoners overwhelmed government budgets and resources, and created opportunities for private prison companies to flourish. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Unfairly Disadvantaged? Asian-Americans and Unemployment During and After the Great Recession (2007-10)From an economic standpoint, Asian Americans are presumed to fare better than average, even during downturns—a perception that contributes to their reputation as “model minorities. ” Indeed, from 2007 to 2010, Asian Americans had annual unemployment rates that were slightly lower than those of whites. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Why Racial Integration Remains an ImperativeThis article argues that racial integration must still be an imperative. Since the end of concerted efforts to enforce Brown v. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
The Reciprocal Relationship Between Housing and School IntegrationThis essay summarizes the social science evidence on the reciprocal relationship between integrated schooling and integrated housing. The synergistic nature of this relationship unfolds across the life course. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
The Impact of Racially Diverse Schools in a Democratic SocietyThis resource is the third in a series of three briefs summarizing findings from the newest and most rigorous research related to racial and socioeconomic diversity in public schools. The research examined here confirms findings from earlier studies finding that racial diversity in schools does carry long-term social benefits. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
A Lost Decade: Neighborhood Poverty and the Urban Crisis of the 2000sToday, despite the significant progress we have made during the past half-century in fostering equality of opportunity for all Americans irrespective of skin color or national origin, institutional policies and practices that yield racially disparate outcomes persist. Nowhere is this more obvious than in patterns of residential segregation that remain the norm in our society. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
The Past and the Future of American Civil RightsThe history of civil rights in the United States has always been one of two steps forward and one step back. Significant progress toward racial equality has been made and then partially reversed, only to be advanced again at a later date. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Slavery and Justice: Report of the Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and JusticeThe report that follows represents the culmination of the committee’s work. It contains three sections, reflecting the different elements of the president’s charge. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Addressing Racial Disparities in IncarcerationThis article reviews the current trends and impact of mass incarceration on communities of color, with a focus on criminal justice policy and practice contributors to racial disparity. The impact of these disproportionate incarceration rates on public safety, offenders, and communities are discussed. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Being Black, Living in the Red: Race, Wealth and Social Policy in AmericaBeing Black, Living in the Red demonstrates that many differences between blacks and whites stem not from race but from economic inequalities that have accumulated over the course of American history. Property ownership—as measured by net worth—reflects this legacy of economic oppression. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
No Enemy to Conquer: Forgiveness in an Unforgiving WorldOffering dramatic evidence of the transformative power of forgiveness, No Enemy to Conquer shares the stories of people of diverse faiths and cultures who, despite all odds, found the courage to reconcile with their enemies. Gathering the voices of Desmond Tutu, Benazir Bhutto, Rajmohan Gandhi, Jonathan Sacks, the Dalai Lama, and others, Henderson’s masterful anthology is an inspiring step toward a geopolitics of mercy. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Healing the Trauma of America's Past: Restorative Justice, Honest Patriotism, and the Legacy of Ethnic CleansingThis article is about the story the Dakota people tell about the terrible truth of the Dakota - U.S. War of 1862, and how we might engage it today through restorative dialogue - the living heart of restorative justice practices that have begun to sweep across the world. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Categorically Unequal: The American Stratification SystemThe United States holds the dubious distinction of having the most unequal income distribution of any advanced industrialized nation. While other developed countries face similar challenges from globalization and technological change, none rivals America’s singularly poor record for equitably distributing the benefits and burdens of recent economic shifts. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Reconciliation in Child Welfare: Touchstones of Hope for Indigenous Children, Youth and FamiliesThis document embodies an earnest intent to capture the wisdom of the approximately 200 invited leaders who attended Reconciliation: Looking Back, Reaching Forward—Indigenous Peoples and Child Welfare on October 26, 27, and 28, 2005, in Niagara Falls, Canada. It is intended to serve as a foundation for the development of community-based action plans. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
White by Law: The Legal Construction of RaceWhite by Law was published in 1996 to immense critical acclaim, and established Ian Haney López as one of the most exciting and talented young minds in the legal academy. The first book to fully explore the social and specifically legal construction of race, White by Law inspired a generation of critical race theorists and others interested in the intersection of race and law in American society. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Unfair by Design: The War on Drugs, Race, and the Legitimacy of the Criminal Justice SystemEquality before the law is one of the fundamental guarantees citizens expect in a just and fair society. We argue that recent trend toward mass incarceration, which has had vastly disproportionate impact on African Americans, is undermining this claim to fairness and raises a serious legitimacy problem for the legal system as a whole. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Black Wealth / White WealthThe award-winning Black Wealth / White Wealth offers a powerful portrait of racial inequality based on an analysis of private wealth. Melvin Oliver and Thomas Shapiro's groundbreaking research analyzes wealth - total assets and debts rather than income alone - to uncover deep and persistent racial inequality in America, and they show how public policies have failed to redress the problem. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Why Segregation Matters: Poverty and Educational InequalityThis report examines the changing nature of segregation and integration in a society that has now become far more profoundly multiracial than it was in the past and explores some of the connections between segregation by race, segregation by poverty, and unequal opportunity. . Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Are Emily and Greg more Employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market DiscriminationWe study race in the labor market by sending fictitious resumes to help-wanted ads in Boston and Chicago newspapers. To manipulate perceived race, resumes are randomly assigned African-American- or White sounding names. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
The Mark of a Criminal RecordWith over 2 million individuals currently incarcerated, and over half a million prisoners released each year, the large and growing number of men being processed through the criminal justice system raises important questions about the consequences of this massive institutional intervention. This article focuses on the consequences of incarceration for the employment outcomes of black and white job seekers. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Race and the Invisible hand: How White Networks Exclude Black Men from Blue-collar JobsFrom the time of Booker T. Washington to today, and William Julius Wilson, the advice dispensed to young black men has invariably been, "Get a trade. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Screening Asian AmericansThis innovative essay collection explores Asian American cinematic representations historically and socially, on and off screen, as they contribute to the definition of American character. The history of Asian Americans on movie screens, as outlined in Peter X Feng’s introduction, provides a context for the individual readings that follow. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Latino Images in Film: Stereotypes, Subversion, ResistanceThe bandido, the harlot, the male buffoon, the female clown, the Latin lover, and the dark lady—these have been the defining, and demeaning, images of Latinos in U. S. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
The Racial Conditioning of our Children: Ending Psychological Genocide of our ChildrenThis book provides a convincing argument for why today's schools operate often unwittingly as engines of "psychological genocide." The author explains how educators are molded into unaware perpetuators of this mindset, and more than a third of the book is devoted to suggestions for putting an end to this problem. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Unspeakable Truths: Transitional Justice and the Challenge of Truth CommissionsIn a sweeping review of forty truth commissions, Priscilla Hayner delivers a definitive exploration of the global experience in official truth-seeking after widespread atrocities. When Unspeakable Truths was first published in 2001, it quickly became a classic, helping to define the field of truth commissions and the broader arena of transitional justice. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Hollywood's Indian: The Portrayal of the Native American in FilmOffering both in-depth analyses of specific films and overviews of the industry's output, Hollywood's Indian provides insightful characterizations of the depiction of the Native Americans in film. This updated edition includes a new chapter on Smoke Signals , the groundbreaking independent film written by Sherman Alexie and directed by Chris Eyre. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Black Resistance/White Law: A history of Constitutional Racism in AmericaHow the government has used the Constitution to deny black Americans their legal rights. From the arrival of the first twenty slaves in Jamestown to the Howard Beach Incident of 1986, Yusef Hawkins, and Rodney King, federal law enforcement has pleaded lack of authority against white violence while endorsing surveillance of black rebels and using “constitutional” military force against them. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Framing Blackness: The African American Image in FilmFrom D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation to Spike Lee's Malcolm X, Ed Guerrero argues, the commercial film industry reflects white domination of American society. Written with the energy and conviction generated by the new black film wave, Framing Blackness traces an ongoing epic—African Americans protesting screen images of blacks as criminals, servants, comics, athletes, and sidekicks. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
Whiteness as Property. Harvard Law ReviewIssues regarding race and racial identity as well as questions pertaining to property rights and ownership have been prominent in much public discourse in the United States. In this article, Professor Harris contributes to this discussion by positing that racial identity and property are deeply interrelated concepts. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming to See Correspondences Through Work in Women’s StudiesThrough work to bring materials and perspectives from Women's Studies into the rest of the curriculum, I have often noticed men's unwillingness to grant that they are over privileged in the curriculum, even though they may grant that women are disadvantaged. Denials that amount to taboos surround the subject of advantages that men gain from women's disadvantages. Tagged with: Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation |
FACTUALITYFACTUALITY is a facilitated training, crash course, and board game, all in one, that simulates structural inequality, in America. Participants assume the identities of the characters above, encountering a series of fact based advantages & limitations based on the intersection of their race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, faith, and income. Tagged with: Racial Healing |
Adding Racial Equity to the Menu: An Equity Toolkit for Restaurant EmployersThis Racial Equity Toolkit provides restaurant management with practical resources for assessing, planning, and implementing steps toward racial equity at your business. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Truth, Healing & Racial Transformation, Select Papers / Booklets |
Race in North America; Orgin and Evolution of a WorldviewIn a sweeping work that traces the idea of race for more than three centuries, Audrey Smedley shows that "race" is a cultural invention that began to appear around the turn of the eighteenth century. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Immigration, Books |
Cracking the Codes: Race and Relationships in the 21st CenturyThis film challenges viewers to explore the systems that perpetuate inequity, what role they may themselves play in perpetuating those systems and thoughtful next steps. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Education, Health & Family, Videos |
Critical Issues in Policing Series: Guiding Principles on Use of ForceThis report represents the culmination of 18 months of research, field work, and national discussions on police use of force, especially in situations involving persons with mental illness and cases where subjects do not have firearms. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Articles |
Poverty and RacePoverty & Race is a bi-monthly newsletter journal, is a forum for communicating news and ideas, as well as regularly reporting the results of PRRAC-sponsored research, the advocacy work that research has assisted and other relevant news. Tagged with: Media and Communications, Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Advocacy & Organizing, Select Papers / Booklets, Magazines |
Active Voice CampaignsActive Voice Campaigns are comprised of communications strategists who seek to harness the power of film to activate, ignite, and strengthen movements for social change. Tagged with: Media and Communications, Racial Healing, Advocacy & Organizing, Immigration, Health & Family, Videos |
Ten Ways to Fight Hate: A Community Response GuideThis report lists and describes 10 ways to fight hate, cites examples of individuals and groups across the country tackling issues of intolerance, and provides a compilation of organizations and materials that can assist in the fight against hate. Tagged with: Research for Action, Organizational Alliances, Racial Healing, Advocacy & Organizing, Select Papers / Booklets |
Teaching Tolerance ProjectThe Southern Poverty Law Center, through its Teaching Tolerance Project, produces and distributes a wide range of resources, usually for free to teachers. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Education, Videos |
The Crisis MagazineThe Crisis is the official publication of the NAACP. It is a quarterly journal of civil rights, history, politics, and culture and seeks to educate and challenge its readers about issues that continue to plague African Americans and other communities of color. Tagged with: Media and Communications, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Advocacy & Organizing, Select Papers / Booklets, Magazines |
Maya AngelouAs a poet, educator, historian, best-selling author, actress, playwright, civil-rights activist, producer and director, Maya Angelou traveled the world and spread her legendary wisdom. Tagged with: Media and Communications, Racial Healing, Education, Health & Family, Articles, Books |
The Way Home: Women Talk About Race in America“The Way Home” brings together diverse women to talk about their experience of racism in America. Tagged with: Media and Communications, Racial Healing, Health & Family, Videos |
American Ethnicity: The Dynamics and Consequences of DiscriminationFrom the Website: "American Ethnicity is a brief text that provides an accessible introduction to the dynamics of racial and ethnic relations. Key concepts and theories are summarized, and the authors develop a simple theoretical framework that guides the presentation of data on each of the prominent ethnic groups in America. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Professional Development, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Books |
Boyce WatkinsDr. Boyce D. Watkins, "The People's Scholar', is one of the leading financial scholars and social commentators in America. Tagged with: Media and Communications, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Videos |
Transformative Learning in Social Justice Organizations Through Reflective PracticeThis paper describes a collective reflective learning process with members of five community-based organizations for the purpose of generating and documenting their learning from their work. Tagged with: Organizational Alliances, Professional Development, Select Papers / Booklets |
The Tracing Center on Histories and Legacies of SlaveryThe mission of the Tracing Center is to create greater awareness of the vast extent of complicity in slavery and the transatlantic slave trade and to inspire acknowledgement, dialogue and active response to this history and its many legacies. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Education, Videos |
The Hidden Cost of Being African AmericanThomas Shapiro argues in The Hidden Cost of Being African American, fundamental levels of racial inequality persist, particularly in the area of asset accumulation, such as inheritance, stocks, bonds, and other investments. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Books, Select Papers / Booklets |
Race and Ethnicity: Taking Sides - Clashing Views in Race and EthnicityTaking Sides: Clashing Views in Race and Ethnicity presents current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Books |
Las Hijas (The Daughters)Las Hijas is a documentary about three young women who were among the first generation of infants adopted from Colombia. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Videos |
Crossing ArizonaCrossing Arizona is a thought-provoking and insightful examination of the hotly debated issues of border security and illegal immigration. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Videos |
CNN Presents: Black in America - The Black Woman & FamilyThe Black Woman & Family: Soledad O'Brien explores the varied experiences of black women and families and investigates the disturbing statistics of single parenthood, racial disparities between students and the devastating toll of HIV/AIDS. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Education, Videos |
CNN Presents: Black in America - The Black ManThe Black Man: CNN investigates the most critical issues and obstacles affecting African American men today, dispelling myths and taking a hard look at some disturbing statistics. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Education, Videos |
Children of the FieldsThis is a short documentary about the hidden problems of migrant children working in U.S. agriculture today. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Videos |
Bury My Heart at Wounded KneeInspired by Dee Brown's acclaimed bestseller, the HBO Films event begins powerfully with the Sioux triumph over General Custer at Little Big Horn. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Videos |
Brown is the New GreenThe film explores how George Lopez normalizes the image of Latinos in this country through entertainment, as Bill Cosby did for African Americans decades ago. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Videos |
The Buie KnifeThis blog features a variety of documentary films about race, primarily in North Carolina. Tagged with: Media and Communications, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Videos, Select Papers / Booklets |
Structural Racism and Community BuildingThis describes the problem of structural racism in the U.S. and highlights its implications for community building. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Articles, Select Papers / Booklets |
Rethinking the Color Line: Readings in Race and EthnicityUser-friendly without sacrificing intellectual or theoretical rigor, this anthology of current research examines contemporary issues and explores new approaches to the study of race and ethnic relations. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Books, Select Papers / Booklets |
Racial and Ethnic Tensions: What Should We Do?The National Issues Forums is a non?partisan nationwide network of educational and community organizations that convenes forums for citizens to deliberate about public issues. This report analyzes what happened in a series of National Issues Forums on racial and ethnic tensions. Tagged with: Research for Action, Organizational Alliances, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Advocacy & Organizing, Select Papers / Booklets |
Moving a Racial Justice Agenda: Naming and Framing RacismFraming is the process of talking about a subject and paying particular attention to how people hear what is being communicated and how their assumptions influence whether or not they "get" the message in the way you intend. Tagged with: Media and Communications, Racial Healing, Professional Development, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Select Papers / Booklets |
Leadership & Race: How to Develop and Support Leadership That Contributes to Racial JusticeThis report suggests that leadership programs should make their programs more accessible for people of color, help participants understand how race limits access to opportunities, and promote collective leadership. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Professional Development, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Articles, Select Papers / Booklets |
ColorlinesColorlines is a daily news site where race matters, featuring award-winning investigative reporting and news analysis. Colorlines is published by Race Forward, a national organization that advances racial justice through research, media and practice. Tagged with: Media and Communications, Organizational Alliances, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Magazines |
California NewsreelCalifornia Newsreel has been producing and distributing films and videos along with study or facilitator guides and action toolkits for social change since 1968. Tagged with: Media and Communications, Organizational Alliances, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Advocacy & Organizing, Videos |
More Than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner CityIn this book, Wilson reaches the controversial conclusion that while structural and cultural forces are inextricably linked, public policy can only change the racial status quo by reforming the institutions that reinforce it. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Health & Family, Books |
Katrina's ChildrenKatrina's Children is a feature-length documentary about 19 children from different neighborhoods of New Orleans. Told entirely from the children's point of view, the film explores the impact of Hurricane Katrina on their lives. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Videos |
Julianne HingJulianne Hing is a reporter and blogger for ColorLines.com covering immigration, education, criminal justice and occasionally fashion and pop culture. Tagged with: Media and Communications, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Education, Immigration, Articles |
Jerry TelloJerry Tello is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of cross-cultural family strengthening, community mobilization and culturally based violence prevention/intervention issues. Tagged with: Videos |
GirlhoodDirector Liz Garbus examines the disparate fates of two girls and their very different treatment at the hands of the juvenile justice system. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Education, Videos |
Fire in the Heart: How White Activists Embrace Racial JusticeFire in the Heart uncovers the dynamic processes through which some white Americans become activists for racial justice. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Books |
Experiencing Race, Class, and Gender in the United StatesThrough individual stories, essays, poetry and critical analyses, Experiencing Race, Class, and Gender in the United States, Sixth Edition, introduces issues of race, class and gender within an interdisciplinary framework. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Health & Family, Books |
Doing Race: 21 Essays for the 21st Century"Doing Race" focuses on race and ethnicity in everyday life: what they are, how they work and why they matter. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Books |
Communications for Social Change: An Integrated Model for Measuring the Process and Its OutcomesThis working paper is one of a series of papers on Communication for Social Change, developed by the Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Communication Programs for the Rockefeller Foundation as part of its Communication for Social Change Grantmaking Strategy. Tagged with: Media and Communications, Professional Development, Health & Family, Select Papers / Booklets |
Can We Talk About Race? And Other Conversations in an Era of School ResegregationTatum believes that schools can be key institutions for forging connections across the racial divide. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Education, Books |
Advancing Racial Equity in Communities: Lessons for PhilanthropyThe purpose of this paper is to share the experiences from five communities as they have begun to address racial inequities and to show how philanthropy can encourage and support community members and leaders in this process. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Advocacy & Organizing, Select Papers / Booklets |
A Different Mirror: A History of Multicutural AmericaTakaki traces the economic and political history of Indians, African Americans, Mexicans, Japanese, Chinese, Irish and Jewish people in America, with considerable attention given to instances and consequences of racism. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Immigration, Books |
Zinn Education ProjectThe Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the use of Howard Zinn's best-selling book, A People's History of the United States and other materials for teaching a people's history in middle and high school classrooms across the country. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Education, Books, Videos |
The Way Home: Women Talk About Race in AmericaOver the course of eight months, 64 women representing a cross-section of cultures (indigenous, African American, Arab, Asian, European American, Jewish, Latina, and multiracial) came together to share their experience of racism in America. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Videos |
Ralph Bunche: An American OdysseyRalph Bunche: An American Odyssey is the first feature-length film to document the life and historic achievements of Dr. Ralph Johnson Bunche (1903-1971). Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Videos |
The New Jim Crow: Incarceration in the Age of ColorblindnessFrom the Website: "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 behind bars and then relegated to a permanent second-class status - denied the very rights supposedly won in the Civil Rights Movement." Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Books |
The Trouble With Black Boys: And Other Reflections on Race, Equity, and the Future of Public EducationIn "The Trouble With Black Boys", Pedro Noguera examines the many facets of race in schools and society and reveals what it will take to improve outcomes for all students. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Education, Health & Family, Books |
The Presumpion of Guilt: The Arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Race, Class and Crime in AmericaCharles Ogletree uses the Gates-Crowley incident as a lens through which to explore issues of race, class, and crime, with the goal of creating a more just legal system for all. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Books |
The History of White PeopleIn "The History of White People", historian Nell Irvin Painter guides us through more than two thousand years of Western civilization, illuminating not only the invention of race but also the frequent praise of “whiteness” for economic, scientific, and political ends. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Books |
Strangers to These Shores: Race and Ethnic Relations in the United StatesThis comprehensive text on racial and ethnic relations in the U.S. covers theoretical issues and the experiences of more than 50 racial, ethnic, and religious groups. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Immigration, Books |
Everyday Antiracism: Getting Real About Race in SchoolIn "Everyday Antiracism", leading educators deal with the most challenging questions about race in school, offering invaluable and effective advice. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Education, Books |
How Race Survived US History: From Settlement and Slavery to the Obama PhenomenonHow Race Survived US History explores how the idea of race was created and recreated in American history Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Books |
Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color LinePassing Strange tells the dramatic tale of a family built along the fault lines of celebrity, class, and race - from the ""Todd's"" wedding in 1888, to the 1964 death of Ada King, one of the last surviving Americans born into slavery. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Health & Family, Books |
Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United StatesFrom the Website: "The first edition of this best-selling book showed that alongside the subtle forms of discrimination typical of the post-Civil Rights era, new powerful ideology of 'color-blind racism' has emerged." Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Books |
The Imperative of IntegrationFrom the Website: "Some would argue that we have finally arrived at a postracial America, but The Imperative of Integration indicates otherwise. Elizabeth Anderson demonstrates that, despite progress toward racial equality, African Americans remain disadvantaged on virtually all measures of well-being." Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Books |
Race, Class, and Gender: An AnthologyFrom the Website: "Featuring an accessible and diverse collection of more than 60 writings by a variety of scholars, RACE, CLASS, & GENDER demonstrates how the complex intersection of people's race, class, and gender (and also sexuality) shapes their experiences, and who they become as individuals." Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Health & Family, Books |
Slavery by Another Name: Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to WWIIFrom the Website: "Based on a vast record of original documents and personal narratives, SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME unearths the lost stories of slaves and their descendants who journeyed into freedom after the Emancipation Proclamation and then back into the shadow of involuntary servitude." Tagged with: Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Books |
Readings for Diversity and Social Justice, Second EditionFrom the Website: "Readings for Diversity and Social Justice is the market leading anthology to cover the full scope of social oppression from a social justice standpoint. With full sections dedicated to racism, sexism, classism, heterosexism, and ableism, as well as transgenderism, ethno-religious oppression, and adult and ageism, this bestselling text goes far beyond the range of traditional readers." Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Books |
Steps Toward an Inclusive CommunityThis is a case study of how Clarksburg, a moderately sized community in West Virginia, responded to a KKK rally by conducting a counter-rally, the Get Real Rally, which in turn led to the Clarksburg Unity Project. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Advocacy & Organizing, Select Papers / Booklets |
Power and EmpowermentThis chapter is part of a larger publication entitled The Action Guide for Advocacy and Citizen Participation. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Professional Development, Advocacy & Organizing, Select Papers / Booklets |
Community Philanthropy and Racial Equity: What Progress Looks LikeThis paper, supported by the Ford Foundation, begins to examine how community philanthropy can deepen social justice work, especially in the American South. Tagged with: Organizational Alliances, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Articles |
Making Change Happen: Concepts for Revisioning Power for Justice, Equality, and PeaceMaking Change Happen: Concepts for Revisioning Power for Justice, Equality and Peace Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Select Papers / Booklets |
Straight Talk with Derek McGinty - Black and White in AmericaThis spirited discussion covers the success of affirmative action, the plausibility of a "colorblind" society, and the direction of the civil rights movement. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Videos |
Race and Ethnic Relations: American and Global PerspectivesThe book explores race and ethnic relations in a global context, while extensively covering groups and issues in American society. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Immigration, Books |
The Persistence of the Color Line: Racial Politics and the Obama PresidencyEschewing the critical excesses of both the left and the right, Kennedy offers a gimlet-eyed view of Obama's triumphs and travails, his strengths and weaknesses, as they pertain to the troubled history of race in America. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Books |
The Integration Debate: Competing Futures for American CitiesThis book explores both long-standing and emerging controversies over the nation's ongoing struggles with discrimination and segregation. More urgently, it offers guidance on how these barriers can be overcome to achieve truly balanced and integrated living patterns. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Advocacy & Organizing, Books |
Inheriting the TradeInheriting the Trade is the unique story of Thomas Norman DeWolf's experiences during the making of the Emmy-nominated documentary feature film Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Books |
Racial Domination, Racial Progress: The Sociology of Race in AmericaRacial Domination, Racial Progress: The Sociology of Race in America looks at race in a clear and accessible way, allowing students to understand how racial domination and progress work in all aspects of society. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Books |
Bone to Pick: Of Forgiveness, Reconciliation, Reparation, and RevengeBone to Pick provides an eloquent and engaging analysis of the process of forgiveness and reconciliation that is central to the human experience. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Books |
The Rage of a Privileged Class: Why Are Middle-Class Blacks Angry? Why Should America Care?With measured eloquence, Ellis Cose shows that even for the black middle-class, which has worked hard and played by the rules, the American dream is still a dream deferred. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Books |
Trustbuilding: An Honest Conversation on Race, Reconciliation, and ResponsibilityTrustbuilding is part historical narrative and part handbook for a model of dialogue and community change that has been adopted both nationally and internationally. At its center is the story of how Richmond, Virginia, a former slave market, capital of the Confederacy, and leading proponent of Massive Resistance, has become a seedbed for inter-racial dialogue and trustbuilding with national and international implications. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Books |
Segregation: The Rising Costs for AmericaSegregation: The Rising Costs for America documents how discriminatory practices in the housing markets through most of the past century, and that continue today, have produced extreme levels of residential segregation that result in significant disparities in access to good jobs, quality education, homeownership attainment and asset accumulation between minority and non-minority households. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Books |
Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black InferiorityAt this point in history, the idea of black inferiority should have had a "Going-Out-of-Business Sale." After all, Barack Obama has reached the Promised Land. Yet, as Brainwashed: Erasing the Myth of Black Inferiority testifies, too much of black America is still wandering in the wilderness. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Books |
The RootThe Root is the premier news, opinion and culture site for African-American influencers. Founded in 2008, under the leadership of Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., The Root provides smart, timely coverage of breaking news, thought-provoking commentary and gives voice to a changing, more diverse America. Tagged with: Media and Communications, Racial Healing, Advocacy & Organizing, Articles |
TheGrioTheGrio.com is the first video-centric news community site devoted to providing African Americans with stories and perspectives that appeal to them but are underrepresented in existing national news outlets. Tagged with: Media and Communications, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Articles, Videos |
The Atlanta PostThe Atlanta Post is an online news resource which seeks to inform, educate, and imotivate African-Americans. We inform by aggregating relevant content on the Web, and by developing original thought-provoking reporting, analysis, and opinion. Tagged with: Media and Communications, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Articles |
The Injustice System of AmericaThis compelling documentary, directed and produced by Cary Silberman, with Executive Producer Rik Walters, explores the inequities in America's justice system, focusing on the higher rate of incarceration experienced by minorities and the disparate conviction rate for African American drug offenders. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Advocacy & Organizing, Videos |
Prison LullabiesPrison Lullabies is the remarkable portrait of four young women living on the bad side of luck, struggling with drug addiction, arrested for dealing, prostitution, grand larceny and serving prison time with one common bond; they were all pregnant at the time of their arrest, and all have given birth behind bars. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Health & Family, Videos |
Raising Inmate 3851The United States each year prosecutes approximately 200,000 children as adults, many of whom end up with lengthy sentences, even life without parole, in adult prisons. Raising Inmate 3851 portrays the experiences of three teenagers in adult prison. Tagged with: Research for Action, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Health & Family, Videos |
Frontline: Juvenile JusticeWith almost unprecedented access to juvenile court proceedings, Juvenile Justice follows four youth offenders through the Santa Clara County, California, juvenile courts, observing how the criminal justice system treats their cases and determines their fates. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Health & Family, Videos |
Girl TroubleGirl Trouble, an intimate documentary by directors Lexi Leban and Lidia Szajko, goes beyond the statistics and chronicles four years in the lives of three teenage girls struggling to free themselves from San Francisco's complex and flagging juvenile justice system. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Health & Family, Videos |
PBSPBS is America's largest public media enterprise, and its member public television stations represent America's largest classroom. Its mission is to create content that educates, informs and inspires. Tagged with: Media and Communications, Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Education, Health & Family, Immigration, Videos |
Reelworks: A Girl Like MeA film that explores the standards of beauty imposed on today's black girls. How do these standards affect her self-esteem or self-image? Tagged with: Racial Healing, Videos |
Trouble the WaterThe film tells the story of an aspiring rap artist and her streetwise husband, trapped in New Orleans by deadly floodwaters, who survive the storm and then seize a chance for a new beginning. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Videos |
A Loud ColorLouis Harding takes a tour of his neighborhood in post-Katrina New Orleans, recounting the contributions of notable African Americans to New Orleans culture and the long road ahead. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Advocacy & Organizing, Health & Family, Videos |
Where Do I Get My Five?"Where Do I Get My Five?" portrays five distinct stories about the challenges of healthy food access in South L.A. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Advocacy & Organizing, Health & Family, Videos |
Valley of TearsFor 24 years, the county's Mexican-American residents were determined to fight for what is right. Valley of Tears is a complex story of the long journey of individuals who endure hardship in order to make a better future for their families. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Immigration, Videos |
Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?Unnatural Causes was produced to draw attention to the root causes of health and illness and to help reframe the debate about health in America. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Videos |
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave NarrativesBy the late 1930s, 100,000 former slaves were still alive. In the midst of the Great Depression, the Federal Writers Project hired journalists and writers to travel the country and record the memories of this last generation of African Americans born into bondage. More than 2,000 interviews were transcribed as spoken, in the vernacular of the time, to form a unique historical record-first-hand accounts of what is was to be a slave. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Videos |
Traces of the TradeIn Traces of the Trade, Producer/Director Katrina Browne tells the story of her forefathers, the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Videos |
The Drive: A Driving Tour of Post-Katrina New OrleansFor those who live in New Orleans, the only way to experience the magnitude of the post-Katrina destruction is to physically walk or drive through the affected areas. With this in mind, The Drive was created for people unable to see the devastation first-hand. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Health & Family, Videos |
Race: The Power of an IllusionEpisode one explores how recent scientific discoveries have toppled the concept of biological race. Episode two questions the belief that race has always been with us. It traces the race concept to the European conquest of the Americas. Episode three focuses on how our institutions shape and create race. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Videos |
Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness VisibleMirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible is a brilliant documentary and a must-see for all people who are interested in justice, spiritual growth and community making. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Videos |
World Trust Educational ServicesWorld Trust produces films and accompanying study guides for use in a variety of venues with a variety of audiences. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Videos |
Teaching for ChangeTeaching for Change operates from the belief that schools can provide students with the skills, knowledge and inspiration to be citizens and architects of a better world. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Education, Videos |
Racial and Ethnic GroupsRace and Ethnic Groups helps students understand the changing dynamics of the U.S. population by examining our history, exploring our current situation, and discussing concerns for the future. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Books |
Colorblind: The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial EquityFocusing on disparities in employment, housing, education and healthcare, Wise argues that racism is indeed still an acute problem in the United States today, and that colorblind policies actually worsen the problem of racial injustice. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Books |
Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of ObamaIn this timely new book, Tim Wise explores how Barack Obama's emergence as a political force is taking the race debate to new levels. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Books |
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