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.
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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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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 |
“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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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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