Systemic Racism
Allies
- Allies at ASU
- Courses at ASU
- Map of Black Lives Matter Protests
- Resources for Behavior Change
- Know Your Implicit Bias
- Amplifying Black Lives Matter for a sustainable futureSustainability News: This article was written by William Walker VI, a junior in the School of Sustainability
- ASU American Indian Policy InstituteThe Alliance of Indigenous Peoples calls for justice, equity, and stands in solidarity with members of all Black communities.
- ASU Graduate CollegeASU Graduate College: Racism has no place anywhere
- Black African CoalitionThe Black African Coalition supports recruitment, retention and graduation while increasing visibility as a campus presence through the support of social programming on each campus and through the activities and participation of Black & African campus organizations, and advocate for the voices for all ASU Black & African students and organizations.
- Center for the Study of Race and DemocracyThe Center supports broadly embedded and academically rooted studies of race and democracy. Programs include Delivering Democracy, Impact Arizona, Created Equal Film and Arts Series, and the mobile writing workshops series Words on Wheels.
- Committee for Campus Inclusion"The Committee for Campus Inclusion (CCI), an advisory group to the provost, promotes a positive, harmonious campus environment that celebrates individual and group diversity, promotes individualism, provides information to the campus community, and resolves issues in such a manner as to respect all persons and their dignity."
- Sandra Day O'Connor College of LawWe are proud of our students for leading this charge, and we stand ready to work alongside our students to educate, innovate, and reform.
- Listen and Learn: 21 ASU classes on race, history, culture and genderThe College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University offers a wide variety of courses on topicss of race, history, culture and gender.
- 21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building ChallengeA habit-building program with daily challenges to help understand power, privilege, supremacy, oppression, and equity.
- 100 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice"Our work to fix what we broke and left broken isn’t done until Black folks tell us it’s done."
- Can We Reduce Bias in Criminal Justice?Series in Greater Good Magazine by UC Berkeley.
- Listen and Learn: 21 ASU classes on race, history, culture and genderThe College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University offers a wide variety of courses on topicss of race, history, culture and gender.
- See Bias | Block Bias ToolAn evidence-based approach to diagnose bias.
- Strategies to Address Unconscious Bias"Unconscious biases are not permanent. In fact, they are malleable and steps can be taken to limit their impact on our thoughts and behaviors (Dasgupta, 2013)."
- White Fragility and the Rules of Engagementby Robin DiAngelo
- Project ImplicitUnderstand your unconcious biases by taking the Implicit Association Test for race. There are multiple tests available relating to a range of implicit biases.
- See Bias | Block Bias ToolAn evidence-based approach to diagnose bias.
Resources for Educators
- 15 Classroom Resources for Discussing Racism, Policing, and Protestby Sarah Schwartz, June 2, 2020, Education Week blog post
- The 1619 Project Curriculum"The Pulitzer Center partnered with the New York Times to turn the 1619 Project, a collection of essays and literary works observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery, into a curriculum for teachers of all grade levels."
- 2020 Curriculum Resource Guide"Ian Lawrence, a teacher in Toronto, shared on Twitter a Google drive filled with resources for teachers of all grade levels on anti-racism and the Black Lives Matter movement. The resources include relevant articles, discussion questions, coloring pages, and Spanish-language materials."
- ADL's Anti-Bias EducationADL provides current, relevant curricula and customizable, interactive training programs that incorporate the latest research
- Black Lives Matter at SchoolBlack Lives Matter at School, a national coalition, created an anti-racist curriculum guide with English/language arts, math, social studies, and arts materials.
- D.C. Area Educators For Social JusticeAn initiative of Teaching for Change. A collection of lessons, videos, readings, books, and general teaching guides.
- Ending Racism: Teaching Difficult Topics in 2020A guide to educational resources to discuss racism with students and build empathy and foster civic values.
- The Inclusive Library: More than a Diverse Collection: Part 1Young Adult Library Services is the award-winning official journal of the Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association.
- Project READY: Reimagining Equity & Access for Diverse YouthThis site hosts a series of free, online professional development modules for school and public youth services librarians, library administrators, and others interested in improving their knowledge about race and racism, racial equity, and culturally sustaining pedagogy.
- The Race Institute for K-12 EducatorsResources for teaching about and responding to police brutality.
- Resources For Educators To Use In The Wake Of CharlottesvilleThe nonprofit Facing History and Ourselves has been training teachers to confront racism and bigotry..."to empower students to work against bigotry and injustice or improper uses of power."
- Talking about RaceFrom the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the web portal, Talking About Race, is designed to explore conversations about racism, racial identity, and the way these forces shape every aspect of society.
- Teaching ToleranceA project by the Southern Poverty Law Center, with resources for teaching about race, racism, and police violence.