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Below are a few resources (curriculum, activities, multimedia) we've compiled around racial equity. We've also included a more extensive list at the bottom of the page. |
Curriculum & Activities
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Since the opening of the museum, the number one question people ask the Museum is how to talk about race. In 2014, the Museum launched our signature program, “Let’s Talk! Teaching Race in the Classroom.” Every year the staff has learned, reflected, and refined the program content – always growing and striving to do better. You can browse discussions by topic or your role in the community.
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RACE—The Power of an Illusion was first broadcast and released back in 2003. The three-part documentary series asks a question so basic it’s rarely raised: What is this thing called ‘race’? The series, along with this new website, can hopefully help you clear away the biological mythmaking and leave starkly visible the underlying social, economic, and political structures that disproportionately channel advantages and opportunities to white people.
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Racial Equity Tools is designed to support individuals and groups working to achieve racial equity. This site offers tools, research, tips, curricula and ideas for people who want to increase their own understanding and to help those working toward justice at every level – in systems, organizations, communities and the culture at large.
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The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has created this comprehensive and interactive racial equity resource guide that includes practical resources including articles, organizations, research, books, media strategies and training curricula aimed at helping organizations and individuals working to achieve racial healing and equity in their communities.
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This document was created by Victoria Alexander, MEd, to be used as a resource for anyone looking to broaden their understanding of anti-racism and get involved to combat racism, specifically as it relates to anti-Blackness and police violence. Within this guide, please find a variety of resources to explore practical ways to understand, explain, and solve seemingly intractable problems of racial inequity, white supremacy, police violence, and injustice.
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Facing History fosters empathy and reflection, improves students’ academic performance, reinvigorates teachers, and builds safe and inclusive schools. By integrating the study of history, literature, and human behavior with ethical decision making and innovative teaching strategies, the program enables secondary school teachers to promote students’ historical understanding, critical thinking, and social-emotional learning.
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Movies, TV, and books can be powerful teaching tools when it comes to helping kids understand race, racism, and a history of racial oppression. Here are 10 ideas for how to use media to start and continue conversations about race and racism with your kids.
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Racial Equity Videos
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From passionate pleas for reform to poetic turns of phrase, these talks take an honest look at everyday realities of Black Americans and illuminate the way forward.
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Ibram X. Kendi is the author of "How to Be an Antiracist." He discusses his recent work with Eugene Scott, a political reporter for the Washington Post’s "The Fix". The two spoke as part of the Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series at the Aspen Institute in Washington, DC.
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Combining archival footage with testimony from activists and scholars, director Ava DuVernay's examination of the U.S. prison system looks at how the country's history of racial inequality drives the high rate of incarceration in America.
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University of Washington professor Dr. Robin DiAngelo reads from her book "White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism," explains the phenomenon, and discusses how white people can develop their capacity to engage more constructively across race.
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"What Is Systemic Racism?" is an 8-part video series that shows how racism shows up in our lives across institutions and society: Wealth Gap, Employment, Housing Discrimination, Government Surveillance, Incarceration, Drug Arrests, Immigration Arrests, Infant Mortality… yes, systemic racism is really a thing.
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Books & Articles
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This is a list of books and literature geared toward young readers. The list consists of topics on Activism and Advocacy, Self-Love and Empowerment, Black History, as well as Libros en español.
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The 1619 Project is an ongoing initiative from The New York Times Magazine that began in August 2019, the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.
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Workplaces and workers are strained from adapting to new constraints. And on top of all of that, the most recent events are adding a new layer of weight to black people. Black friends and co-workers are bearing this burden, whether they are displaying it or not. Amid a renewed focus on systemic racism, they’re also being solicited by well-meaning, but often misguided requests for education on how not to be racist, which translates into more demands on their time.
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Common Sense has gathered together all their articles and lists of media recommendations to help parents, educators, and others spark important conversations.
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This article helps you begin your journey in finding diverse children’s books.
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More Resources
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This document is intended to serve as a resource to white people and parents to deepen your anti-racism work. If you haven’t engaged in anti-racism work in the past, start now. Feel free to circulate this document on social media and with your friends, family, and colleagues.
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