Common Vocabulary Definitions
Related Articles and Links
*The list of resources above was compiled by The Northwest School’s Library – http://libguides.northwestschool.org/welcome/DEI*
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The Table of Contents on Rethinkingschools.org's website provides a list of articles to inform anyone interested in learning more about collective action and anti-Black racism.
- Glossary: Racial Equity Tools via Racial Equity Tools, list of definitions (SCROLL to BOTTOM) is designed to support individuals and groups working to achieve racial equity.
- Glossary from the Center for Diversity and Inclusion via Washington University in St. Louis
- How to Use Gender-Neutral Words via Teen Vogue
- Pronouns: a resource A resource guide from GLSEN
- Race and Ethnicity – What’s the Difference? from Rosetta Lee
- Race definitions via the Center for the Study of White American Culture
- Racism, Prejudice, Bias defined with context via Shelly Tochluk’s Witnessing Whiteness workshop materials
- Racism definitions via Center for the Study of White American Culture, whose mission is to build an equitable society in the United States by decentering white culture and centering an anti-racist multiracial culture free of white supremacy.
Related Articles and Links
- Black History Suggested Reading List from Dr. Rhondda Thomas, published in The Greenville News
- Black Lives Matter: a longform reading list This list consists entirely of longform interviews, essays and articles by black people about the experience of being black in the white supremacy of America, police violence, and the U.S. government’s undeclared war on its black citizens.
- Breaking White Silence: Artists Interrupting Racism provides a list of readings and videos from a team of anti-racism artists
- Challenging White Nationalism Resources definitions, overviews, history, and how to respond
- Four Things an Anti–racism Trainer Thinks White People Should Know Transcript of an interview with Rev. David Billings on KUOW
- Identity Development Model: African American (Cross) adapted and shared by Rosetta Lee
- Identity Development Model: Asian American (Kim) adapted and shared by Rosetta Lee
- Identity Development Model: Latino/a/x (Ruiz) adapted and shared by Rosetta Lee
- Identity Development Model: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual (DiAugelli) adapted and shared by Rosetta Lee
- Identity Development Model: Lesbian and Gay (Cass) adapted and shared by Rosetta Lee
- Identity Development Model: multiracial (Root) adapted and shared by Rosetta Lee
- Identity Development Model: transracial adoptee (Palmer) adapted and shared by Rosetta Lee
- Identity Development Model: white (Helms) adapted and shared by Rosetta Lee
- Identity Development Non Model: Indigenous Two Spirit (Wilson) adapted and shared by Rosetta Lee
- I’M NOT WHITE, I’M JEWISH. BUT I’M WHITE Standing as Jews in the Fight for Racial Justice, essay/speech by Paul Kivel
- Microaggressions: gender from University of New Hampshire, funded by the National Science Foundation
- Microaggressions: How does Oppression (microaggressions) affect perpetrators? The cognitive, affective, and behavioral and spiritual costs of oppression.
- Microaggressions: More Than Just Race Can microaggression be directed at people with other non-dominant social identifiers? article from Pyschology Today
- Microaggressions: Power, Privilege and Everyday Life This blog, created by Columbia University students, seeks to provide a visual representation of the everyday of “microaggressions.”
- Microaggressions: students see many slights from NY Times
- Microaggressions in Everyday Life A series of articles in Psychology Today by Derald Wing Sue, Ph.D. and David P. Rivera. Ph.D.
- Of Smog and Moving Walkways: Understanding Prejudice, Privilege and Racism Through the Work of Beverly Daniel Tatum from Social Change Training, utilizes Beverly Daniel Tatum’s smog analogy to define and explain systemic racism.
- The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond this organization provides Undoing Racism workshops on a regular basis.
- Queer Books for Teens book title database created by librarians in MA
- Recommended Reading List; AWARE-LA recommended reading list from Alliance of Anti-Racists Everywhere
- Same and Different: supporting transracially adopted Asian Americans article by Rosetta Lee in Independent School magazine
- Swastikas in the Bathroom: Connecting the Dots between White Supremacy, White Nationalism, the Alt-Right, and the Alt-Light by anti-racism educator, Shelly Tochluk
- Tim Wise’s website White anti-racist educator and author
- White Anti-Racism Space: Rationale Rationale for the need for “white space” (caucus/affinity groups) from Alliance of Anti-Racists Everywhere
- White Awake: Self Education Resources Features a significant list of resources that can provide a foundational understanding of the themes listed.
- Whiteness: 10 Strategies to Stay Engaged in Race Conversations from Shelly Tochluk’s Witnessing Whiteness blog
- Whiteness: Nothing to Add: A Challenge to White Silence in Racial Discussions Article by Robin DiAngelo from Understanding & Dismantling Privilege, the official journal of the White Privilege Conference
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack influential article by Peggy McIntosh
- You, Me and Them: Experiencing Discrimination in America
*The list of resources above was compiled by The Northwest School’s Library – http://libguides.northwestschool.org/welcome/DEI*
Additional Resource Hub
The Table of Contents on Rethinkingschools.org's website provides a list of articles to inform anyone interested in learning more about collective action and anti-Black racism.