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Issues In The World!
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Racism
Understanding Systemic Racism
Helpful Articles
- WATCH THIS 4 MIN VIDEO by act.tv. This is one of the BEST explanations of systemic racism I’ve encountered. Super helpful to give an overview of how it all fits together.
Helpful Articles
- What is Systemic Racism? Via the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
- Systemic Racism via RaceForward.org
- Systemic Racism and US Health Care via Science Direct
- Forms of Racism via the Alberta Civil Liberties Research Center
- What is Racism? via the Alberta Civil Liberties Research Center
- Why you Cannot Say the N-word if if are not Black via https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2019/09/why-you-cant-say-the-n-word-if-youre-not-black
- The American Dream: Discourses of Equality and Achievability for Black Americans via Emily Dalgo
- The Myth of Obama's Post-Racial Presidency: Why Barack Obama's Election Didn't End Racial Inequality in America via Breanna M. Bacon
- Impact of Whiteness on College Campuses via Harvard Education Publishing Group
- Philadelphia Negro by WEB Du Bois
- List of Sociological research articles on systemic racism via Google Scholar
- Image Isn't Everything: Contemporary Systemic Racism and Antiracism in the Age of Obama via Sage Journals
Law and Crime
Black Incarceration
- https://www.cnn.com/2016/12/20/health/black-men-killed-by-police/index.html
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States
- https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/youth2018.html
- https://www.prisonpolicy.org/probation/ma_report.htm
- https://www.naacp.org/criminal-justice-fact-sheet/
- https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/04/30/shrinking-gap-between-number-of-blacks-and-whites-in-prison/
- https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/09/18/theres-overwhelming-evidence-that-the-criminal-justice-system-is-racist-heres-the-proof/%3foutputType=amp
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/School-to-prison_pipeline
- http://www.justicepolicy.org/mobile/news/8775
- Crook county (see media section for detailed description): Harvard graduate research on the school to prison pipeline, racially coded language in the courtroom, and how race factors into sentencing and search for criminals. Won multiple prestigious awards.
Articles
- Fran Liebowitz on Race and Racism - Vanity Fair
- Is Prison Necessary? Ruth Wilson Gilmore Might Change Your Mind - NYT
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
- The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates - The Atlantic
- John Henryism and the Life-Threatening Stress Affecting Black People in America - Vice
- The Empathy Crisis of White America by Phillip Picardi
- We’re Still Living and Dying in the Slaveholders’ Republic by Ibram X Kendi- Atlantic
- 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice by Corinne Shutack
- An Antiracist Reading List by Ibram X Kendi- NYT
- The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying by Adam Serwer- Atlantic
- The Black Plague by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor - New Yorker
- Why You Need to Stop Saying "All Lives Matter"
- Why you should stop saying "all lives matter," explained in 9 different ways
- How To Argue Against Saying "All Lives Matter," Because This Has Got To Stop
- Remember, No One Is Coming to Save Us by Roxane Gay - New York Times
- A Practical Guide to Defunding the Police by Tessa Stuart - The Rolling Stone
- Door-Busting Drug Raids Leave a Trail of Blood by Kevin Sack- NYT
- Eating at Black-Owned Restaurants Isn’t Going to Save Us by Ruth Gebreyesus - KQED
Google Documents
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/13O7yipKHeIF2-QJ_K9IKIdLQAlN8NgEOF62qQjUjEVM/edit
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mwoLtfxZ5HvQJ47aSmH0Xs174SFZYVttRC4Lvdf34zA/edit
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wtawPIxNuYuYlPTIBMxPe6jmaMSN7aH0pJO5x7cy4nc/edit
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R7xQXeuIsQzcxe4walEBpF1BC0IkugT4sJVkLJAKYjY/edit
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-0KC83vYfVQ-2freQveH43PWxuab2uWDEGolzrNoIks/edit
- http://docs.google.com/document/d/11DKdCd4AUmwcG6igDLz9rlYJcdrJzGP6cmy3s7gNgDQ/edit
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Qq2ahq5EW5njcOjx3Ai5yQGEfHvIgo87UCcsOCftPmI/edit
More Educational Websites/ Articles
Letters To Your Parents About BLM
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qwon6Q-h3YC2n_vZGKIVxZxEhXG8ZQah4IVCMQzGaUk/edit
Lesson Plan On Being An Ally
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H-Vxs6jEUByXylMS2BjGH1kQ7mEuZnHpPSs1Bpaqmw0/edit
Racism And Anti- Blackness
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bUJrgX8vspyy7YttiEC2vD0DawrpPYiZs94V0ov7qZQ/htmlview
Anti Racism Resources
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/edit
#BLM POC Ally Research
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_9XKuxSqlglGA79RHJIQ8YTbvuu7RwsJCA-Dx6H33MM/edit
Reverse Racism Is A Myth
https://mobile.twitter.com/morelftv/status/1265768096297607169
Anti- Racism For Beginners
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S5uckFHCA_XZkxG0Zg5U4GQGbY_RklZARwu43fqJH0E/edit
Know Their Names by Alia Chughtai
https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2020/know-their-names/index.html
The Ultimate White Privilege Statistics & Data Post
https://www.thenewprogressive.net/ultimate-white-privilege-statistics/
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qwon6Q-h3YC2n_vZGKIVxZxEhXG8ZQah4IVCMQzGaUk/edit
Lesson Plan On Being An Ally
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H-Vxs6jEUByXylMS2BjGH1kQ7mEuZnHpPSs1Bpaqmw0/edit
Racism And Anti- Blackness
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bUJrgX8vspyy7YttiEC2vD0DawrpPYiZs94V0ov7qZQ/htmlview
Anti Racism Resources
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/edit
#BLM POC Ally Research
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_9XKuxSqlglGA79RHJIQ8YTbvuu7RwsJCA-Dx6H33MM/edit
Reverse Racism Is A Myth
https://mobile.twitter.com/morelftv/status/1265768096297607169
Anti- Racism For Beginners
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S5uckFHCA_XZkxG0Zg5U4GQGbY_RklZARwu43fqJH0E/edit
Know Their Names by Alia Chughtai
https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2020/know-their-names/index.html
The Ultimate White Privilege Statistics & Data Post
https://www.thenewprogressive.net/ultimate-white-privilege-statistics/