Anti-Racism in the Workplace
Resources for Promoting Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the Workplace, World and Mind.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the workplace begins with having the necessary resources to actively promote anti-racism. Below, you’ll find resources meant to help within various situations.
① For educating yourself on the history of race relations, current events, and how to be an ally.*
② For donating time and resources; what you can do personally to help others.
③ Part 3: For making statements as a company and inputting anti-racist tools into the workplace.
* While we encourage you to educate yourself using these resources, it is imperative to recognize that each source is reflective of their own point-of-views, and none are all-encapsulating perspectives. *
1 · Resources to Help Educate Yourself
News & Articles
So You Want to Learn About Juneteenth?
Learn about Juneteenth, its history, and why it is so relevant today.
This page, run by the Urban Institute, has several feature stories that
Social Media
The Conscious Kid is a nonprofit organization that talks about parenting with a critical lens in order to raise empathetic, intentional, and racially aware children.
Brittany Packnett Cunningham is a leading activist and public figure in the intersection of social justice and culture.
From Privilege to Progress is the official instagram account for the #ShowUp movement, which works to continue the conversation about race.
Luvvie Ayaj Jones is the best-selling author of I’m Judging You.
Layla Saad is the bestselling author of Me and White Supremacy.
Marc Lamont Hill is an academic and activist vocal about racial issues.
Johnetta Elzie is an activist who uses her platform to highlight civil rights matters.
For Harriet is a community that provides a space for Black women.
Yamiche Alcindor is the White House correspondent for PBS NewsHour and covers mainly political and social topics.
Ava DuVernay is a filmmaker and director who works on film projects that spotlight Black voices and stories.
Colorlines delivers news articles centered around race.
Voices
Podcasts
Seeing White delves into the history of the concept of “whiteness” and how it affects race relations today.
Code Switch is a podcast hosted by people of color and focuses on the intersection of race and culture.
The Stoop highlights the experiences of Black people that don’t get enough attention.
The Nod shares stories of Black culture and life.
Movies
13th
The Black Power MixTape 1967-1975
Selma
I Am Not Your Negro
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
Serving Life
Just Mercy
Malcolm X
Books
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
by Layla Saad
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
by Michelle Alexander
Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Citizen
by Claudia Rankine
Your Silence Will Not Protect You
by Audre Lorde
“Linguistic Profiling” essay
by John Baugh from Black Linguistics: Language, Society, and Politics in Africa and the Americas (thoughts on AAVE in the workplace and elsewhere)
The Warmth of Other Suns
by Isabel Wilkerson
How To Be an Antiracist
by Ibram X. Kendi
We Were Eight Years in Power
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Just Mercy
by Bryan Stevenson
White Fragility: Why it’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
by Robin DiAngelo
Additional Resources
Courtesy of Sarah Sophie Flicker & Alyssa Klein
Courtesy of Autumn Gupta
Race Relations - How to communicate your own thoughts
Mental Health Issues Facing the Black Community - Sunshine Behavioral Health - Black mental health resources
The Value of Diversity in the Workplace - OnlineMBA
2 · Resources to Help Others
Places to Donate Money To
Minority-Owned Businesses
Petitions to Sign
In-Person or Virtual Volunteering
3 · Resources to Help Your Company
