Olin Library Research Guides: #BlackLivesMatter Libguide: Additional Resources

Talking about race

Being Antiracist
To create an equal society, we must commit to making unbiased choices and being antiracist in all aspects of our lives.
Bias
Once we know and accept we have bias, we can begin to recognize our own patterns of thinking. With awareness and a conscious effort, we have the power to change how we think and to challenge the negative or harmful biases within ourselves.
Historical Foundations of Race
The term “race,” used infrequently before the 1500s, was used to identify groups of people with a kinship or group connection. The modern-day use of the term “race” is a human invention.
Race and Racial Identity
Although race has no genetic or scientific basis, the concept of race is important and consequential. Societies use race to establish and justify systems of power, privilege, disenfranchisement, and oppression.
Social Identities and Systems of Oppression
Systems of oppression are individual, institutional, and societal and their effects on people have a long history deeply rooted in American culture.

"Children Are Not Colorblind: How Young Children Learn Race"
By Erin N. Winkler, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Research clearly shows that children not only recognize race from a very young age, but also develop racial biases by ages three to five.
Power & Privilege Definitions
List of definitions relating to power and privilege from Vanderbilt University.
Racial Healing Handbook-Being Antiracist
This handout is from the "Racial Healing Handbook: Practical Activities to Help You Challenge Privilege, Confront Systemic Racism, and Engage in Collective Healing" by Anneliese A. Singh, Ph.D., LPC

"Understanding Whiteness"
To combat racism today, it is necessary to understand the history of the ideology of "race" in order to challenge whiteness as the foundation of racial categories and racism. Source: Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre, University of Calgary.