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    • Understanding Racism and Civil Unrest

Understanding Racism and Civil Unrest

Please find below Videos, Articles and Websites that can deepen and illuminate the current and ongoing struggle with racism and civil unrest in this country

Videos:

Trevor Noah providing a comprehensive and thoughtful response to the killing of George Floyd, the protests in Minneapolis, the dominos of racial injustice and police brutality, and how the contract
between society and black Americans has been broken time and time again.
Systemic Racism Explained
5 Things you should know about Racism

Additional Videos:

  • Race, Racism, Prejudice and Discrimination- What are they? (5min)
  • Institutional racism in US explained through Michael Jackson (6min)
  • Jim Crow and America's Racism explained (17min)
  • Toni Morrison's words on Racism (2min)
  • Wake Up Everybody by various artists (5.5min)
  • How to deconstruct racism, one headline at a time- Baratunde Thurston (16min)
  • Jane Elliott on her Blue eyes, Brown Eyes Experiment (7min)
  • Debunking Common Myths White people tell about Race- Robin DiAngelo (3.5min)
  • Anti-Racism Practices & Pandemic- Tim Wise (90min)
  • ​Why I'm not Racist is only half the story- Robin DiAngelo (6min)
  • 100 Years of American Protest, Then and Now (2min)
  • Reckoning with Racism- Michael Eric Dyson and Heather McGhee (80min)
  • How to Raise Kids to be Anti-racist and Talk to Them about Racism (5min)
  • How to Become Aware of Privilege- Robin DiAngelo and Ibram X. Kendi (7min)
  • "Race for Justice" -Michelle Miller's Reporters Notebook (5min)
  • Race, Police and How to Move Forward- Bryan Stevenson (6min)
  • "The 1619 Project"- Nikole Hannah-Jones on confronting the truth about slavery (6min)
  • Equal Justice Initiative Confronts America's History of Racial Inequality (4min)
  • Slavery to Mass Incarceration (6min)
  • Terror Lynching in America (5min)

Articles:

  • "Unpacking the Invisible Knapcask: - Peggy McIntosh
  • "Structural Racism is the Real Pandemic"- Monica Cannon- Grant and David J Harris
  • "'A Riot is the language of the unheard' MLK's powerful quote resonates amid George Floyd Protests"- Joshua Bote
  • "Don't Understand the protests? What you're seeing is people pushed to the edge" - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • "Bryan Stevenson on the frustration behind the George Floyd Protests"- Isaac Chotiner
  • "Kids need to talk about George Floyd, protests and racism. With coronavirus school closures, it's hard to do."- Erin Richards
  • "These Books Can Help You Explain Racism and Protest to Your Kids"- Jessica Grose

  • "Children Are Not ColorBlind"- Erin N. Winkler
  • "Talking to Kids about Racism, Early and Often"- Jessica Grose
  • "How to talk to your children about protests and racism"- Sandee LaMotte
  • "Talking to kids about discrimination"- American Psychological Association
  • "How to talk to kids about racism: An age-by-age guide"- Alex Mlynek
  • "Beyond the Golden Rule"- Teaching Tolerance
  • "How to Talk to Kids about Race and Racism"- Parent Toolkit
  • "8 Tips for Talking to Your Child about Racial Injustice"- Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, Ann Hazzard
  • "How White Parents Can Talk To Their Kids About Race"- Michel Martin

Useful Websites

  • nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race
  • www.racialequitytools.org/home
  • www.pisab.org
  • www.raceforward.org
  • eji.org
  • wideopenschool.org
  • www.commonsensemedia.org
  • www.tolerance.org
  • www.embracerace.org

​External Compiled Resources

  • Lower School Resources to Support Anti-Racism- (Google Doc)
  • The Partnership Inc
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