Towards a Culture of Inclusion – Resources

First Conversation on Race: Race in Our Community
October 14, 2020

Pittsburgh’s Inequality Across Gender and Race, a report of the City of Pittsburgh’s Gender Equity Commission (Howell, Goodkind, Jacobs, Branson, Miller)

City of Pittsburgh Gender Equity Commission: Building an Equitable New Normal: Responding to the Crises of Racist Violence and COVID-19

Yes, Pittsburgh: it’s racism, by Junia Howell, lead author of Pittsburgh’s Inequality Across Gender and Race; Public Source, September 23, 2019

Pittsburgh Is the Worst City in America for Black People. Here’s How It Can Get Better, by Damon Young, Pittsburgher, author, and editor-in-chief of Very Smart Brothas

For Black Girls, School Discipline Doesn’t Always Look Like Justice, by Erica L. Green, Mark Walker and Eliza Shapiro, The New York Times, October 2, 2020
Discipline disparities between Black and White boys have driven reform efforts. But Black girls are arguably the most at-risk student groups.

The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic, 2014

There are a number of popular books that touch on subjects raised in this session. Here’s a sample:

The Color of Law (Liveright, May 2017) by Richard Rothstein
In this book, Rothstein argues that segregation in America—the incessant kind that continues to dog our major cities and has contributed to so much recent social strife—is the byproduct of explicit government policies at the local, state, and federal levels.

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
Desmond, a MacArthur “genius award” recipient, follows eight families in Milwaukee, a city not unlike Pittsburgh, as they navigate housing in some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods during the 2007-08 recession. 2016 Pulitzer Prize winner.

Tip Sheets:
4 Ways to Provide Meaningful Allyship in the Workplace
5 Things You Can Do to Interrupt Racial Bias in the Wake of COVID-19

Bias Worksheets:
Identify Your Biases
Understand How Bias Affects You
Shield Against Bias Coming Your Way

e-Guide:
Cultivating Inclusion During Crisis, Including Working Remotely

Videos:
The Three Things That Happen With Bias — And What to Do About Them
What is White Supremacy?

Blog Post:
5 Things You Can Do to Be a Better Ally

Books:
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad
My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
The Authenticity Principle by Ritu Bhasin

Workbook:
Dismantling Racism Works Web Workbook

Report:
Sponsor Effect: Canada Executive Summary

Meditation:
“See Through Unconscious Bias” with Sebene Selassie

PLDIC Lawyers of Color Webinar — The Internalization of Racial Bias: What Happens in the Workplace
Ritu Bhasin
September 15, 2020

Bias Worksheets:
Identify Your Biases
Understand How Bias Affects You
Shield Against Bias Coming Your Way

Videos:
Change Your Life Through the Power of Scripting
Videos on Being an Advocate for Equity

Self-Care Worksheets:
Commit to a Self-Care Practice
Create Your Own Affirmations

Blog Post:
6 Simple Mindfulness Techniques You Can Do Anywhere

Books:
My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
The Authenticity Principle by Ritu Bhasin

Robin DiAngelo
In conversation with Valerie Kinloch, Dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Education. Co-presented by City Theatre and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
September 10, 2020
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