This resource guide is intended to help you deepen your knowledge of the roots of injustice and inequity and learn about anti-racism efforts. These resources will be regularly updated. Feel free to share with your family, friends and colleagues.
If you have any questions or would like to suggest a resource, please contact the Office of Health Equity at OHEinfo@vumc.org.
Compiled by the Office of Health Equity, Updated on 08-11-2020
Anti-Racism Tools & Guides
- Anti-Racism in Human Genetics Special Seminar Series | Vanderbilt Genetics Institute
- Dismantling Racism: A Resource Book | Western States Center
- Dismantling Racism Works Web Workbook | Dismantling Racism Works
- Implicit Bias Module Series | Kirwan Institute, The Ohio State University
- The New ANTIRACISM CHALLENGE SHOWS 7 Virtual Challenges by Chakita Patterson | ANTIRACISM CHALLENGE
- Race Equity Tools
- Racial Equity Resource Guide
- Talking About Race | National Museum for African American History & Culture
Resources to serve, engage and protect Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities
- AAPI Task Force | University of Michigan
- Anti-Racism Resources for the AAPI Community | Cornell University
- Education - AAPI Data | AAPI Data
- Learning Together | Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
Articles to Read
- 1619 Project (all articles) | The New York Times Magazine (2019)
- 'America Has Its Knee on People of Color.' Why George Floyd's Death Was a Breaking Point by Charlotte Alter| TIME (2020)
- Changing How Race Is Portrayed in Medical Education by Nieblas-Bedolla, Edwin MPH; Christophers, Briana; Nkinsi, Naomi T.; Schumann, Paul D.; Stein, Elizabeth | Academic Medicine (2020)
- The Greatest White Privilege Is Life Itself by Ibram X. Kendi | The Atlantic (2019)
- The intersectionality wars by Jane Coaston| Vox (2019)
- Levels of Racism: A Theoretic Framework and a Gardener’s Tale by Dr. Camara Phyllis Jones | American Journal of Public Health (2000)
- Maintaining Professionalism In The Age of Black Death Is….A Lot by Shenequa Golding| Medium (2020)
- Mapping Our Social Change Roles in Times of Crisis by Deepa Iyer | Medium (2020)
- Myths about physical racial differences were used to justify slavery – and are still believed by doctors today by Linda Villarosa| The New York Times Magazine (2019)
- Qualities Of An Anti-Racist Ally | Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence (2005)
- Statement from Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion André L. Churchwell regarding the death of George Floyd| Vanderbilt University (2020)
- The Summer of 2020 Is Going to Be Long, Violent and Necessary by Jamilah King| Mother Jones (2020)
- Why America's Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis by Linda Villarosa | New York Times Magazine (2018)
- Who Gets to Be Afraid in America by Ibram X. Kendi | The Atlantic (2020)
- Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They’re Okay — Chances Are They’re Not by Danielle Cadet| Refinery29 (2020)
Covid-19 & Racial Disparities
- It’s Not Obesity. It’s Slavery. [Article] by Sabrina Strings | The New York Times (2020)
- Police Arrested Fewer People During Coronavirus Shutdowns – Even Fewer Were White by Weihua Li | The Marshall Project (2020)
- Racial Disparities in COVID-19: A Public Health Perspective and Local Response [Webinar] by Derek Griffith, PhD and Michael Caldwell, MD | Region IV Public Health Training Center (2020)
- Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Need for a Structurally Competent Health Care System [Article] by Jonathan M. Metzl, MD, PhD; Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH; Fernando De Maio, PhD | JAMA Network (2020)
- Stop Blaming Black People for Dying of the Coronavirus by Ibram X. Kendi | The Atlantic (2020)
- What Do Coronavirus Racial Disparities Look Like State by State? [Article] by Maria Godoy, Daniel Wood | NPR (2020)
Podcasts to Subscribe to
- 1619 Project | The New York Times
- About Race
- Code Switch | NPR
- Ear Hustle
- Intersectionality Matters! | AAFP and Kimberle Crenshaw
- Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
- The Next Question
- Pod For The Cause | The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights
- Pod Save The People | Crooked Media
- The Promise | Nashville Public Radio
- Seeing White | Scene on Radio
- Still Processing | The New York Times
- What Matters | Black Lives Matter
- Informatics and Anti-Black Racism: What We Need to Do | Informatics in the Round
Videos to Watch
- An interview with the founders of Black Lives Matter by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi | TEDWomen 2016
- Allegories on race and racism by Dr. Camara Phyllis Jones | TedxEmory
- Bias in Medicine: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | HBO (2020)
- The difference between being "not racist" and anti-racist by Ibram X. Kendi | TED
- The future of race in America by Michelle Alexander | TEDxColumbus
- The Gardener's Tale by Dr. Camara Phyllis Jones
- George Floyd, Minneapolis Protests, Ahmaud Arbery & Amy Cooper | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (2020)
- How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Discussing Race by Jay Smooth | TEDxHampshire College
- How racial bias works -- and how to disrupt it by Jennifer L. Eberhardt | TED
- How we can make racism a solvable problem – and improve policing by Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff | TED 2019
- How racism makes us sick by David R. Williams | TEDMED
- How to raise a black son in America by Clint Smith | TED 2015
- James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni Part 1 and Part 2 | SOUL!
- Let's get to the root of racial injustice by Megan Ming Francis | TEDxRainier
- A prosecutor's vision for a better justice system by Adam Foss | TED
- Racism has a cost for everyone by Heather C. McGhee | TEDWomen 2019
- The Urgency of Intersectionality by Kimberlee Crenshaw | TEDWomen 2016
- We need to talk about an injustice by Bryan Stevenson | TED2012
Non-Fiction Books to Read
- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do by Jennifer L. Eberhardt
- Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
- The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
- Colorblind by Tim Wise
- Dying of Whiteness by Jonathan Metzl
- Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-Create Race in the Twenty-First Century by Dorothy Roberts
- The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
- The Fire This Time by Jesmyn Ward
- How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones
- I'm Still Here by Austin Channing Brown
- The Immortal Life of Henriette Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
- Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
- Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad
- Medical Apartheid by Harriet Washington
- Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
- Racism: Science & Tools for the Public Health Professional by Chandra L. Ford, Derek M. Griffith, Marino A. Bruce, Keon L. Gilbert
- Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey
- Silent Racism by Barbara Trepagnier
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- Stamped form the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
- The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
- The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin DiAngelo
- White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson
- Your Silence Will Not Protect You by Audre Lorde
- Slavery by Another Name by Douglas A. Blackmon
Fiction Books to Read
- Beloved by Toni Morrison
- The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
- Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- Deacon King Kong by James McBride
- Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
- Lot by Bryan Washington
- The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
- Real Life by Brandon Taylor
- Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
- Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
- The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
- The Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett
- The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Well-Read Black Girl by Glory Edim
Films to Watch
- 13 TH (directed by Ava DuVernay) | streaming on Netflix and YouTube
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (directed by Stanley Nelson) | rent or purchase
- The Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 (directed by Goran Olsson) | rent or purchase
- Blindspotting (directed by Carlos López Estrada) | streaming on HBO and Hulu
- Clemency (directed by Chinonye Chukwu) | rent or purchase
- Get Out (directed by Jordan Peele) | rent or purchase
- The Hate You Give (directed by George Tilman Jr.) | stream for free
- I Am Not Your Negro (directed by Raoul Peck) | streaming on Amazon
- If Beale Street Could Talk (directed by Barry Jenkins) | streaming on Hulu
- Fruitvale Station (directed by Ryan Coogler) | rent or purchase
- Just Mercy (directed by Destin Daniel Cretton) | streaming for free
- King in the Wilderness (directed by Peter Kunhardt) | rent or purchase
- The Lena Baker Story (directed by Ralph Wilcox) | rent or purchase
- Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992 (directed by John Ridley) | streaming on Netflix
- Moonlight (directed by Barry Jenkins) | streaming on Netflix
- Mudbound (directed by Dee Rees) | streaming on Netflix
- Race: The Power of an Illusion by Christine Herbes-Sommers, Tracy Heather Strain, Llewellyn Smith | rent or purchase
- Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story | streaming on Paramount Network
- Say Her Name: The Life And Death Of Sandra Bland (directed by David Heilbroner, Kate Davis) | streaming on HBO and Hulu
- Selma (directed by Ava DuVernay) | rent or purchase
- Slavery by Another Name (directed by Samuel D. Pollard) | streaming on PBS and YouTube
- True Justice (directed by George Kunhardt, Peter Kunhardt, Teddy Kunhardt) | streaming on HBO
TV Series to Stream
- The Innocence Files | streaming on Netflix
- Pose | streaming on Netflix
- Watchmen | streaming on HBO
- When They See Us | streaming on Netflix
Compilations of Other Anti-Racism Resources
- 20+ Allyship Actions for Asians to Show Up for the Black Community Right Now by Michelle Kim | Medium (2020)
- 4 Steps That I and Other White People Can Take to Fight Racism by Christina Marie Noel | Medium (2020)
- An Essential Reading Guide For Fighting Racism by Arianna Rebolini | BuzzFeed News (2020)
- Anti-Racism Resource Collection | Resource Sharing Project
- Anti-Racism Resources | Document compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker, Alyssa Klein (May 2020)
- The Anti-Racist Starter Pack: 40 TV Series, Documentaries, Movies, TED Talks, and Books to Add to Your List by Brea Baker | Parade (2020)
- A Detailed List of Anti-Racism Resources by Katie Couric | Medium (2020)
- How Latinx People Can Fight Anti-Black Racism in Our Own Culture by Angie Jaime | Teen Vogue (2020)
- Justice in June compiled by Autumn Gupta (2020)
- VUMC Day of Silence Additional Resources for Anti-Racism | VUMC (2020)