Office of Health Equity Antiracism Resource Guide
This resource guide is intended to help you deepen your knowledge of the roots of racial injustice and inequity - and to learn about antiracism 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 10/31/2022
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- 1619 Project | The New York Times Magazine - All articles (2019)
- Allegories on Race and Racism | TedxEmory
- How to be an Antiracist | Book by Ibram X. Kendi (2019)
- How to Be Less Stupid About Race | Book by Crystal Marie Fleming (2018)
- Let's Get to the Roots of Racial Injustice | TEDxRainier
- Levels of Racism: A Theoretic Framework and a Gardener's Tale | American Journal of Public Health article (2000)
- Myths about physical racial differences were used to justify slavery - and are still believed by doctors today | The New York Times Magazine article (2019)
- So You Want to Talk About Race | Book by Ijeoma Oluo (2018)
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- 20+ Allyship Actions for Asian to Show Up for the Black Community Right Now | Medium blog post (2020)
- AAPI Task Force | University of Michigan
- Affirming Black Lives Without Inducing Trauma | Learning for Justice (2020)
- American Holocaust: The Conquest of the New World | Book by David E. Stannard (1992)
- Anti-Racism Resources for the AAPI Community | Cornell University
- AAPI Data - Education | AAPI Data
- The Black Americans: A History in Their Own Words | Book by Milton Meltzer (1987)
- The Chinese in America: A Narrative History | Book by Iris Chang (2003)
- Code Switch | Podcast from NPR
- Columbus and Other Cannibals | Book by Jack D. Forbes (1978)
- Columbus and the World Around Him | Book by Milton Meltzer (1990)
- During pandemic, racism puts additional stress on Asian Americans | Massachusetts General Hospital article (2020)
- The Earth Shall Weep: A History of Native America | Book by James Wilson (1998)
- Ebony and Ivy | Book by Craig Steven Wilder (2013)
- Ethnicity and Health in America Series: Racism Related Stress in the Latina/o American Community | American Psychological Association article
- Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America | Book by Juan Gonzalez (2011)
- Hispanics Progress Against Racism but Have Long Way to Go | UNM Newsroom article (2020)
- How Latinx People Can Fight Anti-Black Racism in Our Own Culture | Teen Vogue article (2020)
- In the Fight for Racial Justice, Native Stories Should Not Be Ignored | Berkeley News article (2020)
- Learning Together by Building Connections | Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
- Many Black and Asian Americans Say They Have Experienced Discrimination Amid the COVID-19 Outbreak | Pew Research Center article (2020)
- March: Book One | Book by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin & Nate Powell (2013)
- The Massacre at Sank Creek | Book by Bruce Cutler (1997)
- More Latinos Have Serious Concerns About Their Place in America Under Trump | Pew Research Center report (2020)
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness | Book by Michelle Alexander
- Racism in the Use of Native American Images | PBS article (2020)
- Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America | Book by Ibram Kendi (2017)
- Why America's Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life or Death Crisis | New York Times Magazine article (2018)
- Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They’re Okay — Chances Are They’re Not | Refinery29 article (2020)
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- 4 Steps That I and Other White People Can Take to Fight Racism | B The Change article (2020)
- After Amy Cooper and George Floyd, Will White Parents Do the Work? | Romper article (2020)
- Disrupting Whiteness (Talking with White People about Racism) | Book by Drick Boyd (2021)
- 'Health Equity Tourists': How White Scholars are Colonizing Research on Health Disparities | Stat News (2021)
- Message to White Allies: You're Doing it Wrong | Speaking Progressively article (2020)
- Nice White Parents | Podcast from The New York Times
- Qualities of an Anti-Racist Ally | Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence | (2005)
- Seeing White | Podcast by Scene On Radio
- Transforming White Privilege | Racial Equity Tools curricula
- What to Do Instead of Calling the Police | United Against Police Terror article
- White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to talk About Racism | Book by Dr. Robin DiAngelo (2018)
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- Academic Medicine's Journey Toward Racial Equity Must be Grounded in History: Recommendations for Becoming an Antiracist Academic Medical Center | Pub Med Central article (2021)
- African Americans Have Differences in CSF Soluble TREM2 and Associated Genetic Variants | American Academy of Neurology (2021)
- A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind | Book by Harriet A. Washington (2019)
- Changing How Race Is Portrayed in Medical Education | Academic Medicine Article (2020)
- Combating Structural Inequities - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Translational Research | New England Journal of Medicine article (2022)
- The Dearth of Black Men in Medicine is Worrisome. Here's Why. | NBC News (2019)
- Power, Privilege, and Positivity: How a Health Professions School Made its Commitment Visible to Students | Insight to Diversity article (2020)
- Racial Disparities in COVID-19: A Public Health Perspective and Local Response | Region IV Public Health Training Center webinar (2020)
- Racial Equity Plan: Developing Specific Actions for Anti-Racist Health Care | NEJM Catalyst: Innovation in Care Delivery article (2022)
- Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Need for a Structurally Competent Health Care System | JAMA Network article (2020)
- Stop Blaming Black People for Dying of the Coronavirus | The Atlantic article (2020)
- What do Coronavirus Racial Disparities Look Like State by State? | NPR article (2020)
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- 10 Resources for Teaching Anti-Racism | ISTE (2022)
- Anti-Racism Pedagogy Guide: Resources to use in the classroom | USC Libraries
- Anti-Racism Pedagogy in Action: First Steps | Columbia Center for Teaching and Learning
- Ending Curriculum Violence | Learning for Justice magazine feature (2020)
- How to Explain Racism to Kids | CNN/Sesame Street
- I am an Educator | Talking About Race
- Learning Module: Antiracism, EDI and Positionality in Teaching and Learning | Taylor Institute, University of Calgary
- Racial Equity Learning Modules | Racial Equity Tools curricula
- Stopping Discrimination Before it Starts | Think Cultural Health
- Teaching/Learning Anti-Racism (A Developmental Approach) | Book by Louise Derman-Sparks and Carol Brunson Phillips (1997)
- Understanding and Addressing Systemic Racism | NACUBO modules
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- Addressing Racism: A Roadmap for Action | Mount Sinai framework (2021)
- Beyond the Rhetoric-Centering Justice and Anti-Racism in our DEI Strategy: Amplify your Anti-Racist Practices with Qualitative Data | The Inclusion Solution article (2020)
- Caring for Each Other: Real Conversations at Work | Duke School of Medicine guide (2022)
- How to Resolve Racially Stressful Situations | TEDMED
- Mapping Our Social Change Roles in Times of Crisis | Medium article (2020)
- Organizational Strategic Plan to Embed Racial Justice and Advance Health Equity | American Medical Association (2021)
- We Built a Diverse Academic Department in 5 Years - Here's How | Harvard Business Review article (2020)
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Toolkit | VUMC Office of Diversity and Inclusion
- VUMC Day of Silence - Additional Resource for Anti-Racism | VUMC Resource Guide (2020)
- VUMC Racial Equity Plan | VUMC Health Equity and Inclusive Excellence (2022)
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- Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective | Wellness Tools
- Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Mental Health Resource Guide | NCAA resource guide
- Black Survival & Wellness Resources | Academic for Black Survival & Wellness (2021)
- Coping with Race-Related Stress | University of Illinois of Urbana-Champaign
- How to Deal with Racist People | Creative Spirits article (2021)
- Practicing Self-Care | Simmons University Library
- South Asian Mental Health Initiative & Network | SAMHIN
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- 7 Day Antiracism Challenge | The Antiracism Challenge (2022)
- A Conversation about Race | Duke University School of Medicine video (2015)
- A Detailed List of Anti-Racism Resources by Katie Couric | Medium article (2020)
- 'America Has Its Knee on People of Color.' Why George Floyd's Death Was a Breaking Point | TIME article (2020)
- An Essential Reading Guide For Fighting Racism | BuzzFeed News article (2020)
- Anti-Racism Resource Collection | Resource Sharing Project
- Anti-Racism Resources | Document compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker, Alyssa Klein (2020)
- Dismantling Racism: A Resource Book | Western States Center (2003)
- Dismantling Racism Works | Web-Based Workbook
- Every Tongue Got to Confess | Book by Zora Neale Hurston (2002)
- God Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse | Book by James Weldon Johnson (2008)
- How to Overcome our Biases? Walk Boldly Toward Them | TEDxBeaconStreet
- Implicit Bias Module Series | Kirwan Institute, The Ohio University modules (2018)
- It’s Not Obesity. It’s Slavery. | The New York Times article (2020)
- Just Mercy | Book by Bryan Stevenson (2015)
- Justice in June | Guide compiled by Autumn Gupta (2020)
- Maintaining Professionalism In the Age of Black Death Is...A Lot | Medium article (2020)
- Men We Reaped: A Memoir | Book by Jasmyn Ward (2013)
- Racial Equity Resource Guide | WK Kellog Foundation
- Talking About Race: Being Anti-Racist | National Museum of African American History & Culture guide
- The Anti-Racist Starter Pack: 40 TV Series, Documentaries, Movies, TED Talks, and Books to Add to Your List | Parade (2020)
- The Bluest Eye | Book by Toni Morrison (1970)
- The Greatest White Privilege Is Life Itself | The Atlantic article (2019)
- The Hate U Give | Book by Angie Thomas (2017)
- The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down | Book by Anne Fadiman (2012)
- The Summer of 2020 Is Going to be Long, Violent and Necessary | Mother Jones article (2020)
- The Underground Railroad | Book by Colson Whitehead (2016)
- Who Gets to Be Afraid in America | The Atlantic article (2020)