This resource guide is intended to help you deepen your knowledge of the roots of injustice and inequity and 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 08-11-2020
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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)
- 'Health Equity Tourists' : How White Scholars Are Colonizing Research on Health Disparities by Usha Lee McFarling (2021)
- 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)
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- 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)
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- 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
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- 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)
- Conversation with Elle Lett | STAT Video (2021)
- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- The Innocence Files | streaming on Netflix
- Pose | streaming on Netflix
- Watchmen | streaming on HBO
- When They See Us | streaming on Netflix
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- 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)