Online Resources

HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST EDUCATOR

Too many schools insist that there is no need to discuss equity or culturally responsive practices; their school population is mostly white. The pushback at these schools reveals an underlying discomfort with talking about race, identity, and difference in our nation's classrooms. Dena Simmons, social emotional learning (SEL) practitioner-scholar worries about the marginalized students and educators in these schools who are either expected to do the brunt of the race and equity work or who are likely struggling silently.

DETOUR SPOTTING FOR WHITE ANTI-RACISTS

"For white people living in North America learning to be anti‐racist is a re‐education process." Joan Olsson writes, "We must unlearn our thorough racist conditioning to re‐educate and re‐condition ourselves as anti‐ racists. We are constantly tempted to detour off course by the racist propaganda of society and our own guilt and denial. In the face of society’s and our own resistance, sustaining the will to continue this journey takes bold and stubborn effort"

10 STEPS TO NON-OPTICAL ALLYSHIP

Originally a viral Twitter thread and now reproduced in full on British Vogue, Mireille Cassandra Harper’s simple breakdown of what it means to go beyond surface-level allyship is a solid foundation on which to build your plan of action. 

'WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS' A PRIMER FOR WHITE PITTSBURGH

Dr. Kelly Rabenstein Donohoe, licensed psychologist and certified group psychotherapist, reflects on her White, middle-class upbringing in Pittsburgh and calls for White Pittsburgh to acknowledge history and confront privilege to move forward.

75 THINGS WHITE PEOPLE CAN DO FOR RACIAL JUSTICE

Not everyone can engage in traditional protesting. This article features several ways in which one can promote change and be an ally for racial justice. Whether you promote racial justice by donating to anti-white supremacy organizations, supporting black businesses, or calling/writing legislators, there are many things one can do to promote racial justice. 

ONE TEACHER TALKING: I AM KAREN

Annie Blais calls a white girl meeting in response to the challenge to change: to learn, act, donate and read great books. She shares notes on power, shame and the internal work of anti-racism for her fellow white women.