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      Racism: Against the Black Community

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      The Psychology of Prejudice: An Overview
      S. Plous
      Social Psychology Network    
      2023

      Juneteenth: The History of a Holiday 
      Derrick Bryson Taylor
      The New York Times
      June 2023



      What Does ‘Woke’ Even Mean? How A Decades-Old Racial Justice Term Became Co-Opted By Politics
      Conor Murray
      Forbes
      June 2023

      Trends in Racial and Ethnic Discrimination in Hiring in Six Western Countries
      Lincoln Quillian and John J. Lee
      PNAS
      January 2023

      Unbalance Viral Load: Inequities Plaguing the Black Community
      Mike Hilleary
      Group Practice Journal
      August 2022

      Is 2022 the Year of Black Men?
      Richard Fowler
      Forbes
      January 2022

      Kaiser Commits $8.1M for Racial Equity across U.S.
      KTVU Staff
      Fox KTVU
      January 2021

      Mackenzie Bezos Donates $1.7 Billion to Racial Equality and Other Causes
      Megan Cerullo
      CBS News
      July 2020


      Structural Racism, Social Risk Factors, and Covid-19 — A Dangerous Convergence for Black Americans
      Leonard Egede, MD, Rebekah Walker, PhD
      The New England Journal of Medicine
      July 2020

      Answering White People’s Most Commonly Asked Questions about the Black Lives Matter Movement
      Courtney Martin
      The Bold Italic
      June 2020

      How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change
      Barack Obama
      www.medium.com
      June 2020

      How White Managers Can Respond to Anti-Black Violence
      Michael Kraus
      Yale School of Management
      June 2020

      I'm Black. My Mom Is White. This Is The Talk We Had To Have About George Floyd's Killing
      Kimberly Miller
      HUFFPOST
      June 2020

      I Was the Mayor of Minneapolis and I Know Our Cops Have a Problem
      R.T. Rybak
      Politico
      June 2020

      The Law Isn’t Neutral
      Dahlia Lithwick
      Slate
      June 2020
      Why CEO Black Lives Matter Communications Are Critical: A DIBs Leader’s Perspective
      Erin Thomas, PhD
      Upwork
      June 2020
      The Death of George Floyd, in Context
      Jelani Cobb
      The New Yorker
      May 2020
      George Floyd Could Have Been My Brother
      Rita Omokha
      Elle Magazine
      May 2020
      You Shouldn’t Need a Harvard Degree to Survive Birdwatching while Black
      Samuel Getachew
      The Washington Post
      May 2020
      Op-Ed: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Don’t Understand the Protests? What You’re Seeing Is People Pushed to the Edge
      Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
      Los Angeles Times
      May 2020
      Black History Month: Teaching the Complete History
      Coshandra Dillard
      Popular Bookmarks
      January 2020
      There Are Plenty of Ways to Celebrate Black History Month. Here Are a Few.
      Peter Butler
      CNET
      January 2020
      The White Space
      Elijah Anderson
      American Sociological Association
      2015
      The Case for Reparations
      Ta-Nehisi Coates
      The Atlantic
      June 2014
      "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" and "Some Notes for Facilitators"
      Peggy McIntosh
      National Seed Project
      1989
         

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      Websites

      1619 (Podcast)
      “1619” is a New York Times audio series hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones.

      Advancing Equity and Racial Justice through the Federal Government
      The White House

      Anti-racism Resources
      Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library

      Anti-Racism Resources
      University of Connecticut

      Anti-Racism Resources
      Highline College

      Code Switch: Race. In Your Face
      National Public Radio

      Podcast: In Black America
      National Public Radio
      John Hanson profiles a diverse selection of current and historically significant figures whose stories help illuminate life in Black America.

         
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