Antiracism : A Guide to Stories, Perspectives, and Connections

Nguyen, Thu T., et al. SSM - Population Health, September 2021. "Although there was a sharp decline in negative Black sentiment and increased public awareness of structural racism and desire for long-lasting social change, these shifts were transitory and returned to baseline after several weeks. Findings suggest that negative attitudes towards Black people remain deeply entrenched."

Updated daily. Collection of articles on the topic of racism, including opinion editorials (op-eds), academic journal articles, encyclopedia articles, and primary sources. "Racism can be expressed explicitly through racial slurs or racialized violence but is often expressed in more subtle ways. People can be unaware of the extent to which stereotypes, or overgeneralizations about groups of people, permeate their thinking. Negative stereotypes include the assumption that criminality, laziness, or a lack of sophistication is widespread among members of certain racial groups. These stereotypes depict an entire racial group as inferior or less tolerable than others. Positive stereotypes, however, are also examples of racism because they perpetuate ways of thinking that do not reflect reality, such as the belief that people of a specific race are preternaturally skilled in a certain area like mathematics or athletics."

Coates, Ta-Nehisi. The Atlantic. June 2014. "Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole."

Coaston, Jane. Vox. May 28, 2019. "In my conversations with critics of intersectionality, I’ve found that what upsets them isn’t the theory itself. Indeed, they largely agree that it accurately describes the way people from different backgrounds encounter the world. The lived experiences — and experiences of discrimination — of a black woman will be different from those of a white woman, or a black man, for example. They object to its implications, uses, and, most importantly, its consequences, what some conservatives view as the upending of racial and cultural hierarchies to create a new one."

Joseph, Peniel E. The New Republic. May 2017. "Whatever future success it achieves on the policy front, BLM recognizes that what Malcolm X called a struggle for "black dignity" has always traveled a path toward universal human rights. Freedom for black Americans, the group reminds us, ultimately means a better nation for all. Until the most marginalized among us--the trans teenagers traumatized by dehumanizing legislation, the Latina and queer youth with no access to HIV treatment, the single black women struggling to raise their children while holding down three jobs--are recognized as part of our collective American family, we all remain imprisoned."

Kleinrock, Elizabeth. Teaching Tolerance. June 30, 2020. "In the wake of Black Lives Matter protests, educators and schools across the nation are planning anti-racist work. How will you ensure your school isn’t just going through the motions?"

Melaku, Tsedale M. and Angie Beeman. June 25, 2020. Harvard Business Review. "We’re having hard conversations about racial justice in corporate America and academia right now. We have seen a flurry of company statements about diversity amid nationwide protests supporting the Black Lives Matter movement. Will these conversations yield anything?"

Picott, J. Rupert. The Journal of Negro Education. Summer 1962. "Integration came to Virginia colleges in August 1950 through a decision of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals for Virginia.... The growth of the community-junior-college idea in Virginia promises to be of some assistance in the more rapid desegregation of higher education in the State. With the demise of the so-called 'massive resistance' policy, Virginia public schools, including colleges, are probably on the threshold of new understanding and/or increased state financial support."

Wallenstein, Peter. Encyclopedia Virginia. December 2020. "The desegregation of higher education in Virginia was the result of a long legal and social process that began after the American Civil War and did not end before the 1970s."

Rozema, Kyle and Schanzenbach, Max. The Wall Street Journal. June 4, 2020. "States can stop this ugly dynamic by changing laws and taking on police unions. Legislatures must give police departments greater latitude to investigate civilian complaints and use them in personnel decisions. If departments had the authority to identify problematic officers and intervene before a tragedy occurs, mayors and police chiefs would face greater democratic accountability for police misconduct. The killing of George Floyd and its aftermath should force policy makers and the public to reconsider whether it's a good idea to combine police powers with a system of limited oversight and discipline. In our view, it isn't."

Weinstein, John. Police Chief Magazine. "The future of law enforcement will be determined by leaders who understand the need to change culture, the need to combat internal insularities, the need to get the right people at the table, and the need to stay connected with the people served by the agency, all while using, to the fullest extent, agencies’ most valuable resources: people." Lt. Weinstein is the director of strategic planning and community outreach for NOVA Police.

Cotter, Holland. New York Times. Jun 1, 2018. "The powerful National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Alabama is meant to perturb, not console — and to encourage truth-telling far and wide."