Antiracism : A Guide to Stories, Perspectives, and Connections

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."

Louie, Patricia and Reed deAngelis. Social Forces. March 2024. "We find that regardless of neighborhood crime rates or socioeconomic compositions, Whites report heightened perceptions of crime and danger in their neighborhoods as the proportion of Black residents increases. Perceived neighborhood danger, in turn, predicts increased symptoms of psychophysiological distress. We situate our findings within broader discussions of anti-Black racism, residential segregation, and psychiatric disorders commonly observed among White Americans."

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."

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."

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."

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."

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?"

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."

Weinstein, John. Police Chief Magazine, 2022. "Solutions such as community policing, resilience, implicit bias training for officers, encouraging community inputs, and mindfulness, along with the following recommendations are offered as mechanisms to improve community-police relations." Lt. Weinstein was the director of strategic planning and community outreach for NOVA Police until his retirement.