Let's Talk About Race [Recording & Resource Guide]
The Black Lives Matter movement has gone global and the events in recent weeks, such as the unjust killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, represent a reckoning. It is time for us to talk about race.
In this discussion, our panel of experts explored how to have rigorous, honest and effective conversations about race, racism and privilege. They also discussed how these concepts play out in our personal and professional lives.
We hope to help members of our community build a capacity to broach these issues and develop useful strategies to continue educating yourself and others. Please see below for tools on how you can turn these conversations into tangible action.
Webinar held Thursday 25 June 2020.
Recording
Resources
We encourage members of our community to join millions in educating themselves, participating in the conversations about racial inequality and taking action to dismantle systems of oppression and working towards a more equitable and inclusive society.
General
The Anti-Racist Packet compiled by Jasmine Mitchell
Implicit Biases Test | ProjectImplicit, Harvard University
Find out your implicit associations about race, gender, sexual orientation, and other topics.
“Check Your Biases: Replacing Prejudice with Kindness, Fairness, and Truth” by Linda Evans, M.A.
The events of racial violence and chaos recently are overtaking our minds and hearts. How do we "be the change we want to see in the world?" We are not helpless. We can be part of the solution.
In the Workplace
Guide to raising awareness about unconscious bias | re:Work by Google
One of the first steps towards unbiasing is education. External research shows that awareness of unconscious bias can lead to reversals in biased outcomes, and understanding of the unconscious biases that underlie beliefs may be necessary for changing attitudes.
“How to build an actively anti-racist company” by Jenni Avins | Quartz at Work
In the days of protest following George Floyd’s killing, brands have been showing up on social media proclaiming that Black Lives Matter and pledging their corporate support—financial and otherwise—to push for racial equality. But what might that corporate support look like, exactly? And how can it move beyond an Instagram post and a donation to create meaningful change?
How companies can pull up for Black employees during a race crisis by Erin L. Thomas | Quartz at Work
Moments like this can feel overwhelming. As a leader, you might be asking yourself what you can do. While you can’t repair centuries of racial injustice in the domains of health, law enforcement, and education, you can leverage your power to leave a legacy within your organization. You can begin to rewrite what the future of work looks like for 13% of Americans—the 13% who are Black. Here are a few places to start.
How to have more productive conversations about race in the workplace by Sarah Todd | Quartz at Work
Open, honest conversations with employees about inequality are an important part of organizational reform. So what can companies do to ensure that conversations about race and racism at work are meaningful and productive? Here are a few recommendations from organizational experts about how to do dialogue right.
“Racism: a societal problem and a serious business problem” by Claudine Moore | PR Week
Award-winning Global PR & Comms Leader and St. George’s Society Board Member, Claudine Moore’s Op Ed on companies’ need to understand that this is a watershed moment not just in America but globally.
Home & Family
Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup by Katrina Mitchie | prettygood
Silence about race can reinforce racism by letting children draw their own conclusions. Katrina Mitchie has rounded up resources for you to start these conversations with children.
Children's Books We Use to Teach Young Kids to be Anti-Racist | EmbraceRace
To counter this bias, experts recommend acknowledging and naming race and racism with children as early and as often as possible. Children’s books are one of the most effective and practical tools for initiating these critical conversations; and they can also be used to model what it means to resist and dismantle oppression. Beyond addressing issues of race and racism, this children’s reading list focuses on taking action.
How To Talk To Your Parents & Grandparents About Race | Bustle
How you start conversations about race and the approach you take is also going to vary based on who you’re talking to. This article takes a look at a few important relationships where you could make a difference by bringing up a conversation about race and anti-blackness, including parens and grandparents.
Want To Have Better Conversations About Racism With Your Parents? Here's How | NPR
Ijeoma Oluo, best-selling author of So You Want to Talk About Race, shares advice on how to talk to your parents about racism. This conversations different familial dynamics that can play out in these difficult conversations.
The Conscious Kid
The Conscious Kid is an education, research, and policy organization dedicated to equity and promoting positive racial identity development in youth. We support organizations, families, and educators in taking action to disrupt racism in young children.
Activism & Allyship
The Movement for Black Lives (M4BL)
The Movement for Black Lives is an ecosystem of individuals and organizations creating a shared vision and policy agenda to win rights, recognition, and resources for Black people. In doing so, the movement makes it possible for us, and therefore everyone, to live healthy and fruitful lives.
“How Does Oppression (Microaggressions) Affect Perpetrators?” by Derald Wing Sue Ph.D.| Psychology Today
The cognitive, affective, behavioral, and spiritual costs of oppression.
Antiracist Allyship Starter Resource Pack by Tatum Dorrell , Matt Herndon & Jourdan Dorrell
Resources and tools regarding racism and anti-blackness and how to be a better ally
"How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion"by Peggy McIntosh | TEDxTimberlaneSchools
Peggy McIntosh lectures on issues of equity and privilege as they relate to race, class, gender, and sexual orientation. Her TED Talk offers a shift in the traditional view of race, equity and privilege. McIntosh uses her own experience as a white woman to inform her own knowledge of racial experiences from a white perspective.
Racial Justice Trainings with Race Forward
Race Forward’s Building Racial Equity series is a collection of interactive trainings for those who wish to sharpen their skills and strategies to address structural racism and advance racial equity. Unlike “diversity trainings” which primarily focus on interpersonal relations and understanding, the Building Racial Equity trainings emphasize how to challenge and change institutional racial inequities.
Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)
SURJ is a national network of groups and individuals working to undermine white supremacy and to work for racial justice. Through community organizing, mobilizing, and education, SURJ moves white people to act as part of a multi-racial majority for justice with passion and accountability. We work to connect people across the country while supporting and collaborating with local and national racial justice organizing efforts. SURJ provides a space to build relationships, skills and political analysis to act for change.
If you have any helpful resources you would like to recommend for this list, please contact us at hello@stgeorgessociety.org.