Culture, Society, and Social Change

Overview: “Race does not biologically exist, yet how we identify with race is so powerful, it influences our experiences and shapes our lives” (National Museum of African American History & Culture). The article Introduces the concept of racism and subsequently, the different types of racism that exists— from individual and interpersonal to institutional and structural racism. (.
Link: Click here | Time: 8 minutes | Media: Text | Source: National Museum of African American History & Culture

Overview: A series of one-minute videos and short written introductions about the wealth gap, employment, housing discrimination, government surveillance, incarceration, drug arrests, immigration policy, and infant mortality. (Link).
Link: Click here | Time: 15 minutes | Media: Video | Source: Race Forward

Overview: The following guide provides information regarding the challenges that are experienced by under-resourced and ethnic minority children, youth, and families. Recommendations are included throughout this guide for how caregivers, mental health and medical providers, school staff, and communities can support individuals around issues of race and social justice.

Link: Click here | Time: Ranges | Media: Text Source: University of Chicago - Illinois

Overview: Video from the Equal Justice Initiative (Link).
Time: 2 minutes | Media: Video | Source: Equal Justice Initiative

Overview: Historically, science has been conceptualized as objective, neutral, and apolitical. In reality, however, it is not. Science is carried out by real people and, thus, can be shaped by their beliefs, social values, and biases. In this talk, Udodiri R. Okwandu discusses the histories of unethical medical and scientific practices used in America from the 19th century to the present to demonstrate how science has and continues to perpetuate racism and inequality in society. (Link)
Time: 34 minutes | Media: Video | Source:

Overview: TED Talk by Baratunde Thurston, writer, activist, comedian, and executive producer and host of the podcast How To Citizen with Baratunde. (Link).
Time: 16 minutes | Media: Video | Source: TED

Overview: If true justice and equality are ever to be achieved in the United States, the country must finally take seriously what it owes Black Americans. (Link).
Time: 57 minutes | Media: Text + Audio | Source: New York Times Magazine

Overview: The deaths of Eric Garner in New York and George Floyd in Minnesota created national outrage over the use of deadly police restraints. This article features the many others you didn’t hear about. (Link).
Time: 20 minutes | Media: Text | Source: New York Times

Overview: A presumption of guilt and dangerousness makes people of color vulnerable to racial violence, wrongful convictions, and unfair treatment. (Link).
Time: 7 minutes | Media: Text + Video | Source: Equal Justice Initiative

Overview: Series of photographs and essays you can choose to read

The 1619 Project is an ongoing initiative from The New York Times Magazine that began in August 2019, the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of our national narrative. (Link).
Time: Ranges | Media: Text | Source: The New York Times