LibGuides: Explorer Cafe Summer 2020: June 4

Scholarly Articles

Massingale, Bryan N. The assumptions of white privilege and what we can do about it.
Hooker, J. (2016). Black lives matter and the paradoxes of U.S. black politics: From democratic sacrifice to democratic repair. Political Theory, 44(4), 448-469. doi:10.1177/0090591716640314
Sawyer, J., & Gampa, A. (2018). Implicit and explicit racial attitudes changed during black lives matter. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 44(7), 1039-1059. doi:10.1177/0146167218757454
Cooley, E., Hester, N., Cipolli, W., Rivera, L. I., Abrams, K., Pagan, J., … Payne, K. (2019). Racial Biases in Officers’ Decisions to Frisk Are Amplified for Black People Stopped Among Groups Leading to Similar Biases in Searches, Arrests, and Use of For
Williamson, V., Kris-Stella Trump, & Katherine, L. E. (2018). Black lives matter: Evidence that police-caused deaths predict protest activity. Perspectives on Politics, 16(2), 400-415.
McNamee, D. B. (2019). Black lives matter as claim of fundamental law. UMass Law Review University of Massachusetts Law Review, 14(1), 2-69

Children and Race

Websites

Black Lives Matter
#BlackLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes. By combating and countering acts of violence, creating space for Black imagination and innovation, and centering Black joy, we are winning immediate improvements in our lives.

Here's How White People Can Support The Fight Against Police Brutality
Places to donate, things to read, and other ways to understand how your own privilege can be used to fight systemic racism and police brutality.

Anti-Racism Resources
This document is intended to serve as a resource to white people and parents to deepen our anti-racism work. If you haven’t engaged in anti-racism work in the past, start now. Feel free to circulate this document on social media and with your friends, family, and colleagues.
An Adult Reading List from the New York Times:
Must register with the New York Times

Axis: Journal of LaSallian Higher Education

During these days ... June 2-4 ... representatives from the Lasallian colleges and universities in the United States were scheduled to participate in the 5th Lasallian Higher Education Colloquy on Racial Justice. Unfortunately, it was postponed due to COVID-19. A number of articles that come out of the three previous Lasallian Higher Education Colloquies on Racial Justice: Jan 2017, Jan 2018, Jan 2019. can be found in

Axios: Journal of La Sallian Higher Education. This issue is archived here

13 articles authored by faculty from Manhattan College, La Salle University, Lewis University, Christian Brothers University, Saint Mary's College of California, and Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (LACU institutions) that address racial justice, inequity, and other social justice matters through the intersection of Lasallian and Catholic lenses. The La Salle contributions are below:

Confronting Social Inequalities in Higher Education: A Conceptual Model and Lasallian Perspective

Candace Robertson-James, DrPh, MPH, Serita M. Reels, MPH, MCHES, and Sara J. Shuman, Ph.D, MPH

Intersectionality of Student Disabilities and Lasallian Mission: Utilizing Distinctive Lasallian Pedagogy to Foster Student Inclusivity
Katherine Czado Aquino, Ph.D., Susan Cahill, Ph.D., and Carolyn Plump, J.D.

Catholicism, Racism, and Social Justice: Historical Realities and Lasallian Visions for the Future

Luisa Marcela Ossa, Ph.D.